Planning

A selective guide to developments in your area

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

Location: Slate Cabin Lane, Sandyford, Dublin 18. Proposed development: demolish derelict house for 75 residential units, site development works and associated infrastructure. Applicant: Dorville Homes. Appellant(s): Joe Daly, Michael Power.

Location: Corrstown Golf Club, Corrstown, Kilsallaghan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: pro-shop, office, store, changing rooms, extension and modifications to clubhouse and all associated works. Applicant: Corrstown Golf Club. Appellant(s): Mary Monks.

Location: 63 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Proposed development: demolish buildings for two blocks of three and four storeys to include 34 apartments with all ancillary works. Applicant: Sweeney and Forte Motors Ltd. Appellant(s): Gary Brown.

Location: Esker South, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 58 two-storey houses and 16 apartments. Applicant: Eleveden Properties Ltd. Appellant(s): Tullyhall Residents Association, Catherine Lane and others.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Muckross House, Killarney, Co Kerry. Proposed development: visitor entrance to include reception area, audio-visual area, internal staircase, lift, and all associated works. Applicant: Commissioners of Public Works (with revised conditions).

Location: Grt Mhuire site, Ballinteer Road, Ballinteer, Dublin 16. Proposed development: 541 apartments in three blocks with associated site works and services. Applicant: Dorville Homes Ltd and O'Malley Construction Ltd (with revised conditions).

Location: Ardu Limerick Ryan Hotel, Ennis Road/Rose's Avenue, Limerick. Proposed development: mixed-use tourism, commercial, recreation and residential development to include 54 apartments. Applicant: Budelli Ltd (with conditions).

Location: Palmerstown Shopping Centre, Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20. Proposed development: alteration and extension of shopping centre. Applicant: Ladgrove Stores (with revised conditions).

Location: Ballyguile Beg, Wicklow. Proposed development: 156 dwellings with childcare facility and associated works. Applicant: Declan Stone and Alastair & Pat McGuckian (with revised conditions).

Location: The Marsh, Skibbereen, Co Cork. Proposed development: 87-bedroom hotel to include function room, bar and leisure centre, site development for gardens and 205 car-parking spaces. Applicant: BFTA Ltd (with revised conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Green Gables, Gort na Blath & Castle View, Old Ballymount Road, Dublin 24. Proposed development: demolish three houses for 45 apartments in two blocks and associated site works. Applicant: Ken Hetherington.

Location: 139 Goatstown Road, Goatstown, Dublin 14. Proposed development: demolish house for a three-storey building of seven apartments and associated works. Applicant: Shale Construction Ltd.

Location: Lyrath Demesne, Carlow Road, Kilkenny. Proposed development: hotel, carparking, service yard, access road, site services and landscaping. Applicant: Lyrath Demesne Ltd.

Location: 29 Alma Road, Monkstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: three-storey above basement extension to include five one-bedroom apartments, one two-bedroom apartment and one three-bedroom apartment with car-parking. Applicant: V O'Reilly.

Location: Rockfield House, Ballynacarrig, Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: refurbishment, alteration and extension of hotel. Applicant: Tudor Homes Ltd.

FINGAL

Location: Naul Road, Brackenstown, Knocksedan, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 191 houses (38 four-bedroom semis, 24 five-bedroom semis, 98 four-bedroom detached houses, 30 five-bedroom detached houses) and one two-storey childcare facility with landscaping, site works and children's play area. Applicant: Paddy Doyle.

Location: Stable Yard of Auburn House (protected structure), Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish derelict hay barn for a two-storey five-bedroom house with biocycle treatment system and associated site works. Applicant: Ulick and Mary McEvaddy.

Location: Inishowen, Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin 13. Proposed development: demolish detached house for two detached two-storey houses with garages and garden sheds to the rear. Applicant: Maurice and Carmel Cassidy.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Brook Lane, Rush, Co Dublin. Proposed development:eight detached two and 2.5-storey four and five-bedroom houses with car-parking and all associated site development works. Applicant: Frank Wilson and Fintan Price.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Innishannon, Drumnigh Road, Baldoyle, Dublin 13. Proposed development: demolish dwelling and associated outbuildings for 19 dwellings (12 detached houses and seven townhouses), landscaping and associated site works. Applicant: John Corless.

