Development guide

A selective guide to developments in your area

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

Location: Lucan/Palmerstown bypass, M50 and junction of N4 and Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20. Proposed development: Demolish building and construct a single storey discount foodstore and four single storey retail units. Applicant: Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited. Appellant(s): Brian and Mary Fleming, Residents of Hollyville Terrace, Residents of Hollyville Lawn, Fr Michael Hasset, Dan Kennedy Limited, Colin Murray, P Towey, Frank Fahy, Riversdale Residents Association, Palmerstown Community Council Limited, Palmerstown Environmental Group.

Location: Corner of Coombe bypass (protected structure) including 4, 5 and 6 Ardee Street Dublin 8. Proposed development: Mixed-use development incorporating retail/commercial units and a total of 47 apartments. Applicant: Abelonne Limited. Appellant(s): Cork Street and Maryland Residents Association.

Location: 33/34 Kenilworth Square (protected structure), Dublin 6. Proposed development: Subsequent to application Reg. Ref: 4249/02, retention of refurbishment, alterations and associated site works. Applicant: Rathgar Hotel. Appellant(s): Robert Beatty and Others, Carrie O'Shea.

Location: Palmerstown Demesne, Johnstown, Co Kildare. Proposed development: Mixed use development. Applicant: Bridford Developments. Appellant(s): An Taisce, Frank McCabe, Finbar Brophy.

Location: Site bounded by Camden Villas, Knapps Square, John Redmond Street, St Marys, Shandon, Cork. Proposed development: Demolish existing structures and construct an apartment complex consisting of 92 apartments, new square and site facilities. Applicant: Haranka Developments Limited. Appellant(s): Frank Murphy and Joe McSweeney.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Former sports ground adjacent to St Pius Church, Terenure, Dublin 6W. Proposed development: Demolish sports clubhouse and construct 170 mixed-type residential units, a crèche, office, site development works and services including car-parking and single storey pump house. Applicant: Jackie Greene Construction Limited (with conditions).

Location: 49 Clarinda Park East, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin (protected structure). Proposed development: Change of use from three one-bedroom and one three-bedroom apartments and office to one three-bedroom and two two-bedroom apartments. Applicant: Niall O'Farrell (revised conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Junction of Ashleigh Heights, North Road, Drogheda, Co Louth. Proposed development: Erect a single storey discount foodstore with 56 car-parking spaces, landscaping and associated work on a 0.36-hectare site. Applicant: Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited.

Location:The Cottage, Newtown Park, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Use of already approved retail unit (Reg. Ref D02A/1162) as hot food take away. Applicant: Lai Man Chan

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

Location: Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, bounded to north by North Circular Road, to west by Berkeley Road, to south by Eccles Street and to the east by rear of terrace of houses fronting Leo Street and Mater Private Hospital, Dublin 7. Proposed development: Upgrading and extension of existing hospital including the demolition and new build and also the relocation of the Children's University Hospital from Temple Street to the Mater complex to be accommodated in a new building. The extended and new build hospital facilities are generally located at the eastern side of the Mater complex on the site of the existing surface car park. It is proposed to demolish a number of structures on site as follows: College of Nursing building, Rosary House, building 1A Ophthalmic Theatre existing entrance ramp from Eccles Street, part of concourse building, part of energy centre and plant, Child and Family Guidance building, adjacent store, ancillary and temporary structures. The proposed development comprises a new five-storey adult hospital on the northern side of the site linking to the northern and eastern sides of the existing phase 1A building, new lift shaft and lobby, new four-storey over basement adult ward accommodation connected to the south of the existing phase 1A building, new five/six-storey building to accommodate the Children's Hospital on the southern side of the site facing Eccles Street, new nine-storey structure with rooftop helipad to provide central concourse area linking propose adult and children's hospitals, new four-storey pathology and technical services building. A two-storey basement car park providing 800 spaces. Applicant: Mater and Childrens Hospital Development Limited.

Location: 13/14 Dame Court, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Extension of an existing licensed restaurant premises at the lower ground and upper ground floor levels into the existing first, second and third floor levels of 13/14 Dame Court and proposed extension to the rear of the building to provide additional kitchen facilities at first floor over the existing kitchen and a new stairwell at first, second, third and roof floor levels. The development comprises limited extension to the rear of the property and change of use of the first, second and third floor levels from wholesale retail/ancillary office use to licensed restaurant with an ancillary screening room and function room. Applicant: Sherland Entertainments Limited.

Location: Jurys Doyle Westbury Hotel, Balfe Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Planning permission to alter existing shopfront and interior to create a new increased shop area, three new offices and a new shopfront to include new signage. Applicant: Jurys Doyle Hotel Group.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: 64 Grafton Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Change of use from retail banking to retail/shop use. The application includes restoration of the ground floor Grafton Street and part ground floor Chatham Street elevations to the original fully glazed shop front design, relocation of front entrance doors on Grafton Street and internal alterations associated with the change of use. Removal of portion of the existing lift and replacement wheelchair platform lift, removal of an existing staircase and its replacement with new staircase serving basement, ground and first floors. Applicant: Town Partnership.

