Parkmore Industrial Estate
436 apartments10 storeysWatfore LimitedWalkinstown, South Dublin County Council
Appeal decided Nov 2025: withdrawn.
Also known as Units 16-21A-B Parkmore Industrial Estate.
- 14 Mar 2025Received
- 28 Jul 2025Approved
- 25 Aug 2025Appealed
- 28 Nov 2025Appeal: Withdrawn
- 4 Dec 2025Final approval
- 3 Dec 2030Approval runs out
- Status
- Appeal decided — withdrawn No start yet
- Decision
- Approved · 28 Jul 2025
- Size
- 436 apartments · up to 10 storeys
- Uses
- residential, apartments, office, retail, creche
- Applicant
- Watfore Limited
- Site
- 1.93 ha
- Appeal
- ACP 323479 · Withdrawn
Building progress councils’ figures, Q2 2026
436 homes permitted; building has not started (Q2 2026).
completed · under construction · not started · 0 houses and 436 apartments permitted
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Permitted | Under construction | Completed | Completed share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q4 2025 | 436 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q1 2026 | 436 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q2 2026 | 436 | 0 | 0 |
The scheme
Watfore Limited proposes the demolition of existing commercial and industrial buildings at Parkmore Industrial Estate on the Longmile Road. The development consists of 436 apartments across four blocks ranging from 6 to 10 storeys in height. The scheme also includes a community library, a creche, office units, a medical centre, and a café.
it involves the large-scale redevelopment of an industrial site into a mixed-use residential and commercial scheme
What the register says
The development will comprise the following: Demolition of existing commercial/industrial buildings on site (c.6,711 sq.m in total). Provision of a mixed use, residential and commercial/employment development (c.49,275 sq.m GFA excluding undercroft) within 4 no. blocks ranging in height from 6 to 10 storeys. The development will provide 436 no. apartments (all with individual private open spaces) consisting of: 2 no. studios, 180 no. 1-beds, 158 no. 2-beds and 96 no. 3-beds. The development will also include: internal residential amenity spaces (c.375.3 sq.m in total); community library (c.352.1 sq.m); creche (c.359.1 sq.m), and 4 no. commercial/employment units (c.1,226.6 sq.m) comprising 2 office/co-working units (c.435.8 sq.m in total), medical centre (with ancillary pharmacy)(c.674.1 sq.m) and café (c.116.7 sq.m). • Block A - 9 to 10 storeys in height and will provide 81 no. residential units. • Block B - 9 to 10 storeys in height and will provide 137 no. residential units • Block C - 8 to 10 storeys in height and will provide 85 no. residential units • Block D - 6 storeys in height and will provide 133 no. residential units. Upgrades to the western side of the Parkmore Estate Road and along the Long Mile Road and Robinhood Road to provide a variety of pedestrian/ cyclist access points to the development and with vehicular access provided from the Estate Road with associated upgrades to the Estate entrance. The development will also include 173 no. car parking spaces within 2 no. undercroft car parks on site and including 12 no. parking spaces (for the commercial units) along the Long Mile Road frontage. Provision of 1,040 cycle parking spaces. Provision of public and communal open spaces, landscaping, boundary treatments, plant areas, waste management areas, and services provision (including ESB substations), and all associated works required to enable this development including connection to the Uisce Eireann network. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development
Summary from the register record.
Planning timeline 6 steps
- 14 Mar 2025Application lodged — LRD
- 12 Apr 2025Council decision — Grant
- 12 Apr 2025Final approval
- 25 Aug 2025Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála — ACP-323479-25
- 28 Nov 2025Commission decision — Withdrawn
- 1 May 2031Approval runs out (estimate)
The site 1.93 ha
Boundary of Parkmore Industrial Estate 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
Other big developments nearby within 2 km
- SDCC Lands @28 Locations · 48 m away
- c. 1.8 hectares site bounded by Long Mile Road to south and · 479 homes · 161 m away
- Nissan Site · 416 homes · 312 m away
- Royal Liver Assurance Retail Park · 1,098 homes · 488 m away
- Former CHM Premises · 164 homes · 683 m away
- Former Chadwicks Builders Merchant Site · 588 homes · 12 storeys · 1.0 km away
- Kestrel House · 52 homes · 8 storeys · 1.0 km away
- Former Chadwicks Builders Merchant · 588 homes · 12 storeys · 1.0 km away
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