Planning and Development

A selective guide to developments in your area.

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

Location: Lexington House, junction of Monastery Rd, Monastery Pk, Clondalkin, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish house. Erect 37 mix-type residential units in four blocks with site works including car-parking. Applicant: Lexington Partnership. Appellant(s): Ronan Duffy, Monastery Estate Residents Association, Donal Hudson.

Location: Pirton House, Sydenham Villas, D14. Proposed development: Two- storey extension to side and rear, alterations and site works for conversion of houses to four apartments and one house. Applicant: Gerard Gannon. Appellant(s): Taney School.

Location: Bank Road South, Irishtown, D4. Proposed development: Concrete batching plant, pre-fabricated office and canteen buildings, fuel tanks, ESB substation, parking, entrance and associated works. Applicant: Kilsaran Concrete Ltd. Appellant(s): Sandymount and Merrion Residents Association, Kilsaran Concrete.

Location: Rear of 6 & 8 Cross Ave, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect a house. Applicant: Michael and Liz Cryan. Appellant(s): Joy Hurst, Kate Monnelly, Patrick and Margaret McCarthy, Bryan Doherty.

Location: Former "Superquinn site", Swords Shopping Centre, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Retail and residential scheme an anchor retail store, 11 mezzanine retail units, 126 apartments and site works. Applicant: Sizzles International Ltd. Appellant(s): Liam Heron, Sizzles International Ltd.

Location: Unit G, 537 North Circular Rd, D1. Proposed development: Material change of use from offices to a place of public worship and meeting and assembly areas. Applicant: Redeemed Christian Church of God. Appellant(s): Duff/Tisdall Ltd and others.

Location: Site at Balgriffin Pk, bounded by Malahide Rd, Mayne river, Grange Rd and Hole in the Wall, D17. Proposed development: Mixed use scheme of 2,180 dwellings and 10,052 sq m (108,200 sq ft) of retail, commercial and community uses and associated works. Applicant: Shannon Homes (Dublin) Ltd. Appellant(s): Clare Hall Residents Association, Tommy Broughan TD, Shannon Homes.

Location: 13 Dorset St Upr, D1. Proposed development: Demolish building and construct a mixed use scheme in two buildings featuring apartment and retail use. Applicant: Lorraine McWilliams. Appellant(s): Aids Fund Housing Project.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: 4 The Crescent, Monkstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish shop unit and part of café, provide new basement and two-storey extension. Change premises to public house and restaurant. Applicant: Anna McLaughlin (with conditions).

Location: Tinahask Upper, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: Mixed scheme of eight office blocks, retail outlets, transport terminus, hotel, 47 apartments, crèche and site works. Applicant: Reville Ltd (with conditions).

Location: Tinahask Upper, Arklow, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: Mixed scheme of 266 houses, 31 apartments, retail outlets, transport terminus, crèche, office blocks, car-parking and site works (10-year permission). Applicant: Reville Ltd (with conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Westtown, Balbriggan Rd, Naul, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Mixed commercial/residential scheme of 45 houses, 93 sq m (1,001 sq ft) of retail space and 775 sq m (8,340 sq ft) of commercial space and site works. Applicant: Brian O'Farrell.

Location: Former CIÉ property, Railway Cottages Rd, Serpentine Ave, Sandymount, D4. Proposed development: Erect seven houses with car-parking and site works. Applicant: Taggart Homes Ltd.

SOUTH DUBLIN

Applications

Location: Greenhills Rd/Main St, Tallaght village, D24. Proposed development: Erect two buildings ranging from two to four stories over basement car-parking with 26 spaces. Scheme includes 30 apartments (12 one-bed, 13 two-bed, three three-bed and two three-bed duplexes). Applicant: John O'Connor.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

Applications

Location: 1 The Forge, Rochestown Ave, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect three-storey mixed scheme of two retail units and two one-bed apartments at ground floor and eight two-bed apartments over first and second floors and site works. Applicant: Nordica Ltd.