Location: 26a Portland Street North, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Demolish existing single storey light industrial building and erect 6,427 sq m (69,180 sq ft) of new construction in two blocks containing 53 apartments and five apartments suitable for work, over a ground floor comprising a motor showroom/repair garage. Applicant: Danway Limited.

SOUTH DUBLIN

Location: Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Brownsbarn, Naas Rd, Dublin 24. Proposed development: 10-year planning permission for office development comprising of two four-storey blocks and one three-storey block, plant rooms at roof level in each block, balconies, ESB substation and bin stores, car-parking at surface level and partially below ground level and associated site works. Applicant: Citywest Limited.

Location: Smurfit Packaging Systems, Smurfit Irish Paper Sacks Limited, Ballymount Road Lower, Walkinstown, Dublin 12. Proposed development: Extensions and alterations to the existing premises, consisting of an 805 sq m (8,665 sq ft) single storey extension approximately 9.4 metres high to the front and 121 sq m (1,302 sq ft) single storey extension approximately 7.8 metres high to the rear, together with ancillary site works. Applicant: R. O'Caoimh, Dr J Walsh, Ian Carroll.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Existing premises bounded by Killeen Road and John F Kennedy Avenue, Naas Road, Dublin 12. Proposed development: Demolish two-storey office element of existing cash and carry business and demolish part of the existing single storey building to the rear. Change the use of the ground floor of the existing two-storey building from wholesale cash and carry to storage and build a new two-storey building of 4,320 sq m (46,500 sq ft) to consist of offices, ground floor wholesale cash and carry and first floor storage. The existing buildings to be retained are ground floor and first floor storage and single storey rear store. Applicant: Sean Fitzpatrick Wholesale Limited.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

Location: Woodside Townland, Sandyford, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Residential development consisting of 264 dwellings comprising 69 houses, 195 apartments, a restaurant, minimarket and commercial/retail space. Applicant: Cannon & Kirk.

Location: Part of the former Solus Tower factory premises, and land at Corke Abbey, Bray, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: The proposal provides for a single storey retail unit measuring 1,645 sq m (17,707 sq ft) with 99 car-parking spaces and associated landscaping and site works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland GmbH.

Location: 6A & 7A Monkstown Crescent, Monkstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish existing building and the reinstatement of the original mews/coach-house buildings and to construct the following: basements for use as wine storage vaults, extensions to the front and rear of the original mews buildings to contain two retail units at ground floor level and two two-bedroom apartments at first floor with parking for two cars. Part of this development is within the curtilage of No 6 Longford Terrace, a protected structure. Applicant: F & G Searson.

Location: Total Fitness site, Blackglen Road, Balally, Sandyford, Dublin 18. Proposed development: Provision of a single storey (mezzanine) landscape and maintenance building, a two-storey 56-bedroom athletes dormitory building, a two-storey apartment building consisting of six two-bedroom units, car-parking and site development works. Applicant: Mardown Limited.

Location: 168 Sandyford Road, Dublin 16. Proposed development: Demolish house and all other existing buildings and build a three-storey development of 14 apartments with landscaped car-parking for 14 cars which will include seating areas. Existing front boundary wall to be retained and repaired. Applicant: Joseph & Majorie Dolan.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Beechpark, Stillorgan Road (N11) and 1 & 2 Farmleigh Avenue. Proposed development: Mixed use residential, creche, gymnasium and autistic persons care unit/elderly persons housing development. The development will consist of approximately 41,500 sq m (446,702 sq ft) of gross floor area overall in 18 buildings as follows: 437 residential units plus six autistic persons residential units, 50 dwellings in each of Block A1 and Block A2 (each block comprises three six-storey elements over a two-storey full-length structure - overall height eight storeys), 43 dwellings in Block A3 (two eight-storey elements with a four-storey connecting core), 42 dwellings in Block B (seven and eight storeys), 18 dwellings in each block C1, C2 and C3 (three, four and five-storeys), 36 dwellings in Block D (six storeys), 34 dwellings in Block E (three and four-storeys), 18 dwellings in Block F (two and three storeys), seven dwellings in Block G1, six dwellings in Block G2, six dwellings in Block G2, Block G3 and Block G4, three dwellings in Block H, 20 dwellings in Block J, 36 dwellings in Block K, a creche facility, gymnasium facility, provision of two single level basements accommodating 311 car-parking spaces and 75 car-park spaces respectively, autistic person care unit and elderly apartments, providing six residential care units and 26 apartments. Demolition of two existing residences (1 & 3 Farmleigh Avenue); site development works (including demolition of three single storey pre-fab building elements on site). Applicant: Bryan Cullen.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Woodview Seminary, Woodview, Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Redevelop existing seminary building including partial demolition, new extension, partial rebuilding of demolished portion, internal alteration and refurbishment of Woodview House (a proposed protected structure) incorporating library/archive, upgraded kitchen/dining area, new attic storey and elevational upgrading of existing chapel building and new three-storey residential block comprising 16 two-bedroom apartments with associated car-parking and site development works. Applicant: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

FINGAL

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Lynam Lands, north-east of Hansfield Road, Casteheany, Dublin 15. Proposed development: Erect 252 two, three and four-bedterraced and semi-detached houses and 112 two and three-bedroom duplex apartments in a two/three-storey development. Applicant: E & J Lynam Properties