Galco House, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
Alterations, extensions, and partial demolitions at Galco House in Walkinstown.
SD19A/0384 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 10 December 2019
- Reference
- SD19A/0384
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 10 December 2019
- Floor area
- 585 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe development includes raising roof heights, installing new cladding and roller-shutter doors, and demolishing several ancillary structures. It also proposes constructing new single-storey plant and storage buildings alongside associated site works.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(i) alterations to existing roofs to include increasing roof height of one bay to match adjoining bay; (ii) new wall & roof cladding including louvred ventilation panels and translucent panels over existing cladding and to altered areas of buildings and extensions; (iii) provision of new roller-shutter doors to three existing opes and three new opes; (iv) demolition of three ancillary structures attached to the north side of the building and provision of four new single storey pitched roof structures attached to the north side of the building; (v) demolition of some existing wall and roof structures to the eastern end of the building, and the provision of new walls & roofs to form new areas of the high-bay plant/fabricating area with raised roof on parapet levels; (vi) demolition of a detached single storey plant building on the north-west of the site and storage buildings on the east of the site and construction of 3 new single storey detached plant and storage buildings; (vii) provision of new signage to the west facing elevation of the building at high level; (viii) all other associated siteworks & services to facilitate the development.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for enterprise and employment related uses”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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 14 September 2020.
Notified floor area: 118 m²
4 commencement notices are linked to this development.
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 received10 December 2019
- Decision due12 February 2020
- Decision issued12 February 2020
- Grant issued20 March 2020
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