John F Kennedy Drive, John F Kennedy Industrial Estate, Dublin 12
Demolition of an industrial building to expand a car dealership with parking and a car wash.
SD19A/0366 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 22 November 2019
- Reference
- SD19A/0366
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 22 November 2019
- Floor area
- 244 m²
Summary
AI-generatedDemolition of a vacant 1,742 sq.m light industrial building formerly known as Acoustic House. The site will be integrated into the adjacent Frank Keane Motors dealership to provide vehicle display, parking, and a new 6-bay car wash and valet facility.
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Official record
Development description
Demolition of existing light industrial building (formerly known as acoustic house) totalling 1,742sq. M; provision of new hardstanding areas and use of the former acoustic house site as part of the adjacent frank keane motors site to provide for used vehicle display; compound parking; customer parking; service parking; demo parking; construction of a 6 bay car wash and valet facility (244sq. M) located at the western boundary of the site; all associated boundary treatments and all associated site and development works on a site (1.3889ha) at frank keane motors and adjacent premises formerly known as acoustic house (vacant).
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To facilitate enterprise and/or residential led regeneration”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
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 16 September 2020. A completion certificate was lodged on 12 September 2022.
Notified floor area: 244 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nugget Cottages, Bluebell Lane, Bluebell | May 2025 | €335,000 | 310 m |
| Nugget House, Bluebell Lane, Bluebell | May 2025 | €1,005,000 | 310 m |
| Nugget House, Bluebell Lane, Bluebell | May 2025 | €335,000 | 310 m |
| 6 Robinhood Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 | Aug 2025 | €176,000 | 360 m |
| 3 Nugget Cottages, Bluebell Lane, Bluebell | May 2025 | €335,000 | 375 m |
| Woodview, Annaghbrack, Bluebell | Jun 2025 | €280,000 | 449 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 received22 November 2019
- Decision due25 January 2020
- Decision issued27 January 2020
- Grant issued9 March 2020
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