New Tesco coming to Swords R125

Dorans Pride · 20-10-2016 8:48am

They are only doing soil stabilisation works at present. The main construction works are to commence in the next week or two. As mentioned, you do not need a commencement notice until the main construction works start

plodder · 20-10-2016 8:52am

shane6977 wrote: »

A commencement notice is only required between 14 - 28 days of starting the permanent works on a development i.e. pouring foundations, building walls etc.

They can work away at enabling works - clearing the site, pairing back the soil to a reduced level for building amonst other things without needing to submit a CN.

Makes sense. You would hardly need a commencement notice for works that wouldn't have needed planning permission in the first place.

kravmaga · 21-10-2016 1:02pm

BKWDR wrote: »

I presume it will be a Tesco Express or one the size of supervalu boroimhe?

Much much bigger, see the plans

sdanseo · 22-10-2016 6:56pm

Concrete foundation at least partially laid now.

Dorans Pride · 23-10-2016 1:27pm

sdanseo wrote: »

Concrete foundation at least partially laid now.

There are no foundations poured on site. Topsoil strip has been clear and soil stabilisation is taking place

yeroulfella · 24-10-2016 6:23pm

are there photos of what it will look like??

sdanseo · 24-10-2016 7:01pm

Dorans Pride wrote: »

There are no foundations poured on site. Topsoil strip has been clear and soil stabilisation is taking place

My bad, looked like concrete when I passed. Must have been just the way the ground was prepared.
Are you more in the know than the rest of us, and if so any idea when work proper is to commence and more importantly, finish/opening?

yeroulfella wrote: »

are there photos of what it will look like??

Yup, click on the link in Dizzy's post

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

According to the planning application I think it's to be quite big:
http://planning.fingalcoco.ie/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=F12A/0046&theTabNo=9&backURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=779227%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%20%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%27wphappsearchres.displayResultsURL?ResultID=796021%26StartIndex=21%26SortOrder=rgndat,apnid%26DispResultsAs=WPHAPPSEARCHRES%26BackURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=779227%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%27%3ESearch%20Results%3C/a%3E#tabdetails

got to Documents, then Elevations.

yannakis · 27-10-2016 12:55pm

sdanseo wrote: »

got to Documents, then Elevations.

The documents link is not working for me.. Do you have any screenshots? :rolleyes:

sdanseo · 30-10-2016 9:54pm

Gravel or stones definitely all laid out now. Not concrete, but definitely not a trick of the light either.

@Doran's Pride you seem fairly in the know on this one. What's the build time on this likely to be?

Walter2016 · 30-10-2016 10:11pm

7 day notice given on 25th oct.

Work can start Wednesday.

https://www.localgov.ie/en/link-type/bcms - click q3 and scroll to fingal.

31-10-2016 1:59pm

Sorry if this is asked and answered but is this the roundabout in between Airside and the M1 entrance/exit there near Holywell? I saw they'd started works there but had no idea what it was.

T-Maxx · 31-10-2016 2:24pm

cython wrote:

Is this any consolation?

Landon Fierce Steak wrote:

Sorry if this is asked and answered but is this the roundabout in between Airside and the M1 entrance/exit there near Holywell? I saw they'd started works there but had no idea what it was.

Yes

mollybird · 02-11-2016 8:04pm

hey everyone.
just saw this post about a tesco coming to Swords. Am i right in hearing this?? i am a week or two away from getting keys to our new home in swords so am very new to the area. Did i read right that it will be that site that is being constructed at the entrance to the Airside shopping centre across from the Ryanair offices? It looked to me like it was going to be another car sales place.

Have def thought it was something that was badly needed in the area. Will it be an express or an extra store that's going in?

Thanks

Stheno · 02-11-2016 8:29pm

mollybird wrote: »

hey everyone.
just saw this post about a tesco coming to Swords. Am i right in hearing this?? i am a week or two away from getting keys to our new home in swords so am very new to the area. Did i read right that it will be that site that is being constructed at the entrance to the Airside shopping centre across from the Ryanair offices? It looked to me like it was going to be another car sales place.

Have def thought it was something that was badly needed in the area. Will it be an express or an extra store that's going in?

