Planning application · Fingal County Council

Conversion and extension works at Jones Garden Centre, Ballymadrough

Jones Garden Centre, Ballymadrough, Donabate, Co. Dublin, K36 DK68

F25A/1076E · FingalGranted

3.487 ha · Granted · permission to Jun 2031 (estimate)

Planning application F25A/1076E to Fingal County Council: Conversion and extension works to the existing garden centre facility, at Jones Garden Centre, Ballymadrough, Donabate. Granted by the council on 8 June 2026. The permission normally runs to June 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received
  4. Council granted
  5. Permission normally ends (estimate)

The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
F25A/1076E
Planning authority
Fingal County Council
Received
20 Nov 2025
Decided
8 Jun 2026
Status
Granted
Application type
Commercial
Use
Retail
Floor area (estimated)
2,160 m²
Read from the description, not stated on the register.
Site area
3.487 ha
Further information requested
21 Jan 2026
Further information received
13 May 2026

Proposed development

The proposed development will consist of conversion and extension works to the existing garden centre facility comprising: construction of an extension (2160 m2 GFA) to the existing garden centre facility to facilitate expansion of the garden centre sales area, relocation and expansion of the existing coffee shop/restaurant and associated kitchen, provision of new staff facilities, and provision of an external landscaped garden; conversion of the existing coffee shop/restaurant and associated kitchen to facilitate further expansion of the garden centre sales area (total GFA of proposed expansion 733 m2); construction of a 2.5 m high steel canopy sheltered area (228 m2 GFA) within the existing service yard; relocation of 2 no. existing polytunnels (578 m2 GFA); alterations to existing car parking layout to provide 158 no. customer car parking spaces; provision of new staff car parking area with 27 no. new staff car parking spaces; provision of a new percolation area and new surface water design including new detention basin; and all associated site and engineering works and landscaping works.

Planning status

Permission was granted on 8 Jun 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Jun 2031 (estimate).

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