GrantedCommercialDecided 14 December 2020

Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Construction of a new four-storey Innovation Centre in Tallaght featuring a town hall, café, and flexible office spaces.

SD208/0012 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 1 January 2020

Reference: SD208/0012
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: Application Under Part 8
Received: 1 January 2020

Summary

AI-generated

The project consists of a bespoke standalone building of approximately 2,980 square metres on South Dublin County Council land. It will accommodate a town hall, reception, and café at street level engaging with a new public square, alongside three levels of flexible office space to support start-up enterprises. The development also includes a new access road, 11 car parking spaces, and secure bicycle parking.

Commercialofficeinnovationpublic realm

Storeys: 4
Floor area: 2,980 m²

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

Construction of a new innovation centre for tallaght which extends to c 2,980sq. M in a bespoke standalone building on sdcc land east of the new link road connecting fourth avenue and belgard square north, tallaght. The scheme comprises: new four storey structure, which will accommodate town hall, reception and café at street level engaging with new public square (which forms separate part 8 application); three levels of flexible office accommodation- to support start up enterprise. ; new access road to the north of the site, to include the provision of 11 new car parking spaces; associated site works to include secure bicycle parking, an integrated esb sub station, plant, landscaping, lighting and signage and other support facilities. The proposal has undergone appropriate assessment screening under the habitats directive (92/43/eec) and screening for environmental impact assessment under the eia directive 2014/52/eu, and the planning authority has concluded that there will be no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and therefore an environmental impact assessment is not required. Any person may, within 4 weeks from the date of publication of this notice, apply to an bord pleanála for a screening determination as to whether the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment. Persons wishing to inspect drawings of the proposed development should contact the planning department by emailing planningdept@sdublincoco. Ie or by phoning (01) 4149000. Due to covid-19 restrictions, plans and particulars of the proposed development will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy only by appointment at county hall, tallaght, dublin 24 during normal working hours during the period from 1st of october, 2020 to the 29th of october 2020. Submissions and observations with respect to the proposed development dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the proposed development will be situated, may be made in writing up to 17:00 by hand/ post and up to 23:59 for online submission on the 12th of november, 2020 and may be submitted either via: online submissions: http://consult. Sdublincoco. Ie or post to: head of local enterprise, economic, enterprise and tourism development, south dublin county council, county hall, tallaght, dublin 24 ynn5. Note: please make submission by one medium only. All submissions should include name and a contact address. It should be noted that the freedom of information act, 1997-2006 (as amended) applies to all records held by south dublin county council.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

REGENRE

“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 plan

Built & 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 18 March 2022. A completion certificate was lodged on 19 December 2024.

Notified floor area: 12,918 m²

2 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 91 Exchange Hall, Belgard Square, Tallaght	May 2026	€235,000	152 m
90 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24	May 2025	€185,000	152 m
59 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24	Oct 2025	€280,000	152 m
56 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq North, Tallaght Dublin 24	May 2026	€260,000	152 m
22 Exchange Hall, The Exchange, Belgard Sq North Dublin 24	Mar 2025	€227,000	170 m
32 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq North, Tallaght Dublin 24	Dec 2025	€212,000	170 m
77 Exchange Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24	May 2026	€242,500	170 m
51 Exchange Hall, The Exchange, Belgard Sq North Dublin 24	Feb 2025	€191,000	170 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 received1 January 2020
Decision issued14 December 2020

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.