Balgaddy Town/District Centre at Cappagh Upper Cross, Co. Dublin.
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SD02A/0296 is a planning application for permission at Balgaddy Town/District Centre at Cappagh Upper Cross, Co. Dublin., received by South Dublin County Council on 11 Jun 2002 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council refused permission on 1 Aug 2002. The five-week observation window closed on 16 Jul 2002. The register records an appeal (06S.200407), decided: refuse permission. The site is zoned R3 — rural cluster under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 1029 units. Within 500 m there are 21 other decided applications in the last five years and 2 appeals.
Proposal
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.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 1 Aug 2002
- Permission expires
- 24 Jul 2003
- Units
- 1029
- Site (from polygon)
- 8.67 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 11 Jun 2002New applicationObservation window closed 16 Jul 2002
- 1 Aug 2002DecisionAppeal window closed 29 Aug 2002
- 28 Aug 2002Appeal lodged
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Appeal
The register records appeal 06S.200407 (Appeal decided) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
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
- Recorded monument · 2
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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