Location: 1A, Olivemount, Dundrum Rd, D14. Proposed development: Erect three two-bed apartments in a three-storey block with new vehicular access off Dundrum Rd and site works. Applicant: A A Clements.

Location: 45, 46, 47 & 48 Patrick St, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish single storey office building at 48 Patrick St. Change of use from residential to office use to 45 Patrick St. Erect two self-contained two-storey office units to front of site and erect two self-contained two-storey office units to rear of site in two blocks with site works. Applicant: Irish Building Supply Company Ltd.

Location: Pottery Rd, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Permission for expansion of Sterile Products facility of some 28,000 sq m (301,389 sq ft) on 9.9 hectares comprising: a two-storey manufacturing building with penthouse, sized 15,200 sq m (163,611 sq ft) located to the rear of plant; a two-storey laboratory / canteen building with penthouse to the front and west of plant; a single storey warehouse to the rear of site; a two-storey utility building to the rear of site; new main vehicular entrance to Pottery Rd; single storey production link corridor; modifications to production facility; a single storey waste management facility; a single storey security building; car-parking for 379 car spaces; site works, revised roads and fencing. The buildings may be constructed on a phased basis. Applicant: Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: 117-121 Lwr George's St, 17-18 George's Place, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Apartment and retail scheme of eight one-bed, 74 two-bed and three three-bed apartments and two retail units in blocks ranging from two storeys at street edge with three storeys and penthouse level progressively recessed away from the street edge on Lwr George's St and ranging in height from four storeys with recessed fifth storey on to George's Place and ranging from four storeys with recessed fifth storey and feature element of nine storeys containing two apartments per floor at the upper levels in the middle of the site. A total of 85 car spaces and 40 cycle spaces are proposed. Scheme includes demolition of all buildings on site. Applicant: Anglo Construction Ltd.

Location: Unit 1, The Goat Centre, Lwr Kilmacud Rd, Goatstown, D14. Proposed development: Change of use of retail/hairdressing unit adjoining Paddy Power Bookmakers premises into a betting office. Shop front and signage to be retained. Existing shop front to Gerard Paul hairdressing unit to be retained incorporating non-illuminated signage to match Paddy Power signage. Internal fitout includes the removal of the existing party wall and maintaining all existing connections. Applicant: Paddy Powers Bookmakers Plc.

FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL

Applications

Location: Westbury Snooker Hall, the Green, Malahide Marina Village, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Permission to build apartment scheme over snooker hall of nine two-bed and one one-bed apartment in three floors with ground floor office, bin store, 11 car-parking spaces, bicycle park and alteration to front entrance to snooker hall. Applicant: B Lupo - Westbury Snooker Hall.

Location: Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish bungalow and erect 16 two and three-bed duplexes. Applicant: Castleview Homes.

Location: Church Rd, Rolestown, Kilsallaghan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Mixed residential village scheme of 49 two-storey houses, 62-bed nursing home, two retail units, two office units, crèche and medical centre. Applicant: R Collins & S Collins.

Location: Townland of Porterstown, D15. Proposed development: Demolish dwellings and construct 81 dwellings. Applicant: Castlethorn Construction.

Location: Kilrush House, 46 Lwr Main St, Rush, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish three houses and construct 18 two-bed and three one-bed apartments in four two-storey blocks and site works. Applicant: P & M Properties Ltd.

Location: Main St, Lusk, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect residential scheme comprising demolition of bungalow and associated sheds for the construction of five two-storey three-bed terraced townhosues and two two-bed detached dormer bungalows and associated works. Applicant: Cunnane Construction Company Ltd.

