Planning and Development

A selective guide to planning developments in your area

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

APPEALS

Location: 121-128 Summerhill (backing onto 6, 7 and 7a Gardiner Lane), Dublin 1. Proposed development: demolish industrial building and construct an eight-storey building with 94 apartments, six work/live units, a crèche, ESB substation and all associated works. Applicant: Tom Hendron. Appellant(s): Dublin Bus, Eugene O'Reilly, Tom Hendron.

Location: 1-3 Irishtown Road, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish existing structures and construct a five-storey mixed-use development to include offices, 11 apartments, car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Miro Property Holdings Limited. Appellant(s): Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount Environment Initiative, Frances Cassidy.

Location: 9 Dalkey Avenue, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing garage and erect three apartments with car-parking. Applicant: Eugene McCarthy. Appellant(s): Helen Murray and others, Dalkey Community Council.

Location: Glazo-Smith-Kline site, junction of Grange Road and Stonemason's Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. Proposed development: demolish industrial premises and erect a neighbourhood centre consisting of a discount food store, five retail units, a sports club with car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland. Appellant(s): David Trimble.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: 55-58 East Road, Dublin 3. Proposed development: demolish existing structures and construct 80 apartments in a five-storey block consisting of three floors over retail with 82 car-parking spaces and associated site works. Applicant: Michael McMahon (with conditions).

Location: site north of Oldcourt Road, Ballycullen, Dublin 24. Proposed development: erect 11 two-bedroom apartments in one building ranging from three to four storeys in height. Applicant: Ellier Developments Limited (with conditions).

Location: Brookfield, Carrickmines Great and Jamestown, Dublin 18. Proposed development: construct 2,884 sq m (31,043 sq ft) two-storey over basement leisure and fitness centre and associated site works (previously approved D02A/0558). Applicant: Park Developments (Dublin) Limited (with same conditions).

Location: Blacklion, Coolagad, Greystones, Co Wicklow. Applicant: erect a discount foodstore, leisure and fitness centre, retail and office units with car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland (with conditions).

Location: Newtown townland, Maynooth, Co Kildare. Proposed development: Erect 241 dwelling units and associated works. Applicant: Sherwood Homes (with revised conditions).

Location: Capdoo Commons, Clane, Co Kildare. Proposed development: erect 165 dwellings. Applicant: Westar Investments Limited (with revised conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: 1 and 3 Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish two houses and erect a three-storey over basement apartment building containing 11 three-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom apartment with basement car-park, stores, new entrance off Shrewsbury Road, driveway, visitor car-parking and landscaping. Applicant: Rivertree Property Development Limited.

Location: 80/81 Ballybough Road, corner of Charleville Avenue, Dublin 3. Proposed development: demolish shop with apartment and house and construct a five-storey building consisting of eight two-bedroom and one one-bedroom over ground floor retail units with basement and service yard. Applicant: Anthony Hardley.

Location: 3 The Mall, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing stairwell and toilet block, alter and refurbish existing building, four-storey extension to rear comprising offices, plant room, staff and public area, ancillary works to credit union building (protected structure). Applicant: Lucan District Credit Union.

Location: Heathersett, Old Court Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: Demolish existing house and construct 31 mixed-type houses and six apartments along with 71 car-parking spaces, and relocation of site entrance site works. Applicant: Tony and Marian Haugh (with conditions).

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: McGrattan's Restaurant, 76 Fitzwilliam Lane (off Baggot Street), Dublin 2. Proposed development: permission for partial demolition of existing first floor function area, provision of two apartments to the rear at first floor level, four apartments on an additional second floor with associated services. Amendment of existing vehicle access to include pedestrian access to apartments. (This proposal is within the curtilage of protected structures, 76-77 Merrion Square South). Applicant: Dan McGrattan.

Location: accessed between 155 and 161 Richmond Road, Dublin 3. The site extends to the rear and is bonded to the north and east by the grounds of St Vincent's Hospital and Day Care Centre (Eastern Health Board), to the west by the Stella Maris Sports Grounds. Proposed development: demolish existing warehouse and storage buildings and erect 44 new dwellings comprising seven one-bedroom apartments, three one-bedroom duplex apartments, 12 two-bedroom apartments and 22 two-bedroom duplex apartments, a landscaped court and ancillary site development works and boundary works. There are three two and three-storey blocks to the south end of the site containing six apartments and the remaining 38 apartments are contained in a linear block of two-storey over basement with three pavilion blocks that are four-storey over basement. Provision for 55 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Stella Trust Limited.

