Unit 21, First Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Dublin 24
- 15 Jul 2021Received
- 8 Sept 2021Refuse permission
- 5 Oct 2021Appealed
- 5 Oct 2021Permission expires
- 14 Apr 2022Appeal: Refused
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 8 Sept 2021
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Units
- 139
- Site
- 1.39 ha
- Appeal
- ACP 311568 · Refused
What’s proposed
Demolition of all existing 1-3 storey industrial/commercial structures and small cafe on site totalling c.5,500sq.m in area; construction of a 1-5 storey nursing home/step-down facility (131 bedspaces) over partial basement (total floor area c.6,743sq.m) with central courtyard (c.519sqm); construction of a deck-access apartment development comprising 139 residential units arranged in 2 blocks (Block A - 8 storeys and Block B - 5 to 6 storeys) with a total floor area of c.10,556sq.m excluding deck access (c.1,141sq.m); 2 commercial units comprising a cafe and pharmacy located at ground floor level facing Cookstown Road in residential Block A ( c.292sq.m in area); the residential development consists of 67 one bed/two person units, 12 two bed / three person units and 60 two bed/4 person units with north, south, east and west facing balconies throughout and residents amenity area at ground floor level; central communal open space (c.1,272sq.m); the basement serving the nursing home consists of a sprinkler tank and pump rooms, tank room, plant room and workshop; provision of dining and kitchen areas, siting/family rooms, activity rooms, coffee dock, hair salon, oratory, lobbies/reception areas, ancillary offices and staff areas, stores, toilets, shower/changing facilities, ESB substation, generator, switch room, service yard and waste areas serving the nursing home; provision of an ESB substation, switchboards, waste areas, water tanks and generator serving Blocks A and B; lobbies, stair/lifts, photovoltaic panels and green roofs throughout; partial provision of the pocket park identified in the Tallaght LAP (c.1,165sq.m); new vehicular access from First Avenue and egress onto Cookstown Road via a one-way system through the subject site; entrance signage on the eastern elevation of the proposed nursing home; all associated site development works, services provision, connection to the water supply, foul and surface water networks on First Avenue and Cookstown Road including partial diversion of the foul line to the north east of the site at First Avenue, attenuation/bioretention systems, vehicular and pedestrian access including internal road and footpaths, public realm upgrade works, landscape and boundary treatment works, tree removal, bicycle storage (307 spaces), car parking (42 spaces), set-down parking spaces including 1 ambulance space serving the nursing home and delivery/loading areas to Cookstown Road and First Avenue
SD21A/0196 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for demolition of all existing 1-3 storey industrial/commercial structures and small cafe on, received on 15 Jul 2021; permission was refused on 8 Sept 2021.
Planning details
- Reference
- SD21A/0196
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused · register status “Appeal decided”
- Received
- 15 Jul 2021
- Observations close
- 19 Aug 2021 (closed 1852 days ago)
- Decision due
- 8 Sept 2021 · decided 8 Sept 2021
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 8 Sept 2021
- Proposed development
- Demolition of all existing 1-3 storey industrial/commercial structures and small cafe on site totalling c.5,500sq.m in area; construction of a 1-5 storey nursing home/step-down facility (131 bedspaces) over partial basement (total floor area c.6,743sq.m) with central courtyard (c.519sqm); construction of a deck-access apartment development comprising 139 residential units arranged in 2 blocks (Block A - 8 storeys and Block B - 5 to 6 storeys) with a total floor area of c.10,556sq.m excluding deck access (c.1,141sq.m); 2 commercial units comprising a cafe and pharmacy located at ground floor level facing Cookstown Road in residential Block A ( c.292sq.m in area); the residential development consists of 67 one bed/two person units, 12 two bed / three person units and 60 two bed/4 person units with north, south, east and west facing balconies throughout and residents amenity area at ground floor level; central communal open space (c.1,272sq.m); the basement serving the nursing home consists of a sprinkler tank and pump rooms, tank room, plant room and workshop; provision of dining and kitchen areas, siting/family rooms, activity rooms, coffee dock, hair salon, oratory, lobbies/reception areas, ancillary offices and staff areas, stores, toilets, shower/changing facilities, ESB substation, generator, switch room, service yard and waste areas serving the nursing home; provision of an ESB substation, switchboards, waste areas, water tanks and generator serving Blocks A and B; lobbies, stair/lifts, photovoltaic panels and green roofs throughout; partial provision of the pocket park identified in the Tallaght LAP (c.1,165sq.m); new vehicular access from First Avenue and egress onto Cookstown Road via a one-way system through the subject site; entrance signage on the eastern elevation of the proposed nursing home; all associated site development works, services provision, connection to the water supply, foul and surface water networks on First Avenue and Cookstown Road including partial diversion of the foul line to the north east of the site at First Avenue, attenuation/bioretention systems, vehicular and pedestrian access including internal road and footpaths, public realm upgrade works, landscape and boundary treatment works, tree removal, bicycle storage (307 spaces), car parking (42 spaces), set-down parking spaces including 1 ambulance space serving the nursing home and delivery/loading areas to Cookstown Road and First AvenueAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 1.39 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
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
REGEN: To facilitate enterprise and/or residential led regeneration
A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- EPA-licensed facility · 4
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 119424). 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/61096.
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