IDA Business and Technology Park, Killincarrig, Greystones
Construction of a massive film studio media campus with 15 buildings in Greystones.
20620 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 1 July 2020
- Reference
- 20620
- Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 1 July 2020
Summary
AI-generatedA ten-year permission is sought for a major film studio media campus at the IDA Business and Technology Park. The development will span 18.53 hectares and include 15 buildings containing sound stages, production facilities, workshops, and 722 car parking spaces.
- Floor area
- 73,511 m²
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Official record
Development description
Ten year permission for film studio media campus. The development will consist of the construction of 73,511 sqm of film studio media campus floor space, made up of 15 buildings of varying height and gross internal floor area, with a maximum height of 17.5m and maximum individual gross internal floor area of 8882 sqm. The buildings will include film studio sound stages, production facilities, workshops and ancillary accommodation on a site of 18.53hectares and all associated ancillary structures, services and infrastructure. Vehicular access to the dev shall be via 4 no entrances, from the public roads the r774, the r762 and 2 from the internal ida bus technology park road. The proposal will involve the improvement and upgrade of the existing entranceway to the mill road r762 and the alteration of the entrance to the r774, pedestrian and cyclist paths, the provision of 722 car parking spaces, multipurpose coach, hgv parking, winnebago parking and loading areas, 276 bicycle spaces, electric cart shelter and parking. All associated landscaping features, waste compounds, substations, feature entrance signage and tensile canopy structure with 12m high peaks to the r774 entrance, 13sqm coffee kiosk to animate the public plaza to mill road, large scale advertising panel to façade of building 1 and 10 and signage to coffee shop, way finding signage and identification signage to individual buildings, security check in buildings and associated security barriers, new pedestrian and cycle streel frame bridge with timber deck over the existing stream to the north, backlot areas to the south east, and occasional use of paved areas when not in use and landscape areas for backlot use, fencing and planting and to the perimeter of the site and all ancillary services and infrastructure. An environmental impact assessment report will be submitted
Built & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 Woodlands, Greystones, Wicklow | Jun 2026 | €1,455,000 | 150 m |
| 4 Castleview Terrace, Killincarrig, Delgany | Feb 2025 | €321,544 | 184 m |
| 15 Woodlands Court, Greystones, Wicklow | Nov 2025 | €485,000 | 217 m |
| 3 Burnaby Woods, Greystones, Wicklow | May 2025 | €1,250,000 | 265 m |
| Breamar, Woodlands, Greystonesnot full market price | Sept 2025 | €800,000 | 296 m |
| Lisbuoy, Quarry Rd, Greystones | Jan 2025 | €1,750,000 | 349 m |
| 26 Burnaby Mill, Greystones, Wicklow | Apr 2026 | €883,500 | 420 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 received1 July 2020
- Further information requested24 August 2020
- Further information received22 October 2020
- Decision due16 December 2020
- Decision issued15 December 2020
- Grant issued27 January 2021
- Permission expiry26 January 2026
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