Hawthorn Cottages
126 apartments11 storeysKavco GRY LimitedMalahide Road, Dublin City Council
Awaiting a council decision.
Also known as 1 & 2 Hawthorn Cottages.
- 26 Aug 2026Received
- 30 Sept 2026Observations closed
- Status
- With the council, no decision yet
- Decision
- Not yet
- Size
- 126 apartments · up to 11 storeys
- Uses
- residential, apartments
- Applicant
- Kavco GRY Limited
The scheme
Kavco GRY Limited proposes the demolition of existing residential properties at 1 & 2 Hawthorn Cottages on the Malahide Road. The development consists of 126 apartments across two blocks ranging from four to eleven storeys in height. The project includes community spaces, undercroft parking, and landscaped public open space.
it is a large residential development of 126 units
What the register says
The proposed development will consist of: (i) demolition of the existing residential property and existing derelict residential property. (ii) construction of a residential development of 126 no. units comprising 80 no. one-bedroom apartments and 46 no. two-bedroom apartments, in in 2 no. blocks, ranging in height from four – eleven storeys over undercroft, as follows: • Block A (a part four, part eight and part eleven storey building over undercroft) comprising 87 no. apartments (59 no. 1 bed units and 28 no. 2 bed units); and 2 no. community, arts and culture spaces at podium level, • Block B (seven storeys over undercroft) comprising 39 no. apartments (21 no. 1 bed units, 18 no. 2 bed units) and 1 no. community, arts and culture space at podium level, • Each residential unit will be provided with private amenity space in the form of a balcony or terrace. Communal amenity spaces are proposed at podium level and 5th floor roof terrace of Block A. The proposed development also provides for the construction of an undercroft level accessed via a vehicular entrance from Malahide Road comprising 75 no. car parking spaces - 69 no. standard car parking spaces, 2 no. car sharing spaces and 4 no. accessible car parking spaces), 4 no. motorbike spaces, entrance lobby, parcel room, ESB substation, bin stores, plant rooms, and 2 no. bicycle stores all at undercroft level. Permission is also sought for the provision of landscaped public realm/public open space, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, 236 no. bicycle parking spaces (210 no. spaces at undercroft level and 26 no. spaces at podium level), foul/surface water drainage including Suds measures, as necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The residential units will have shared access to bin stores, car parking and bicycle parking bays. The development also includes all ancillary site and infrastructural works necessary to facilitate development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. All application documentation and information is available to view online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.hawthorncottageslrd.ie
Summary from the register record.
The site
Boundary of Hawthorn Cottages from the planning application.
Planning applications inside the site 9 applications in the last 10 years
- OpenHilton Dublin Airport Hotel, Malahide Road, Northern Cross, Dublin 17, D17 Y924
- WithdrawnHilton Dublin Airport Hotel, Malahide Road, Northern Cross, Dublin 17, D17 Y924
- Withdrawn1 Newtown Cottages, Malahide Road, Dublin 17
- Awaiting decision1 & 2 Hawthorn Cottages, Malahide Road, Dublin 17
- GrantedFirst Stop, Clarehall, Malahide Road, Dublin 17, D17 TP95
- CommencedA site fronting the Swords to Malahide road (R106), Mountgorry, Swords
- GrantedSwords to Malahide Road (R106), An area known as Mountgorry, Swords, C
- CommencedSwords to Malahide Road (R106), An area known as Mountgorry, Swords, C
Appeals inside the site 3 with An Coimisiún Pleanála
Building work started inside the site 1 commencement notice
Other big developments nearby within 2 km
- Mountgorry · 9 m away
- Barrysparks and Crowscastle (lands generally bound by the R1 · 609 m away
- Swords Business Park · 857 m away
- Main Street · 1.2 km away
- Estuary West Lands at Holybanks · 1.4 km away
- Holybanks · 1.4 km away
- Fosterstown North · 1.4 km away
- Phase 1 lands · 1.5 km away