Thanks

All your questions have been answered in this thread just read through it

And with two lidls an Aldi two supervalu a Dunnes and jcs already in swords, there are some who would disagree that we need yet another supermarket

Dizzyblonde · 02-11-2016 9:25pm

mollybird wrote: »

hey everyone.
just saw this post about a tesco coming to Swords. Am i right in hearing this?? i am a week or two away from getting keys to our new home in swords so am very new to the area. Did i read right that it will be that site that is being constructed at the entrance to the Airside shopping centre across from the Ryanair offices? It looked to me like it was going to be another car sales place.

Have def thought it was something that was badly needed in the area. Will it be an express or an extra store that's going in?

Thanks

That is a car showroom at the bottom of Airside all right. The new Tesco is up nearer to Holywell and it will be a big store.

mickmmc · 02-11-2016 10:02pm

Joe Duffy purchased the former Bill Cullen premises opposite Ryanair.

The car showrooms are being partially rebuilt and Joe Duffy Jaguar and Joe Duffy Landrover will trade from those showrooms.

shoegirl · 03-11-2016 1:34pm

Stheno wrote: »

mollybird wrote: »

hey everyone.
just saw this post about a tesco coming to Swords. Am i right in hearing this?? i am a week or two away from getting keys to our new home in swords so am very new to the area. Did i read right that it will be that site that is being constructed at the entrance to the Airside shopping centre across from the Ryanair offices? It looked to me like it was going to be another car sales place.

Have def thought it was something that was badly needed in the area. Will it be an express or an extra store that's going in?

Thanks

All your questions have been answered in this thread just read through it

And with two lidls an Aldi two supervalu a Dunnes and jcs already in swords, there are some who would disagree that we need yet another supermarket

Swords has a population larger than Galway, and business comes in from Malahide with much more restrictive planning (and less land). There is certainly scale for the building of a large shop to service Hollywell and provide alternatives to the smallish options in Borimhe and Rivervalley/Rathingle. Plus Tesco don't mess around Irish suppliers any more badly than the Irish owned supermarket chains/wholesalers do.

mickmmc · 04-11-2016 10:55am

Fingal County Council have rezoned lands north of Swords (Lissenhall) for up to 7,000 houses in the Development Plan 2017-2023.

With continuing growth in population in the Swords area and in Malahide there should be plenty of customers for Tesco in Holywell.

IsosKramer · 04-11-2016 12:54pm

The fools in the CSO don't realise that Swords has a bigger population than Galway. According to their most recent (2011) confirmed figures, Swords had a population of 36,924 while Galway's (within the city boundary) was 75,529. It's provisional 2016 figure for Galway is c.80,000.

ongarboy · 08-11-2016 4:21pm

mickmmc wrote: »

Fingal County Council have rezoned lands north of Swords (Lissenhall) for up to 7,000 houses in the Development Plan 2017-2023.

With continuing growth in population in the Swords area and in Malahide there should be plenty of customers for Tesco in Holywell.

Agreed. Tralee has about 10000 less people than Swords and still manages to sustain 2 Dunnes, 2 Tescos, 2 Aldis, 2 Lidls, an Iceland and Supervalu. However, like Swords, it also has a large population catchment area (ie neighbouring villages and towns within 10 mile drive would also shop there). So Swords can more than absorb a full service Tesco supermarket.

Fingleberries · 08-11-2016 5:57pm

IsosKramer wrote: »

The fools in the CSO don't realise that Swords has a bigger population than Galway. According to their most recent (2011) confirmed figures, Swords had a population of 36,924 while Galway's (within the city boundary) was 75,529. It's provisional 2016 figure for Galway is c.80,000.

Am I missing something in these figures? Swords 36,924 and Galway 75,529 ... that looks like Swords is less than Galway.

Maybe a typo? Sorry if I'm being dense and missed something

plodder · 08-11-2016 7:33pm

Fingleberries wrote: »

Am I missing something in these figures? Swords 36,924 and Galway 75,529 ... that looks like Swords is less than Galway.

