GrantedCommercialDecided 27 August 2019

Rathcoole Shopping Centre, Main Street, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

Upgrades to Rathcoole Shopping Centre including new signage, canopy cladding, boundary wall works, and car park resurfacing.

SD19A/0214 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 4 July 2019

Reference: SD19A/0214
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 4 July 2019

Summary

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The proposed works include raising and cladding the shopfront canopy fascia, cladding steel columns with hardwood, and installing a new totem sign. It also involves raising and rendering boundary walls, resurfacing the car park, and planting new trees.

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Official record

Development description

Raising the height of the fascia on the existing shopfront canopy and cladding it with a new varnished hardwood finish to accommodate new signage consisting of built up lettering with the name "rathcoole shopping centre"; the existing circular steel columns to the single storey canopy will be clad with varnished hardwood panels to match the existing shopfronts; installation of a new curved top totem sign at the main street car park entrance, measuring 1.5 meters wide x 5 metres overall height; raising of the front boundary wall facing main street and the side boundary wall facing coolamber road; replacing the existing dashed wall finish on these walls with a pigmented render finish; installing reconstituted stone cappings on these walls; installation of new stainless steel handrails to the top of part of the front and side boundary walls; resurfacing the existing car park area; reduction in width of the existing main street car park entrance; provision of new trees on site together with all associated site works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

VCUC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
60 Coolamber Drive, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin	Nov 2025	€475,000	42 m
Cottage 1 Muldowney's, Main St, Rathcoole	Feb 2025	€450,000	49 m
Cottage 2 Muldowney's, Main St, Rathcoole	Feb 2025	€575,000	49 m
Main Street, Rathcoole, Dublin	Apr 2026	€1,145,000	55 m
25 Greenogue Dr, Rathcoole, Dublin	Nov 2025	€520,000	195 m
19 Coolamber Rd, Rathcoole, Dublin	Feb 2026	€630,000	216 m
13 Greenogue Drive, Rathcoole, Dublin	Mar 2025	€480,000	234 m
11 Greenogue Dr, Rathcoole, Dublin	Mar 2026	€560,000	240 m

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Key dates

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Application received4 July 2019
Decision due28 August 2019
Decision issued27 August 2019
Grant issued10 October 2019

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