Location: site of 1.9 hectares on the site of the former engineering works, bounded to the north by Shanowen Road, to the east by St Kevin's Boys Club and to the west by Shanowen Business Park, Shanowen Road, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish existing engineering works buildings and construct a day nursery/crèche and residential development to consist of 330 apartments and duplex units in six blocks varying in height from three to seven storeys with 416 basement car-parking spaces, 370 bicycle spaces and 22 car-parking bays on Shanowen Road. Applicant: Heritage Properties Limited.

Location: 174 Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7. Proposed development: demolish existing single storey building and erect a mixed-use development comprising office/retail and residential in two blocks. Applicant: David Farrelly.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

APPLICATIONS

Location: Lios Beag, Vico Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: retention of a first floor roof terrace and the provision of a new lift and lift shaft linking the existing floors and giving access to the roof terrace. Applicant: Mr and Mrs Paul Hewson.

Location: Manderley Castle (formerly Ayesha Castle), Victoria Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: permission sought for amendments to main entrance off Victoria Road comprising the erection of 450mm high cast-iron railings to flank walls to gate piers, alterations to existing gates comprising the closure of openings and the installation of 150mm high decorative cast-iron profile to top, and the installation of three retractable granite bollards to entrance bay to front of gates. Applicant: Eithne Brennan.

Location: Kilmore Cottage, Kilmore Avenue, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish single storey cottage and outhouses and replace with part single storey and two-storey dwelling with associated site works and off-street car-parking. Applicant: Ray Smith.

Location: Grove House, Hainault Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18. Proposed development: construct a single storey gate-lodge with timber frame with one car-parking space and access driveway. Applicant: Maurice and Theresa Leahy.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Eagle House, Killiney village, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish post office with facade to be retained and the associated residential unit at Eagle House. The redevelopment into a scheme of two apartments of three-storeys consisting of one two-bedroom unit and one three-bedroom unit with integral garage for two cars. Applicant: Una Quaid.

SOUTH DUBLIN

APPLICATIONS

Location: 184-188 Whitehall Road West, Dublin 12. Proposed development: change of use of first floor to restaurant use with new kitchen and new ground floor entrance to stairwell. Applicant: The Laurels Public House Limited.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Maxol service station, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: erect a three-storey apartment block to consist of 10 apartments comprising two two-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom apartment on each floor and one two-bedroom penthouse plus 10 car-parking spaces to the front with access on to Whitechurch Road. The proposed works include the demolition of the existing petrol station, shop and garage including the removal of the forecourt canopy, petrol pumps and petrol storage tanks. Applicant: Maxol Limited.

FINGAL

APPLICATIONS

Location: Westbury Snooker Hall, the Green, Malahide Marina Village, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct apartment development over existing snooker hall to comprise of nine two-bedroom and one one-bedroom apartments on three floors with ground floor office, security hut, 13 car-parking spaces and alterations to front of snooker hall. Applicant: Bruno Lupo Westbury Snooker Hall.

Location: Kilbush Lane, Kilbush, Rush, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a residential development consisting of 22 dwelling units comprising four four-bedroom houses, one pair of semi-detached three-bedroom houses, two blocks of two-storey terraced houses with each block comprising of four two-bedroom terraced houses, two two-bedroom terraced houses and two three-bedroom terraced houses, site roads, services, 24 car-parking spaces, landscaping and all associated site development works. Applicant: Eric and Joe Monks.

Location: Fieldstown Road, opposite Shamrock Park, Oldtown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect 31 terraced two-storey houses. Applicant: P Collins.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Dunard, Swords Road, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect a residential development comprising the demolition of dwelling house and the construction of nine four-bedroom houses, one four-bedroom two-storey house over basement and one three-bedroom two-storey house with associated site works. Applicant: Tom and Angeline Byrne.

Location: north-west Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect 422 dwellings, a single storey crèche facility, site development and landscape works. Applicant: The Parkway Partnership.

Location: Eircom telephone exchange site, Clonsilla Road, Dublin 15. Proposed development: erect a part three-storey, part four-storey apartment building to comprise of 21 apartments with provision of 32 semi-basement car-parking spaces and associated site works. Applicant: Osprey Properties Limited.