1.03 hectare site at the existing Aldi Store site, St. Margaret's Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
- 15 Feb 2022Received
- 1 Jun 2022Refuse permission
- 27 Jun 2022Appealed
- 9 Apr 2024Appeal: Granted with conditions
- 9 Apr 2024Final grant
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 1 Jun 2022
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 1.05 ha
- Appeal
- ACP 313917 · Granted with conditions
What’s proposed
Planning permission for development on a 1.03 hectare site at the existing Aldi Store site, St. Margaret's Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. The proposed development involves: (1) the demolition of the existing Aldi store (1306 sqm gross); (2) construction of a 2 storey commercial block fronting St. Margaret's Road, incorporating a foodstore measuring 2620 sqm gross (1326 sqm net retail), with ancillary off-licence sales area at first floor level over under croft car parking, including an external service area; (3) associated signage consisting of 4 no. internally illuminated fascia signs (4 no. of 4.8 sqm each, total area 19.2 sqm) and 4 no. vinyl signs (4 no. of 1.8 sqm each, total area 7.2 sqm); (4) reconfiguration of the existing car parking to provide for a reduction of car parking spaces from 171 existing to 154 proposed; (5) 20 no. cycle spaces; (6) revised southern vehicular access off St. Margaret's Road; (7) All landscape, boundary treatment and site development works
3278/22 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning permission for development on a 1.03 hectare site at the existing Aldi Store, received on 15 Feb 2022; permission was refused on 1 Jun 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 3278/22
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 15 Feb 2022
- Observations close
- 22 Mar 2022 (closed 1637 days ago)
- Decision due
- 1 Jun 2022 · decided 1 Jun 2022
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 1 Jun 2022
- Proposed development
- Planning permission for development on a 1.03 hectare site at the existing Aldi Store site, St. Margaret's Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. The proposed development involves: (1) the demolition of the existing Aldi store (1306 sqm gross); (2) construction of a 2 storey commercial block fronting St. Margaret's Road, incorporating a foodstore measuring 2620 sqm gross (1326 sqm net retail), with ancillary off-licence sales area at first floor level over under croft car parking, including an external service area; (3) associated signage consisting of 4 no. internally illuminated fascia signs (4 no. of 4.8 sqm each, total area 19.2 sqm) and 4 no. vinyl signs (4 no. of 1.8 sqm each, total area 7.2 sqm); (4) reconfiguration of the existing car parking to provide for a reduction of car parking spaces from 171 existing to 154 proposed; (5) 20 no. cycle spaces; (6) revised southern vehicular access off St. Margaret's Road; (7) All landscape, boundary treatment and site development worksAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 1.05 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
Full planning report for 53.39878, -6.30467
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z6 - 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.
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88061). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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