The Malahide Road Retail Centre, (Formerly known as the Coolock Retail Park),, Malahide Road, Dublin 17
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2278/20 is a planning application for permission at The Malahide Road Retail Centre, (Formerly known as the Coolock Retail Park),, Malahide Road, Dublin 17, received by Dublin City Council on 14 Feb 2020 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Planning permission for the development consisting of modifications to the existing access arrangements between Newtown Avenue and the Malahide Road Retails Centre, and associated works. The development will include the removal of some external fencing and the existing vehicular and pedestrian gate along the boundary of the site with Newtown Avenue, the installation of a new internal gate (circa 9m wide x 24m high) between the boundary of the site and the rear of Unit No. 6 (to control access to the servicing area to the rear of Unit 6), the creation of a new internal pedestrian access gate (adjacent to Unit 5) in the existing fencing/gated area between Unit 5 and Unit 6 in order to allow continued pedestrian access from Newtown Avenue to the Malahide Road Retail Centre and improvements to an internal pedestrian walkway including the installation of guardrails. The development will also conisist of associated site deleopment works above and below ground . (The existing internal vehicular gate located bweween Unit 5 and Unit 6 and the existing internal pesdestraian gate located adjacent to Unit 6 will be closed to the public.). The council granted permission on 24 Jun 2020. The five-week observation window closed on 20 Mar 2020. A commencement notice (CN0133549DC) was lodged on 23 Sept 2025, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 64 other decided applications in the last five years and 8 appeals.
Proposal
Planning permission for the development consisting of modifications to the existing access arrangements between Newtown Avenue and the Malahide Road Retails Centre, and associated works. The development will include the removal of some external fencing and the existing vehicular and pedestrian gate along the boundary of the site with Newtown Avenue, the installation of a new internal gate (circa 9m wide x 24m high) between the boundary of the site and the rear of Unit No. 6 (to control access to the servicing area to the rear of Unit 6), the creation of a new internal pedestrian access gate (adjacent to Unit 5) in the existing fencing/gated area between Unit 5 and Unit 6 in order to allow continued pedestrian access from Newtown Avenue to the Malahide Road Retail Centre and improvements to an internal pedestrian walkway including the installation of guardrails. The development will also conisist of associated site deleopment works above and below ground . (The existing internal vehicular gate located bweween Unit 5 and Unit 6 and the existing internal pesdestraian gate located adjacent to Unit 6 will be closed to the public.)
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Grant permission on 24 Jun 2020
- Final grant
- 11 Aug 2020
- Site (from polygon)
- 2.98 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 14 Feb 2020New applicationObservation window closed 20 Mar 2020
- 1 May 2020Further information requested
- 28 May 2020Further information received
- 24 Jun 2020DecisionAppeal window closed 22 Jul 2020
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Short commencement notice CN0133549DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z6: Employment/Enterprise: To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- EPA-licensed facility · 2
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88537). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
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