Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Demolition of an existing service station building and car washes to build a new, larger retail and food building with parking.
SD23A/0275 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 28 March 2024
- Reference
- SD23A/0275
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 28 March 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves demolishing the existing Texaco service station retail building, car washes, and associated structures. The site will be enlarged to construct a new single-storey building featuring a retail area, off-licence, two food outlets, and seating. The development also includes 37 parking spaces, electric vehicle charging points, and new car wash facilities.
- Storey
- 1
- Floor area
- 504 m²
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 service station retail building, car washes, off-loading slab, 3.0m high external blockwork wall, fuel dispenser island, plant building and removal of 2 no. Log cabins, storage compound with associated steel containers, water storage tank and associated forecourt equipment. Site alterations to enlarge the overall size of the existing site (by incorporation the vacant site to the east) from 0.3389ha to 0.4737ha. Construction of new single storey building (504 sq. M) comprising of retail area of 100 sq. M (including an off-licence of 23sq. M), 2 no. Food offers (110.5 sq. M), seating area (69 sq. M), circulation area and back of house (office, toilets, and storage). Alterations to the existing forecourt canopy. Provision of building fascia signage and forecourt canopy signage. Construction of ancillary site features including new esb sub-station building (24 sq. M) and wash recycle building (6 sq. M), 37 no. Surfaced car parking spaces with 6 no. E charging spaces. Construction of 2 no. Pressure wash slabs, 1 no. Brush wash slab, walled yard area (beside shop), site lighting, surfacing, landscaping, and all associated drainage works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and/or improve residential amenity”
National zoning type: Existing 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 Hermitage Rd, Lucan, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €470,000 | 188 m |
| 43 Hermitage Rd, Lucan, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €180,000 | 212 m |
| 9 Ballyowen Crescent, Lucan, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €510,000 | 220 m |
| 13 Ballyowen View, Lucan, Dublin | Jan 2026 | €481,000 | 227 m |
| 7 Hermitage Place, Lucan, Co Dublin | Jan 2025 | €655,000 | 237 m |
| 8 The Hermitage Place, Lucan, Dublin | Sept 2025 | €500,000 | 242 m |
| 10 Ballyowen View, Ballyowen Park, Lucan | Mar 2026 | €490,000 | 247 m |
| 51 Hermitage Rd, Hermitage Park, Lucan | May 2026 | €500,000 | 254 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 received28 March 2024
- Decision due24 April 2024
- Decision issued24 April 2024
- Appeal submitted21 May 2024
- Appeal decided27 February 2025
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Part granted, part refusedAt this site
Retention of 1 no. refrigeration container and 1 no. steel storage container and surrounding timber fence;…
Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin
SD14A/0011South DublinLodged 30 Jan 2014Retention
- Part granted, part refusedAt this site
Retention of: (1) raised timber decking with external seating area [36.3sq.m.]; (2) 3.53m high timber fence…
Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
SD10A/0048South DublinLodged 5 Mar 2010Retention
- RefusedAt this site
Permission for: (1) change of use of existing lands (1276.54sq.m.) adjacent to service station to parking…
Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
SD10A/0195South DublinLodged 15 Feb 2011Commercial
- Part granted, part refusedAt this site
Retention of outdoor storage area, (behind existing service area), which is used for storage of solid fuel, a…
Ballydowd Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
S00A/0693South DublinLodged 6 Oct 2000Retention
- RefusedAt this site
Alterations to existing ground floor shop, minor alterations to forecourt canopy and new first floor storage…
(southern side of National Primary Road, N4, Galway Road), Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
SD03A/0866South DublinLodged 24 Nov 2003Alterations
- GrantedAt this site
(1) Decommission and remove existing 4 no. underground fuel tanks; (2) install 5 no. 40,000L underground fuel…
Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
SD07A/0961South DublinLodged 4 Dec 2007Commercial
- InvalidAt this site
(1) To decommission and remove existing 4 no. underground fuel tanks; (2) to install 5 no. 40,000l…
Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin
SD07A/0838South DublinLodged 19 Oct 2007Infrastructure
- GrantedAt this site
1 No. mobile car valet unit with an overall height of 3.4 metres (previous planning application Ref. No.…
Texaco Service Station, Ballydowd, Lucan.
SD02A/0614South DublinLodged 17 Oct 2002Commercial
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