Location: DB Swords Motorama, North St, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish office, motor body repair and storage areas, side boundary stone walls, railing and block plinth walls and the rebuilding of the new blockwork boundary walls. Alterations to public footpath and provision of nine on-street car-parking spaces. Erect part three and four-storey mixed scheme of ground floor retail space and new vehicular access to covered ground floor car-parking for 44 cars, first floor office accommodation, 26 one and two-bed apartments at second and third floor levels. Applicant: S Byrne & A Buckowski.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Clonuske View, Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construct four two-storey four-bed houses, two two-sotrey three-bed end-of-terrace houses and two two-storey two-bedroom mid-terrace houses. Applicant: Tower Homes Construction Ltd.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

Applications

Location: Finglas Main Centre bounding Seamus Ennis Rd, Main St and Jamestown Rd, Finglas, D11. Proposed development: Permission for redevelopment to consist of extensions/alterations to ground floor retail areas, the provision of a crèche and library over a basement car-park with 160 apartments built above in five blocks to a maximum height of seven storeys, a multi-storey car-park and extension of the office area. Applicant: Marumba Properties Ltd.

Location: Site located at the end of the Northern Cross at City Junction Business Park, Northern Cross, Dublin 17, adjacent to the junction of Northern Cross and Malahide Road. Proposed development: Erect 152 apartments as part of an urban block ranging from four to seven storeys with an eight-storey feature corner, balconies to apartments, road infrastructural work including two new roads to the north and west of the development. Residential scheme to consist of 109 two-bed, 39 one-bed and four three-bed apartments. Applicant: Spectrum Development Ltd.

Location: 18 & 19 Lincoln Place, D2. Proposed development: Part change of use, external and internal alterations to consist of: change of use of ground floor and basement at No 19 Lincoln Place from retail to public house; basement floor - new kitchen, toilets, store rooms, changing rooms, kitchen hoist, key store and lift; ground floor alterations and extension of bar counter, new disabled toilet and new staircase leading to basement floor; elevational alterations to provide new shopfront to retail unit. Applicant: The University of Dublin, Trinity College.

Location: Lands north of Father Collins Pk, Hole in the Wall Rd, D13. Proposed development: Erect 29 one-bed and 161 two-bed apartments in two terraces of three and six blocks ranging from four to five storeys with penthouse over and with one tower element at eight storeys with penthouse over. Applicant: Gannon Homes Ltd.

Location: 27-31 Bridgefoot St, D8. Proposed development: Demolish two-storey building and construct a five-seven storey scheme of two retail units at ground floor, basement car-park of 25 spaces and first floor of two office units. Third to seventh storey to consist of nine apartments. Applicant: Bridgefoot Street Partnership.

Location: Killeen House, public house, Killeen Rd, Ballyfermot, D10. Proposed development: Demolish public house and erect a new building of three to six storeys housing 31 apartments with basement car-parking for 31 cars. Applicant: Vincent and Barry Callaghan.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Pembroke Row, at rear of 2, 3, & 4 Wilton Place, D2. Proposed development: Erect six-storey apartment building including two-storey set-back penthouse levels, providing 24 units (16 two-bed and eight one-bed apartments) with basement car-parking for 20 car spaces and 40 bicycle spaces with access from Pembroke Row. The site is within the curtilages of the sites of protected structures. Applicant: John O'Connor.

Location: 43, 44, 45 Bolton St, 17 & 17a Henrietta St and 10 Henrietta Place, D1. Proposed development: Permission for mixed scheme consisting of the demolition of buildings and erect new building incorporating 42 apartments, three retail shop units, roof gardens, student communal facilities and ground floor courtyard with basement storage, car and cycle parking. New building to incorporate 41 student apartments and one caretaker's apartment and be part five-storey, primarily six-storey and part seven-storey over basement. Applicant: Lamb Partnership.

Location: Butterley Business Park, Kilmore Rd, Artane, D5. Proposed development: Demolish single storey workshop, offices and stores and construct three-storey commercial/residential scheme of offices / medical clinic / retail use at ground floor, seven two-bed and three one-bed apartments at first and second floor levels with basement car-park and site works. In lieu of previously approved three-storey office development over basement car-park (Register ReferenceNo. 4278/00 & PL29N. 111479). Applicant: Patrick Butterly & Sons Ltd.