Council taking ‘leading role’ in helping regenerate Cookstown Industrial Estate

SOUTH Dublin County Council are taking a “leading role” in helping to regenerate and improve the image of the Cookstown area, with the private sector advancing the development of privately owned sites in the area.

Last year, South Dublin County Council secured funding and “proposed significant developments” that will promote more employment opportunities and hopefully encourage businesses to move to the Cookstown Industrial Estate.

Cookstown is a designated neighbourhood in the Tallaght Local Area Plan (LAP), which provides a new urban structure and a series of specific policies and objectives to support the area in realising its full potential as an economic driver in the region. According to the council, this will be achieved through investment in the delivery of new infrastructure and the regeneration of the area creating a mixed-use environment home to more intensive forms of economic activity, innovation and public services.

To date, a total of €14.58m of URDF funding is being invested in the Cookstown and central Tallaght area as the council is developing a significant public realm project, an innovation centre, a transport mobility hub and the Airton road extension, whilst the Belgard Road North link road is almost fully constructed, which will enhance access and permeability to the area.

With a further €15m URDF funding recently secured for development in the area, coupled with the fact that the council will commence construction of the affordable apartment scheme consisting of 133 apartments at a cost of €30m in the Cookstown neighbourhood,

Plans are also in place to develop an inventory of vacant commercial and industrial premises in the county which will inform the business community of opportunities to locate in Cookstown Industrial Estate.