GrantedCommercialDecided 17 April 2020

Main Street, Newcastle, Co. Dublin

Demolition of a house and outbuildings to build a supermarket, café, and community centre in Newcastle.

SD20A/0037 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 11 February 2020

Reference: SD20A/0037
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: Permission
Received: 11 February 2020
Floor area: 2249 m²

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of three existing structures, including a habitable house. In their place, a double-storey convenience supermarket and a two-storey mixed-use building containing a café and community centre will be constructed. The development will also feature 98 car parking spaces, a service yard, and new pedestrian and cyclist connections.

Commercialsupermarketretaildemolitioncommunity

Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of 3 existing structures on site (total c. 226sq. M) comprising of 1 habitable house and 2 associated outbuildings/sheds (permitted under ref. Abp-305343-19), and the construction of 1 double storey (c. 9.2m overall height) retail development in the form of a convenience supermarket (gfa c. 1,759sq. M); 1 two storey mixed-use building (c. 10.7m overall height) comprising of a café (c. 225sq. M) at ground floor and a community centre at the first floor (c. 140sq. M) with associated ground floor access (total gfa c. 468sq. M); an esb sub-station (c. 22sq. M); the anchor supermarket unit will provide for a net retail sales area of c. 1,222sq. M; a warehouse of c. 200sq. M; welfare area of c. 190sq. M including ancillary office accommodation; a delivery and loading dock; service yard; customer lobby and wc and entrance lobby; the development shall also provide for 98 car parking spaces and 50 bicycle parking spaces; advertising structures and signage (totalling c. 81sq. M); new pedestrian and cyclist connections; public realm areas; refuse storage; a trolley shelter; new priority controlled junction at main street; a new access road and shared pedestrian/cyclist greenlink from main street (permitted under ref. Abp-305343-19); vehicular entrances to the surface car park and service yard; all associated site development, site services and landscape works at lands at main street, newcastle, co. Dublin, bordered by main street to the north, orchard grove to the east, greenfield land to the south and residential properties fronting main street to the west (new road will be adjacent to 1 main street, newcastle, co. Dublin. )

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RES-NR1

“To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans”

National zoning type: New/proposed 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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 3 March 2022. A completion certificate was lodged on 18 November 2024.

Notified floor area: 468.29 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
3 Orchard Grove, Newcastle, Dublinnot full market price	Nov 2025	€134,000	88 m
3 Castlelyon Ave, Main St, Newcastle	Mar 2026	€409,000	137 m
26 Castlechurch Park, Newcastle, Dublin	Apr 2026	€580,000	138 m
85 Graydon Crescent, Newcastle South, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Jan 2025	€453,744	146 m
7 Castlelyon Avenue, Main Street, Newcastle	Jun 2025	€375,000	148 m
Barnane, Main St, Newcastle	Mar 2026	€1,050,000	148 m
54 Graydon Crescent, Graydon, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€486,500	151 m
39 Graydon Crescent, Graydon, Newcastle	Feb 2025	€365,000	160 m

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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 received11 February 2020
Decision due29 April 2020
Decision issued17 April 2020
Grant issued30 June 2020

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