SOUTH DUBLIN

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: site at the junction of Belgard Road and Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development:mixed-use development of five to 6.5 storeys. Ground floor element consists the construction of a retail unit, a two-storey retail unit with offices, and a two-storey crèche. The upper floor consists of three to four floors of apartments with 42 three-bedroom units, 118 two-bedroom units and 63 one-bedroom units giving a total of 223 apartments of which 15 per cent will be offered as social/affordable accommodation. Residents laundry room, children's play room, a 200-space Luas park and ride car-parking facility located at basement level and a further basement level-two car-park providing 223 residential car-parking spaces and 91 public car-parking spaces of which 150 spaces are relocated from the existing car-parking provision, 12 commercial car-parking spaces and three drop-off spaces at surface level. Applicant: The Wood Partnership.

Location: site at the Esker Road, Lucan, Co Dublin accessed from Moy Glas Estate and existing entrance from Esker Road discontinued. Proposed development:two two-storey apartment blocks of 16 two-bedroom units with 39 surface car-parking spaces and associated site works. Applicant: H & H Developments Ltd.

Location: Cornerpark, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Proposed development:67 residential units (20 semi-detached houses, 34 terraced houses and 13 own-door apartments) with 98 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Opus Developments Ltd.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

Location: Claremont House, off Cornelscourt Hill Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Proposed development: refurbish house, including the demolition of single storey kitchen extension and the addition of a new single storey kitchen extension in a new location. The garage and other buildings located on the western (road) boundary of the courtyard are to be demolished. The gate-lodge is to be refurbished and extended so that it will become a three-bedroom private dwelling, walled garden to be repaired where necessary and retained as public open space. Demolish gate-lodge to St Bernards. Construct 25 additional dwellings with the grounds of Claremont and St Bernards consisting of four semi-detached three-bedroom houses, two detached four-bedroom houses and 19 five-bedroom detached houses. Access to the proposed development will be via an upgraded access point at the existing access to Claremont House off Cornelscourt Hill Road/Claremont Road and will require the demolition and reconstruction of the front boundary wall at the adjoining property Eventide. Applicant: Parkway Partnership.

Location: Smyths Pub (protected structure), 128 George's Street Lower, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: refurbish front portion of the bar, including cleaning and re-pointing of brickwork, and the demolition of the rear structures to allow for construction of four-storey apartment building fronting onto Callaghan's Lane. The development will consist of 12 apartments (four one-bed, four two-bed, two three-bed and two three-bed units) with nine underground car-parking spaces. Applicant: KBK Properties Ltd.

Location: Mountainview House, 84 Beaumont Avenue, Churchtown, Dublin 14. Proposed development: demolish 84 Beaumont Avenue and a single storey lean-to conservatory attaching to Mountainview House and derelict outbuildings. Erect a single storey conservatory to replace the existing to the rear, erect three terraced townhouses, 12 apartments, underground car-parking, associated landscaping and site works. Applicant: Euann McLoughlin, Helen and John O'Keeffe.

Location: Mornington House, Sandycove Point, Sandycove, Co Dublin. Proposed development: refurbish house, demolish 20th century extensions and erect new extension. Applicant: John Hurley.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

Location: Shelbourne Hotel, 27-34 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Internal alterations to consist of the demolition and removal of 1960s service stairs on two levels. Construct minor internal alterations to provide direct access link from hotel reception to ballroom, improve disabled access and fire escape routes, new service corridor link at upper ballroom level. Applicant: Kantaka Enterprises Ltd.

Location: St Mary's Church, Mary Street, Dublin 1. Proposed development: glass wind lobby inside the north-east doorway of St Mary's Church. The lobby will consist of floor-to-ceiling glazing with glazed double doors. The lobby will be anchored at ceiling and floor points and will not touch the walls of the protected structure. Applicant: Sauceboat Ltd.

Location: 41 and 41A and part of plot of Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. Proposed development: three-storey private consultants clinic incorporating 18 suites situated in north and south wings and a coffee area with associated car-parking and landscaping. The proposal includes the demolition of the existing two-storey apartment block and retail units situated at 41 and 41A Glasnevin Hill. Applicant: Bon Secours Health System Ltd.

Location: junction of the Ballymun Road and Santry Avenue, Ballymun, Dublin 9. Proposed development: mixed-use scheme with 2,801sq m (30,150sq ft) in one five-storey block with a six-storey corner element. The development will comprise five retail/service units and 26 apartments (10 one-bedroom units and 16 two-bedroom units), site development works and landscaping. This development forms part of a larger mixed-use scheme (Reg Ref F05A/1510). The remainder of the mixed-use scheme, which is to be located on a neighbouring site, has 28,686sq m (308,773sq ft) and comprises a total of 222 apartments, 15 retail/service units, a health and fitness centre, bar/restaurant, a food court, crèche, 10 own-door offices, four enterprise training units and 556 car-parking spaces at basement level. Applicant: Genetic Developments Ltd.

Compiled by Mary Hetherington