Former Lighting & Electrical Distribution Group Factory
Building started Nov 2025: 53 apartments; approved Sep 2022.
5 storeysDelta Acorn LimitedWalkinstown, Dublin City Council
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How the homes are counted53 permitted · 59 applied for · 50 applied for
- 53 apartments permitted (the Dublin councils' housing pipeline, Q2 2026).
- 59 apartments applied for (the application on the planning register).
- 50 apartments applied for (the Dublin councils' housing pipeline, Q2 2026).
Also known as Moeran Road Development.
- Status
- Building started
- Council decision
- Approved · 4 Jul 2022
- Height
- up to 5 storeys
- Uses
- residential, apartments
- Applicant
- Delta Acorn Limited · 1 planning application
- Site
- 3,772 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 314243 · Withdrawn · 23 Sept 2022
Building progress councils’ figures, Q2 2026
- 2022Approved
- 2025Building started
- Not yetFirst homes signed off
completed · under construction · not started · 0 houses and 53 apartments permitted
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Permitted | Under construction | Completed | Completed share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q3 2025 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q4 2025 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q1 2026 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q2 2026 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
Source and licence
The scheme
Delta Acorn Limited proposes the demolition of the existing factory and ancillary buildings on Moeran Road in Walkinstown. The project involves the construction of a 1-5 storey age-friendly independent living development containing 59 apartments. The site will include communal landscaped spaces, a roof garden, and associated parking facilities.
What the register says
Planning permission for the proposed development comprises the following: (i) demolition of existing factory and ancillary buildings; (ii) construction of a 1-5 storey age friendly independent living residential development comprising 59 no. apartments (51 no. one bed and 8 no. two bed units). Each apartment is provided with a private balcony or terrace and has access to comunal landscaped open space in the central courtyard and a communal roof garden on the southern block. The development is served by 18 no. car park spaces and 60 no. bicycle parking spaces; (iii) provision of entrance lobby comprising reception desk, office and communal spaces comprising common room, WC, meeting room, laundry room, scooter charging/storage room, bin store and a bike store all at ground floor; (iv) upgrade works to the existing vehicular entrance off Moeran Road; (v) landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDs drainage and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Summary from the register record.
Planning timeline 6 steps
- 9 Aug 2021Application lodged — Standard
- 4 Jul 2022Council decision — Grant
- 2 Aug 2022Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála — ABP-314243-22
- 26 Sept 2022Commission decision — Withdrawn
- 29 Sept 2022Final approval
- 12 Nov 2027Approval runs out (estimate)
The site 3,772 m²
Boundary of Former Lighting & Electrical Distribution Group Factory as the Dublin councils map it in the housing pipeline.
Planning applications inside the site 2 applications in the last 10 years
Appeals inside the site 1 with An Coimisiún Pleanála
Commencement notices inside the site 1
Other big developments nearby within 2 km
- Lighting & Electrical Distribution Group Ltd Factory Complex · building started 2025 · 50 homes · 0 m away
- Crumlin Delivery Service Unit · approved 2025, no start notice · 53 homes · 5 storeys · 458 m away
- Kestrel House · refused 2023 · 52 homes · 8 storeys · 772 m away
- Former Chadwicks Builders Merchant · approved 2026, no start notice · 588 homes · 12 storeys · 844 m away
- Former Chadwicks Builders Merchant Site · withdrawn or invalid · 588 homes · 12 storeys · 1.0 km away
- Former Chadwicks Site · refused 2022 · 633 homes · 12 storeys · 1.1 km away
- Former CHM Premises · approved 2024 · 164 homes · 1.1 km away
- Concrete Pumping Ltd Site · under appeal · 99 homes · 10 storeys · 1.3 km away
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