RefusedApartmentsDecided 8 September 2021

Unit 21, First Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Dublin 24

Demolition of industrial buildings for a 131-bed nursing home and 139 apartments in Tallaght.

SD21A/0196 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 15 July 2021

Reference: SD21A/0196
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 15 July 2021
Residential units: 139
Floor area: 17299 m²

Summary

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This major development proposes the demolition of 5,500 sq.m of industrial structures to construct a 1-5 storey nursing home and step-down facility. It also includes 139 deck-access apartments across two blocks up to 8 storeys high, alongside a ground-floor cafe and pharmacy.

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Storeys: 8

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of all existing 1-3 storey industrial/commercial structures and small cafe on site totalling c. 5,500sq. M in area; construction of a 1-5 storey nursing home/step-down facility (131 bedspaces) over partial basement (total floor area c. 6,743sq. M) with central courtyard (c. 519sqm); construction of a deck-access apartment development comprising 139 residential units arranged in 2 blocks (block a
8 storeys and block b
5 to 6 storeys) with a total floor area of c. 10,556sq. M excluding deck access (c. 1,141sq. M); 2 commercial units comprising a cafe and pharmacy located at ground floor level facing cookstown road in residential block a ( c. 292sq. M in area); the residential development consists of 67 one bed/two person units, 12 two bed / three person units and 60 two bed/4 person units with north, south, east and west facing balconies throughout and residents amenity area at ground floor level; central communal open space (c. 1,272sq. M); the basement serving the nursing home consists of a sprinkler tank and pump rooms, tank room, plant room and workshop; provision of dining and kitchen areas, siting/family rooms, activity rooms, coffee dock, hair salon, oratory, lobbies/reception areas, ancillary offices and staff areas, stores, toilets, shower/changing facilities, esb substation, generator, switch room, service yard and waste areas serving the nursing home; provision of an esb substation, switchboards, waste areas, water tanks and generator serving blocks a and b; lobbies, stair/lifts, photovoltaic panels and green roofs throughout; partial provision of the pocket park identified in the tallaght lap (c. 1,165sq. M); new vehicular access from first avenue and egress onto cookstown road via a one-way system through the subject site; entrance signage on the eastern elevation of the proposed nursing home; all associated site development works, services provision, connection to the water supply, foul and surface water networks on first avenue and cookstown road including partial diversion of the foul line to the north east of the site at first avenue, attenuation/bioretention systems, vehicular and pedestrian access including internal road and footpaths, public realm upgrade works, landscape and boundary treatment works, tree removal, bicycle storage (307 spaces), car parking (42 spaces), set-down parking spaces including 1 ambulance space serving the nursing home and delivery/loading areas to cookstown road and first avenue

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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
316a The Lawns, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Jun 2025	€372,000	384 m
316 The Lawns, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Jul 2025	€376,000	391 m
300 The Cresent, Belguard Heights, Tallaght Dublin 24	Jun 2025	€445,000	400 m
439 The Meadows East, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Dec 2025	€470,000	418 m
296 Belgard Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€225,000	420 m
278 The Meadows West, Belgard Heights, Tallaght Dublin 24	Nov 2025	€506,000	421 m
3 Garrynisk Sq, Belgard, Dublin 24	Jun 2025	€390,000	477 m
4 Garrynisk Sq, Belgard, Dublin 24	Sept 2025	€416,000	481 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received15 July 2021
Decision due8 September 2021
Decision issued8 September 2021
Appeal submitted5 October 2021
Appeal decided14 April 2022
Permission expiry5 October 2021

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