Maybe a typo? Sorry if I'm being dense and missed something

I assumed the poster was being sarcastic, implying that the CSO isn't wrong. While I think they may have mistakenly left out a chunk of population in Drinam and Holywell, there's no way Swords has anywhere near the population of Galway city. I think it's more like Swords 42K vs 75K for Galway.

Incidentally, Ashbourne has a population of around 11,000 (2011) and it has big Supervalu, Dunnes, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl. It even had an Iceland a few years ago, which I think is gone now.

Mutley2009 · 21-11-2016 4:52pm

"At the 2011 census the total urban population of greater Swords was 42,738 but when local electoral area definitions are taken into account, the population was 68,583"

plodder · 22-11-2016 10:11am

Who needs a census, when we have wikipedia?

yannakis · 14-12-2016 3:54pm

Construction is moving at a staggering pace! Iron structure is up - 2 stories, roof and all. Yesterday and today all panels came to the site and they started installing them already.

kravmaga · 19-12-2016 5:59pm

YanisK wrote: »

Construction is moving at a staggering pace! Iron structure is up - 2 stories, roof and all. Yesterday and today all panels came to the site and they started installing them already.

Agreed I drove by the other day and could not believe the progress being made.
I wonder when it is due for completion, would mid 2017 be about right?
Would not fancy living in the apartments facing the site as their view will be totally obstructed now.
Surprised planning permission was given for such a large development so close to residential housing?

Anyways role on completion, Tesco will be a good addition to Swords.

peteb2 · 20-12-2016 8:56pm

kravmaga wrote:

Agreed I drove by the other day and could not believe the progress being made. I wonder when it is due for completion, would mid 2017 be about right? Would not fancy living in the apartments facing the site as their view will be totally obstructed now. Surprised planning permission was given for such a large development so close to residential housing?

Does fingal want to be the council that turns down jobs? Don't think so. Also there was a sizable levy for the metro north calculated at the start. Presume they bizarrely still get that

jwwb · 21-12-2016 4:47pm

peteb2 wrote: »

Does fingal want to be the council that turns down jobs? Don't think so. Also there was a sizable levy for the metro north calculated at the start. Presume they bizarrely still get that

Questionable whether any new jobs will be created. Jobs will be displaced from one supermarket to another. Probably good news for the consumer.

I seem to remember reading that all the Metro North levies had to be returned as it had not been built within a specific timeline.

lapua20grain · 21-12-2016 9:01pm

jwwb wrote: »

Questionable whether any new jobs will be created. Jobs will be displaced from one supermarket to another. Probably good news for the consumer.

I seem to remember reading that all the Metro North levies had to be returned as it had not been built within a specific timeline.

which supermarket will they displaced from?

Arthur Daley · 21-12-2016 9:20pm

Agree if the population doesn't need to grow much more and people only have a small amount more disposable cash it is hard to see how all these new shops can absorb the trade without casualties. That will be a new big lidl a new aldi and a new big tesco. All existing shops from jcs to the pavillions will see the impact of these new entrants and no doubt staff will be displaced

easygoing39 · 23-12-2016 12:54am

Plenty of population in Swords and surrounding area,more than enough to keep all the supermarkets in profit.Wont be any staff let go,unless management f - up.

yannakis · 23-12-2016 9:15am

Plus with the new Lidl and new Tesco it will be a lot simpler to do the shopping than Pavillions where you need to walk a kilometer from the parking to Dunnes/Supervalu

Walter2016 · 23-12-2016 11:06pm

ongarboy wrote: »

Agreed. Tralee has about 10000 less people than Swords and still manages to sustain 2 Dunnes, 2 Tescos, 2 Aldis, 2 Lidls, an Iceland and Supervalu. However, like Swords, it also has a large population catchment area (ie neighbouring villages and towns within 10 mile drive would also shop there). So Swords can more than absorb a full service Tesco supermarket.

Tralee's hinterland is huge. Goes as far west as Ballinskelligs and Waterville and as far East as Abbeyfeale and as far south as glengarriff.

Add a massive tourist population in Summer and you have a town as commercial as Waterford.

