RefusedCommercialDecided 23 May 2023

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

Demolition of industrial buildings to build a 131-bed Transitional Care Facility.

SD22A/0361 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 28 April 2023

Reference: SD22A/0361
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 28 April 2023

Summary

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Demolition of existing industrial and commercial structures to construct a 1-5 storey Transitional Care Facility providing 131 bedspaces. The development will feature a central courtyard, partial basement, dining areas, a hair salon, an oratory, and a pocket park.

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Storeys: 5
Floor area: 6,743 m²

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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 transitional care facility (step-up/step-down) providing 131 bedspaces over partial basement (total floor area c. 6,743sq. M) with central courtyard ( c. 519sq. M ); the basement consists of a sprinkler tank and pump rooms, water 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, switchroom, service yard and waste areas serving the facility; lobbies, stair/lifts, photovoltaic panels and green roofs throughout; partial provision of the pocket park identified in the tallaght lap (c. 1,286sqm); 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 facility; all associated site development works, services provision, connection to the water supply, foul and surface water networks on first a venue and cookstown road including partial diversion of the foul line to the north east of the site at first a venue, temporary foul pump station, attenuation/bioretention systems, vehicular and pedestrian access including internal road and footpaths, interim pedestrian facilities/public realm upgrade works, landscape and boundary treatment works, tree removal, bicycle storage (76 total spaces), car parking (32 total spaces), set-down parking spaces, 1 ambulance set-down space serving the facility and delivery/loading areas to first a venue.

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	411 m
316 The Lawns, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Jul 2025	€376,000	418 m
300 The Cresent, Belguard Heights, Tallaght Dublin 24	Jun 2025	€445,000	426 m
439 The Meadows East, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Dec 2025	€470,000	440 m
296 Belgard Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€225,000	446 m
278 The Meadows West, Belgard Heights, Tallaght Dublin 24	Nov 2025	€506,000	447 m
7 Redwood Court, Kilnamanagh, Tallaght	Oct 2025	€450,000	477 m
3 Garrynisk Sq, Belgard, Dublin 24	Jun 2025	€390,000	484 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 received28 April 2023
Decision due25 May 2023
Decision issued23 May 2023
Appeal submitted19 June 2023
Appeal decided4 March 2024

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