A site of approximately 1.19 Ha at Belgard Square East, Belgard Road and Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24
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LRD25A/0009W is a planning application for permission at A site of approximately 1.19 Ha at Belgard Square East, Belgard Road and Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24, received by South Dublin County Council on 19 Nov 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The proposed development principally comprises: the demolition and removal of existing boundary walls and railings on the main development site's eastern, western and northern sides; and the construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the south and Block B to the north) with a gross floor area of 23,540 sq m (including basement of 275 sq m) and ranging in height from 1 No. to 7 No. storeys (with mezzanine level) over basement. The development includes a total of 199 No. residential dwellings (6 No. studios, 47 No. 1-bed, 98 No. 2-bed and 48 No. 3-bed) in the 2 No. blocks, with Block A comprising 49 No. 'senior living' apartment units and Block B comprising 150 No. 'standard' apartment units. The development also includes 2,123 sq m of non-residential floor space, with the following uses proposed: 4 No. retail units (totalling 331 sq m); 4 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 387 sq m); a bicycle sales and repair shop (81 sq m); an off-licence (64 sq m); a bar (151 sq m); a café (87 sq m); a medical centre (210 sq m); a dental practice (72 sq m); a pharmacy (195 sq m); a beauty/health salon (195 sq m); and a crèche (350 sq m) with external play area. The development also comprises: an undercroft car park accessed via a new entrance/exit at Belgard Square East which provides 58 No. car parking spaces; a gated service lane to the south of Block A, with entrances/exits off Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; 2 No. pedestrian/cycle crossings, at Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; continuation of the northbound cycle lane from Belgard Road onto Old Blessington Road; alteration to the median and northbound right turn at Belgard Road onto Abberley Square; cycle parking; internal communal amenity spaces for the senior living units; hard and soft landscaping, including public open space, communal amenity space and incidental spaces; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; 2 No. sub-stations; plant/operational rooms; bin stores; public lighting; blue roofs; rooftop PV arrays; lift overruns and rooftop opening vents atop both blocks; 4 No. 0.3 m diameter microwave link dishes mounted on 2 No. steel support poles affixed to the Block B lift overrun, all enclosed in radio-friendly GRP shrouds; and all associated works above and below ground. Note for the mixed-use question below: there are too many non-residential uses proposes relative to the lines available, so we have provided the residential floor area and the combined non-residential floor area. See submitted materials for details of the individual non-residential uses. The main development site (approximately 0.91 Ha) is generally bound: to the north by Old Blessington Road; to the east by Belgard Road. The council granted permission on 21 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Jan 2026. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 324080 on 27 May 2026 (grant conditions). The site is zoned M2 — major town centre under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 199 units. Within 500 m there are 43 other decided applications in the last five years and 5 appeals.
Proposal
The proposed development principally comprises: the demolition and removal of existing boundary walls and railings on the main development site's eastern, western and northern sides; and the construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the south and Block B to the north) with a gross floor area of 23,540 sq m (including basement of 275 sq m) and ranging in height from 1 No. to 7 No. storeys (with mezzanine level) over basement. The development includes a total of 199 No. residential dwellings (6 No. studios, 47 No. 1-bed, 98 No. 2-bed and 48 No. 3-bed) in the 2 No. blocks, with Block A comprising 49 No. 'senior living' apartment units and Block B comprising 150 No. 'standard' apartment units. The development also includes 2,123 sq m of non-residential floor space, with the following uses proposed: 4 No. retail units (totalling 331 sq m); 4 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 387 sq m); a bicycle sales and repair shop (81 sq m); an off-licence (64 sq m); a bar (151 sq m); a café (87 sq m); a medical centre (210 sq m); a dental practice (72 sq m); a pharmacy (195 sq m); a beauty/health salon (195 sq m); and a crèche (350 sq m) with external play area. The development also comprises: an undercroft car park accessed via a new entrance/exit at Belgard Square East which provides 58 No. car parking spaces; a gated service lane to the south of Block A, with entrances/exits off Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; 2 No. pedestrian/cycle crossings, at Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; continuation of the northbound cycle lane from Belgard Road onto Old Blessington Road; alteration to the median and northbound right turn at Belgard Road onto Abberley Square; cycle parking; internal communal amenity spaces for the senior living units; hard and soft landscaping, including public open space, communal amenity space and incidental spaces; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; 2 No. sub-stations; plant/operational rooms; bin stores; public lighting; blue roofs; rooftop PV arrays; lift overruns and rooftop opening vents atop both blocks; 4 No. 0.3 m diameter microwave link dishes mounted on 2 No. steel support poles affixed to the Block B lift overrun, all enclosed in radio-friendly GRP shrouds; and all associated works above and below ground. Note for the mixed-use question below: there are too many non-residential uses proposes relative to the lines available, so we have provided the residential floor area and the combined non-residential floor area. See submitted materials for details of the individual non-residential uses. The main development site (approximately 0.91 Ha) is generally bound: to the north by Old Blessington Road; to the east by Belgard Road.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 21 Jan 2026
- Units
- 199
- Floor area
- 2.35 ha
- Site (from polygon)
- 1.19 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 19 Nov 2025New applicationObservation window closed 2 Jan 2026
- 21 Jan 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 18 Feb 2026
- 16 Feb 2026Appeal lodged
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Zoning at the site
TC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Town Centres
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Designations within 250 m
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- NIAH-recorded building · 2
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 12
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 119486). 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. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/69312.
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