The Former Embankment Site at Saggart Road & Blessington Road, Co. Dublin
Demolition of a pub to build a 129-bedroom hotel and 45 aparthotel units.
SD20A/0232 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 27 April 2021
- Reference
- SD20A/0232
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 27 April 2021
- Floor area
- 8313 m²
Summary
AI-generatedDemolition of an existing public house and incomplete buildings to construct a three-storey hotel with 129 bedrooms, a restaurant, and three aparthotel blocks containing 45 units. The development includes parking for 120 cars and 30 bicycles.
- Residential units
- 45
- Storeys
- 3
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
Demolition of existing public house building and of existing incomplete buildings on the east side of the site; construction of a three storey hotel comprising of 129 bedrooms, reception and ancillary bar (136sq. M) at ground floor, restaurant (311sq. M) in single storey building; associated waste storage to the west of the site; 3 three storey aparthotel buildings comprising 15 units each (45 units in total) comprising of studios, one bed, two bed and three bed units to the south and south east; 3 small balconies with small terraces under on the north façade of the aparthotel block a & b and the west façade of block c; new vehicular and pedestrian entrance at boherboy/saggart road (l2008); new footpath along the boherboy/saggart road (l2008); parking area for 120 cars and 30 bicycles; extensive tree planting throughout; substation together with all associated site works, boundary treatments and landscaping; total floor area of buildings is 8,313sq. M; existing vehicular entrance to the site on the blessington road will remain for emergency use only; an ecological impact assessment is submitted as part of this application.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture”
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 Corbally Park, Citywest, Dublin 24 | Mar 2026 | €488,000 | 90 m |
| 15 Corbally Rise, Westbrook Glen, Dublin 24 | Apr 2025 | €400,000 | 200 m |
| 20 Corbally Rise, Westbrook Glen, Tallaght | Jun 2026 | €526,000 | 237 m |
| 22 Corbally Rise, Westbrook Glen, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Oct 2025 | €380,000 | 237 m |
| 10 Corbally Park, Saggart, Co Dublin | Feb 2026 | €430,000 | 244 m |
| 15 Corbally Heath, Tallaght, Dublin 24 | Jan 2025 | €530,000 | 265 m |
| 2a Corbally Park, Citywest, Dublin 24 | Aug 2025 | €425,000 | 280 m |
| 13 Corbally Ave, Westbrook Ave, Westbrook Lawnsnot full market price | Aug 2025 | €196,000 | 303 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 received27 April 2021
- Further information requested5 November 2020
- Further information received16 February 2021
- Decision due24 May 2021
- Decision issued24 May 2021
- Grant issued5 July 2021
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- RefusedAt this site
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The Embankment, Bessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24
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- GrantedAt this site
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S01A/0200South DublinLodged 5 Apr 2001Alterations
- RefusedAt this site
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The Embankment, Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin
S01A/0200/EPSouth DublinLodged 18 Apr 2006Commercial
- Refused80 m away
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SD06A/1009South DublinLodged 27 Nov 2006Commercial
- Awaiting decision130 m away
Retention of shed to rear
15 Corbally Glade, Westbrook, Tallaght, Dublin 24.
S99B/0469South DublinLodged 7 Jul 1999Retention
- Refused140 m away
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SD11A/0213South DublinLodged 2 Sept 2011Infrastructure
- Granted150 m away
Entrance porch to the front facade
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SD02B/0343South DublinLodged 26 Jul 2002Extension
- Granted150 m away
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SD06B/0586South DublinLodged 1 Aug 2006Extension
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