Asdfghjkl987 · 29-12-2016 2:19pm

Airside Shopping Centre is what its called. New signage has been put up on the fence in the last few days

sdanseo · 29-12-2016 11:11pm

Asdfghjkl987 wrote: »

Airside Shopping Centre is what its called. New signage has been put up on the fence in the last few days

"Opening 2017" on the sign but no specifics. At the rate it's going up I'd say the summer or even before.

easygoing39 · 30-12-2016 1:18am

Will be well open by the summer.

chazbat1 · 03-01-2017 11:10am

I live in Holywell, it is touted as being open in April 2017

Bionick · 08-01-2017 1:37pm

"Airside Shopping Centre is a new neighbourhood scheme with an estimated completion date of March 2017. The centre which will be anchored by a 2,000 Sq M Tesco and will also provide a new cafe/restaurant (150.5 Sq M), 2 retail units (104.3 Sq M - 105.4 Sq M) and a first floor medical centre (467.2 Sq M)."

pinkypinky · 08-01-2017 1:48pm

What's the source for that please?

plodder · 08-01-2017 2:07pm

Some info at link below

http://www.sherryfitz.ie/commercial/18359

Bionick · 10-01-2017 1:37pm

I can't post link as a new user.

add http and change * for .

/www*daft*ie/dublin/commercial-property-for-rent/retail-units-for-rent/airside-shopping-centre-swords-dublin-356284/

Download Brochure:

add http and change * for .

/www*sherryfitz*ie/files/SAM//19807/WWW/Airside%20Shopping%20Centre%20-%20Brochure.pdf

yannakis · 10-01-2017 1:46pm

Here you go:

www.daft.ie/5356284

http://sherryfitz.ie/files/SAM//19807/WWW/Airside%20Shopping%20Centre%20-%20Brochure.pdf

mollybird · 10-01-2017 3:45pm

looks like it could be great all right. since ive only recently moved to swords i may try out the doc on the new premises there. will see how easy it is to get to etc before making my mind up.

peteb2 · 11-01-2017 11:22am

mollybird wrote:

looks like it could be great all right. since ive only recently moved to swords i may try out the doc on the new premises there. will see how easy it is to get to etc before making my mind up.

You'll have to wait to see if they actually get a doc in there. Considering they haven't looked to move into the vacant Block in the estate despite it actually being owned by a doctor

McAlban · 11-01-2017 12:25pm

peteb2 wrote: »

You'll have to wait to see if they actually get a doc in there. Considering they haven't looked to move into the vacant Block in the estate despite it actually being owned by a doctor

The Vacant block in Holywell?

1. It has planning for a Creche, not for a Medical Centre.
2. They've only just agreed Sale on it.
3. The Commercial Centre is terrible, always filthy.

The Zoning is questionable, a Creche at this location is gonna cause chaos during the mornings/evenings regarding traffic.

As for out at tesco, if the rents on the medical centre are right I can see them filling it up with Physio, Doctor etc. No problem.

yannakis · 11-01-2017 3:22pm

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There's another structure popping up in the area, roof is on already. Maybe one of you knows what it's gonna be?

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McAlban · 11-01-2017 3:50pm

YanisK wrote: »

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There's another structure popping up in the area, roof is on already. Maybe one of you knows what it's gonna be?

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This site is your friend...

Fingal Planning Map

New Retail Warehouse, Power City are the Applicant.

Might Convince them to actually finish the Road in from Airside to this point. Surface is terrible here.

yannakis · 11-01-2017 4:07pm

McAlban wrote: »

This site is your friend...

Fingal Planning Map

New Retail Warehouse, Power City are the Applicant.

Might Convince them to actually finish the Road in from Airside to this point. Surface is terrible here.

Thank you very much

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peteb2 · 12-01-2017 1:22am

McAlban wrote:

The Vacant block in Holywell?

McAlban wrote:

1. It has planning for a Creche, not for a Medical Centre. 2. They've only just agreed Sale on it. 3. The Commercial Centre is terrible, always filthy.

Yes.

It was touted as a medical centre when originally proposed. A long time before it was sold.

It's filthy because no one is there.

Montserrat · 19-01-2017 8:52pm

Hi guys. We are moving to Holywell soon and wondering when they plan to open Tesco. Is anybody aware about that here?
Thanks

New Tesco coming to Swords R125

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