Thomas Moore Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
This is Thomas Moore Road — 70 homes. Read the scheme page →
- 5 Nov 2019Received
- 17 Apr 2020Grant permission
- 26 May 2020Appealed
- 17 Jun 2020Appeal: Granted
- 22 Oct 2020Final grant
- 22 Apr 2024Commenced
- Status
- Commenced
- Decision
- Grant permission · 17 Apr 2020
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 6,644 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 307231 · Granted
What’s proposed
Site bounded and accessed by both Walkinstown Road and Balfe Road, comprising of Balfe Road Industrial Estate (2-4 Balfe Road), Walkinstown Road Surface Car Park and lands and industrial building (5 Walkinstown Road) to the rear of houses on Walkinstown Road and Thomas Moore Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 The development will consist of:- 1.) The demolition of all existing buildings on site; 2.) The construction of a mixed use commercial and residential development in 6 no. blocks accommodating 2 no. commercial units, a communal meeting space and 70 no. residential units comprising 29 no. 1 bed units (apartments), 30 no. 2 bed units (apartments), 5 no. 3 bed units (townhouses) and 6 no.4 bed units (townhouses); 3.) the proposed blocks consist of the following: -Block 1: part 3-storey / part 5-storey (3-storey plus two setback levels) mixed-use block fronting onto Walkinstown Road accommodating 2 no. ground floor retail/non-retail services unit addressing Walkinstown Road, ground floor communal meeting area, and 26 no. apartments comprising of 13 no. 1 bed units and 13 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies/terraces; - Block 2: part 3-storey/part 4-storey (3-storey plus setback level) residential block fronting onto Balfe Road accommodating 25 no. apartments comprising 12 no. 1 bed units and 13 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies/terraces;- Block 3: 2-storey plus attic level residential block fronting onto the central communal amenity area accommodating 5 no. 3 bed townhouses; - Block 4: 2-storey residential block accommodating 4 no. apartments comprising 2 no. 1 bed units and 2 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies /terraces; - Block 5: 2-storey residential block accommodating 4 no. apartments comprising 2 no 1 bed units and 2 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies/terraces; - Block 6: 2-storey plus attic level residential block at the southern end of the site accommodating 6 no.4 bed townhouses; 4.) Vehicular access from Walkinstown Road and realignment/widening of existing public laneway off Walkinstown Road including removal of existing boundary wall along the laneway; 5.) internal access road and 38 no. car parking spaces; 6.) associated signage, bicycle parking, refuse stores, landscaping, boundary treatments, and all site development works and services
4364/19 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for site bounded and accessed by both Walkinstown Road and Balfe Road, comprising of Balfe, received on 5 Nov 2019; permission was granted on 17 Apr 2020.
Planning details
- Reference
- 4364/19
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 5 Nov 2019
- Observations close
- 10 Dec 2019 (closed 2474 days ago)
- Decision due
- 29 Apr 2020 · decided 17 Apr 2020
- Decision
- Grant permission on 17 Apr 2020
- Proposed development
- Site bounded and accessed by both Walkinstown Road and Balfe Road, comprising of Balfe Road Industrial Estate (2-4 Balfe Road), Walkinstown Road Surface Car Park and lands and industrial building (5 Walkinstown Road) to the rear of houses on Walkinstown Road and Thomas Moore Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 The development will consist of:- 1.) The demolition of all existing buildings on site; 2.) The construction of a mixed use commercial and residential development in 6 no. blocks accommodating 2 no. commercial units, a communal meeting space and 70 no. residential units comprising 29 no. 1 bed units (apartments), 30 no. 2 bed units (apartments), 5 no. 3 bed units (townhouses) and 6 no.4 bed units (townhouses); 3.) the proposed blocks consist of the following: -Block 1: part 3-storey / part 5-storey (3-storey plus two setback levels) mixed-use block fronting onto Walkinstown Road accommodating 2 no. ground floor retail/non-retail services unit addressing Walkinstown Road, ground floor communal meeting area, and 26 no. apartments comprising of 13 no. 1 bed units and 13 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies/terraces; - Block 2: part 3-storey/part 4-storey (3-storey plus setback level) residential block fronting onto Balfe Road accommodating 25 no. apartments comprising 12 no. 1 bed units and 13 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies/terraces;- Block 3: 2-storey plus attic level residential block fronting onto the central communal amenity area accommodating 5 no. 3 bed townhouses; - Block 4: 2-storey residential block accommodating 4 no. apartments comprising 2 no. 1 bed units and 2 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies /terraces; - Block 5: 2-storey residential block accommodating 4 no. apartments comprising 2 no 1 bed units and 2 no. 2 bed units with associated balconies/terraces; - Block 6: 2-storey plus attic level residential block at the southern end of the site accommodating 6 no.4 bed townhouses; 4.) Vehicular access from Walkinstown Road and realignment/widening of existing public laneway off Walkinstown Road including removal of existing boundary wall along the laneway; 5.) internal access road and 38 no. car parking spaces; 6.) associated signage, bicycle parking, refuse stores, landscaping, boundary treatments, and all site development works and servicesAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 6,644 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
Full planning report for 53.32311, -6.32794
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Commencement
- Commencement notice CN0113940DC
- Seven day notice SN0010065DC
- Seven day notice SN0010066DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
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
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87008). 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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