The Cuckoo's Nest Public House, Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.
Demolition of the remaining Cuckoo's Nest pub to build a four-storey apartment building with 26 units.
SD19A/0014 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 14 January 2019
- Reference
- SD19A/0014
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 14 January 2019
- Residential units
- 26
- Floor area
- 1894 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks permission to demolish the remainder of the existing public house and construct a four-storey apartment building containing 26 apartments. The development is a modification to a previously permitted scheme and includes retaining an existing cellar as a plant room.
- Storeys
- 4
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Official record
Development description
Demolition of the remainder of the existing public house and in its place, the construction of a 4 storey apartment building accommodating 26 apartments, comprised of 11 one bed apartments and 15 two bed apartments. The proposed development will be a modification to an extant permission under ref. Sd16a/0157, with access to the development via an existing/permitted vehicular entrance off the greenhills road; all associated site development works; surface car parking; open spaces & landscaping; pedestrian access to the adjoining temple woods development, bin storage and the retention of an existing cellar (84.1sq. M) underneath the public house which will be used as a plant room for the proposed apartment building, all on a site area of 0.24ha.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and/or improve residential amenity”
National zoning type: Existing residential
Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 8 January 2018. A completion certificate was lodged on 28 January 2019.
Notified floor area: 1,653.8 m²
11 commencement notices are linked to this development.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Parkview, Greenhills Rd, Dublin 24 | Oct 2025 | €405,000 | 112 m |
| 16 Temple Woods, Greenhills Road, Kilnamanagh | Jun 2026 | €620,000 | 112 m |
| 20 Elmcastle Court, Greenhills Rd, Dublin 24not full market price | Feb 2025 | €405,000 | 151 m |
| 12 Elmcastle Park, Kilnamamagh, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Sept 2025 | €545,000 | 301 m |
| 17 Elm Castle Park, Kilnamanagh, Tallaght | Mar 2026 | €205,000 | 343 m |
| 6 Tymon Ville Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24 | Aug 2025 | €377,000 | 356 m |
| 16 Tymonville Ave, Tallaght, Dublin 24 | Jul 2025 | €365,000 | 366 m |
| 37 Tamarisk Lawn, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24 | Jul 2025 | €510,000 | 431 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received14 January 2019
- Decision due10 March 2019
- Decision issued24 January 2019
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