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South Dublin County Council · SD02A/0296

Balgaddy Town Centre

Balgaddy Town/District Centre at Cappagh Upper Cross, Co. Dublin.

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  1. 11 Jun 2002Received
  2. 1 Aug 2002Refuse permission
  3. 24 Jul 2003Permission expires
Status
Appeal decided — refused
Decision
Refuse permission · 1 Aug 2002
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
Permission
Units
1029
Site
8.67 ha

What’s proposed

130,190sq.m of mixed use development comprising: 1029 apartments (of which 304 units will be for student accommodation) with units for social/affordable housing, 16,962 sq. metres of offices, 26,342 sq. metres of retail floor space (gross), a 10 screen Cineplex with family leisure facilities, a recreational commercial gym (2,277 sq.m.) a bar/restaurant (928 sq.m), a 252 bedroom hotel with surface parking and two levels of underground parking (with provision for the disabled and bicycles) with new vehicle access to Fonthill Road. Total number of car spaces - 2312. This phased development comprises a mixed use integrated urban development with covered pedestrian main street with connection links to proposed new rail station and future metro interchange,including ancillary utility services with vehicular access from Fonthill Road with provision for future access from east-west road link connection to Outer Ring Road to level 2 understreet car park and direct vertical connection to public squares, with provision for a park and ride facility. Residential buildings are generally 6 storeys in height over 2 levels of retail/commercial floor space (2 blocks are 4 storey). The hotel is 7 storeys high and the office blocks 7 and 8 storeys. The cinema/leisure building is 13.9m over street level. All the above on a 8.79 hectare site (which is part of 15.4 hectare site). The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement

SD02A/0296 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for 130,190sq.m of mixed use development comprising: 1029 apartments (of which 304 units, received on 11 Jun 2002; permission was refused on 1 Aug 2002.

Planning details

Reference
SD02A/0296
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Appeal decided — refused · register status “Appeal decided”
Received
11 Jun 2002
Observations close
16 Jul 2002 (closed 8844 days ago)
Decision due
6 Aug 2002 · decided 1 Aug 2002
Decision
Refuse permission on 1 Aug 2002
Proposed development
130,190sq.m of mixed use development comprising: 1029 apartments (of which 304 units will be for student accommodation) with units for social/affordable housing, 16,962 sq. metres of offices, 26,342 sq. metres of retail floor space (gross), a 10 screen Cineplex with family leisure facilities, a recreational commercial gym (2,277 sq.m.) a bar/restaurant (928 sq.m), a 252 bedroom hotel with surface parking and two levels of underground parking (with provision for the disabled and bicycles) with new vehicle access to Fonthill Road. Total number of car spaces - 2312. This phased development comprises a mixed use integrated urban development with covered pedestrian main street with connection links to proposed new rail station and future metro interchange,including ancillary utility services with vehicular access from Fonthill Road with provision for future access from east-west road link connection to Outer Ring Road to level 2 understreet car park and direct vertical connection to public squares, with provision for a park and ride facility. Residential buildings are generally 6 storeys in height over 2 levels of retail/commercial floor space (2 blocks are 4 storey). The hotel is 7 storeys high and the office blocks 7 and 8 storeys. The cinema/leisure building is 13.9m over street level. All the above on a 8.79 hectare site (which is part of 15.4 hectare site). The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement
As published by the register.
Site area
8.67 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

The register records appeal 06S.200407 (Appeal decided) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    R3 — Rural cluster

    SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes

    A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 2
      Enclosure; R149511

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121242). 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/15769.

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