Main Street Upper, Newcastle, Co Dublin
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SD22A/0312 is a planning application for permission at Main Street Upper, Newcastle, Co Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 9 Mar 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Construction of a single storey Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence use (with monopitch roof and overall building height of c. 6.74 metres) measuring c. 2,207sq.m gross floor space with a net retail sales area of c. 1,410sq.m; Construction of a vehicular access point to Main Street Upper and associated works to carriageway and including partial removal of boundary wall / facade, modification of existing footpaths / public realm and associated and ancillary works including proposed entrance plaza area; Demolition of part of an existing rear / southern single storey residential extension (and related alterations to remaining structure) of Kelly Estates building; The original Kelly Estates building (a protected structure - Eircode: D22 Y9H7) will not be modified; Demolition of detached single storey accommodation/ residential structure and ancillary wall/ fence demolitions to rear of existing Kelly Estates building; Demolition of existing single storey (stable) building along Main Street and construction of single storey retail /cafe unit on an extended footprint measuring c. 118sq.m and associated alterations to existing Main Street boundary facade; Renovation and change of use of existing (vacant) two storey vernacular townhouse structure to Main Street, and single storey extension to rear, for retail/ commercial use (single level throughout) totalling c. 61sq.m; Repair and renewal of existing Western and Eastern burgage plot tree and hedgerow site boundaries; Provision of associated car parking, cycle parking (and staff cycle parking shelter), pedestrian access routes and (ramp and stair) structures (to / through the southern and western site boundaries to facilitate connections to potential future development), free standing and building mounted signage, free standing trolley bay cover /enclosure, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, roof mounted solar panels, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and divisions, retaining wall structures, drainage infrastructure and connections to services/ utilities, electricity Substation and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level including within the curtilage of a protected structure. The council granted permission on 5 Apr 2023. The five-week observation window closed on 13 Apr 2023. A commencement notice (CN0108435SD) was lodged on 2 Jan 2024, so works have started on site. The site is zoned M2 — major town centre under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 43 other decided applications in the last five years and 17 appeals.
Proposal
Construction of a single storey Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence use (with monopitch roof and overall building height of c. 6.74 metres) measuring c. 2,207sq.m gross floor space with a net retail sales area of c. 1,410sq.m; Construction of a vehicular access point to Main Street Upper and associated works to carriageway and including partial removal of boundary wall / facade, modification of existing footpaths / public realm and associated and ancillary works including proposed entrance plaza area; Demolition of part of an existing rear / southern single storey residential extension (and related alterations to remaining structure) of Kelly Estates building; The original Kelly Estates building (a protected structure - Eircode: D22 Y9H7) will not be modified; Demolition of detached single storey accommodation/ residential structure and ancillary wall/ fence demolitions to rear of existing Kelly Estates building; Demolition of existing single storey (stable) building along Main Street and construction of single storey retail /cafe unit on an extended footprint measuring c. 118sq.m and associated alterations to existing Main Street boundary facade; Renovation and change of use of existing (vacant) two storey vernacular townhouse structure to Main Street, and single storey extension to rear, for retail/ commercial use (single level throughout) totalling c. 61sq.m; Repair and renewal of existing Western and Eastern burgage plot tree and hedgerow site boundaries; Provision of associated car parking, cycle parking (and staff cycle parking shelter), pedestrian access routes and (ramp and stair) structures (to / through the southern and western site boundaries to facilitate connections to potential future development), free standing and building mounted signage, free standing trolley bay cover /enclosure, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, roof mounted solar panels, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and divisions, retaining wall structures, drainage infrastructure and connections to services/ utilities, electricity Substation and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level including within the curtilage of a protected structure.
- Status
- Final Grant
- Decision
- Grant permission on 5 Apr 2023
- Final grant
- 15 May 2023
- Floor area
- 2,386 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 1.02 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 19 Sept 2022Further information requested
- 2 Dec 2022Further information received
- 9 Mar 2023New applicationObservation window closed 13 Apr 2023
- 5 Apr 2023DecisionAppeal window closed 3 May 2023
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Commencement notice CN0108435SD
- Commencement notice CN0108354SD
- Commencement notice CN0108353SD
Zoning at the site
VC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
RES-N: To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 10
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 11
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 118824). 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/62858.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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