GrantedCommercialDecided 20 February 2023

Fonthill Road, Liffey Valley, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

A new unmanned petrol station with a car wash, EV charging bays, and associated signage on Fonthill Road.

SD22A/0363 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 23 January 2023

Reference: SD22A/0363
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 23 January 2023
Floor area: 54.6 m²

Summary

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The development will feature a petrol filling station forecourt with four dispensers, a canopy, and two underground fuel tanks. It also includes an automatic brush car wash, four electric vehicle charging bays, an ESB substation, and two illuminated totem signs.

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Official record

Development description

A new unmanned service station development consisting of construction of new petrol filling station forecourt with 4 dispensers, 2 underground fuel storage tanks with canopy structure (covering c. 235sq. M and 6.2m in height) with associated signage; widen existing site entrance to the north-east of the site and creation of new egress location onto the fonthill road along the northern boundary to allow one-way internal road network incorporating new pedestrian crossing over existing footpath at site egress location; automatic brush car wash and adjoining jet car wash with water recycling system; single storey services building structure comprising of a car wash plant room and comms room area (gross floor area 16.3sq. M. ) ; 4 electric charging bays, each comprising of a parking space and electric vehicle charging unit and associated signage; 3-room esb substation to cater for ev charging infrastructure (gross floor area 38.3sq. M. ); air/water services area with 2 car parking spaces; 2 internally illuminated double-sided totem signs, 1 at site entrance (4m high x 1.91m wide) with advertising area 15.3sq. M and 1 adjacent the new site egress location (5.8m high x 1.91m wide) with advertising area 22.16sq. M; all other associated underground and overground infrastructure, drainage, lighting, cctv unmanned systems, landscaping and site development works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

MRCLC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of a Major Retail Centre”

National zoning type: Commercial, retail

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 18 May 2023.

Notified floor area: 23.5 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
23 Palmers Copse, Palmerstown Manor, Dublin 20	May 2025	€472,000	177 m
11 Palmers Copse, Palmerstown, Dublin 20	Jul 2026	€348,551	197 m
5 Palmers Copse, Palmerstown Manor, Palmerstown Dublin 20	May 2025	€457,000	208 m
18 Palmers Copse, Palmerstown Manor, Palmerstown Dublin 20	Aug 2025	€495,000	222 m
6 Palmers Copse, Palmerstown, Dublin 20	Feb 2025	€435,000	241 m
38 Palmerstown Lawn, Dublin 20, Dublin	Mar 2025	€432,000	241 m
16 Palmers Glade, Palmerstown Manor, Palmerstown Dublin 20	Jul 2025	€548,000	284 m
24 Palmerstown Sq, Palmerstown, Dublin 20	Apr 2026	€320,000	299 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 received23 January 2023
Further information requested14 November 2022
Further information received23 January 2023
Decision due20 February 2023
Decision issued20 February 2023
Grant issued31 March 2023

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