GrantedCommercialDecided 25 February 2019

Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Construction of a supermarket, retail unit, and associated parking in Adamstown.

SDZ18A/0015 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 21 December 2018

Reference: SDZ18A/0015
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: SDZ Application
Received: 21 December 2018
Floor area: 3753.7 m²

Summary

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The proposed development consists of a supermarket with an ancillary off-licence and one ground floor retail unit/coffee shop. The building will stand as a three-storey equivalent structure served by 121 parking spaces, including under-croft parking.

Commercialsupermarketretailparking

Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

Proposed development (total gfa of 3,753.7sq. M) will consist of a supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales area comprising 3,619.7sq. M gfa (of which 1,693sq. M net retail sales area) with ground floor entrance and circulation area providing access to first floor supermarket and ancillary areas and 1 ground floor retail unit/coffee shop (134sq. M gfa). The development is served by a covered under-croft parking area (98 parking spaces) at ground floor level beneath the supermarket. The building presents as a three storey equivalent building with maximum height of 14.4m fronting the north-south street (east elevation); a new north-south street is proposed (c. 250m) from the approved east-west distributor road that bounds the site to the north (shackleton drive) and will make provision for vehicular traffic, car parking and pedestrian footpath; access to the proposed development is provided via a cul de sac, west of the north-south main street; permission is also sought for 121 parking spaces (including 98 under croft parking spaces beneath the supermarket and 23 spaces on-street), cycle parking, loading bay, bin storage area, plant area, substation, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment and all associated site and development works on lands within the adamstown sdz planning scheme (2014) known as tobermaclugg village (development area
Which is bounded to the north by approved east-west distributor road (shackleton drive) approved under ref. Sdz17a/0006 and modified by ref. Sdz18a/0002 to the south and west by undeveloped lands and to the east by development under construction approved under ref. Sdz18a/0002 (known as shackleton)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

SDZRS

“To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

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 14 August 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 21 October 2020.

Notified floor area: 6,162 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
1 Shackleton Exchange, Shackleton Drive, Lucan	Aug 2025	€43,185,177	75 m
7 Shackleton Vale, Shackleton Park, Lucan	Sept 2025	€565,000	101 m
13 Shackleton Cross, Shackleton Park, Lucan	May 2026	€570,000	151 m
2 Halwell Road, Hallwell, Adamstown	Apr 2025	€672,000	173 m
16 Shackleton Park, Lucan, Co Dublin	Oct 2025	€649,000	242 m
19 Hallwell Drive, Hallwell, Adamstown	Dec 2025	€526,000	254 m
5 Hallwell Avenue, Hallwell, Adamstownprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€458,150	261 m
3 Hallwell Avenue, Hallwell, Adamstownprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€440,529	265 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 received21 December 2018
Decision due23 February 2019
Decision issued25 February 2019

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