Planning and development

A selective guide to developments in your area

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

Appeals

Location: Palm Trees, Johnstown Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish house. Erect 70 apartments. Applicant: Fergus & Sheila Cooney. Appellant(s): Johnstown Residents Association.

Location: McGrattans Restaurant, 76 Fitzwilliam Lane, Dublin 2. Proposed development: partial demolition of first floor level, four apartments on additional second floor, roof garden, access and associated works. Applicant: Dan McGrattan. Appellant(s): Mr and Mrs Langford-Grenham.

Location: Shanowen Business Park, Shanowen Road, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish buildings and erect 330 residential units in six apartment blocks of three to seven storeys and associated site works. Applicant: Heritage Properties Limited. Appellant(s): Westfield Residents Association, Shanowen Residents Association.

Location: Trafalgar Road and Marine Terrace, Greystones, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: erect an hotel, bar, restaurant, offices, 96 apartments and car-parking. Applicant: Vardar Ltd. Appellant(s): Georgina Kenny, Brigid Galligan and Leslie Bradley.

Location: 151-169 Richmond Road, Fairview, Dublin 3. Proposed development: demolish warehouse and storage buildings and construct four blocks ranging in height from two to four storeys to consist of 44 residential units. Applicant: Stella Trust Limited. Appellant(s): Stella Maris Football Club, Board of Governors St Vincent's Hospital, Josephine Maguire and others.

Location: Hollystown village, Ratoath Road, adjacent to Hollystown golf course, Dublin 15. Proposed development: erect 59 houses, a new access road from Ratoath Road and all associated site works. Applicant: Twinlite Development Limited. Appellant(s): Gerard Smith, Peter Duffy.

Location: The Ramparts, Kinsale, Co Cork. Proposed development: redevelopment of St Joseph's Convent, conservation, conversion, part demolition of five-storey extension to school, convert school and church to 79 apartments, 94 houses, gym, vehicle and pedestrian access, 295 parking spaces and site works. Applicant: Cumnor Construction Ltd. Appellant(s): John R H James.

Location: Rahardrum and Ballaghanea, Virginia, Co Cavan. Proposed development: demolish house and construct 104 units including a crèche and all associated site works. Applicant: JH Craig Limited. Appellant(s): Forest Park Residents Association.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: lands bounded by Harmony Row, Erne Place, Railway Terrace and Rostrevor Terrace, Dublin 2. Proposed development: mixed-use scheme of 47 apartments, offices/showroom, parking, access and site works. Applicant: Sherborough Enterprises Ltd (with revised conditions).

Location: 32-40 Benburb St, D7. Proposed development: apartment building of four, six, seven and eight-storey wings with 166 units, commercial/retail/crèche facilities, parking and site works. Applicant: McGrath Group Developments Ltd (with conditions).

Location: Grange Road, Grange, Douglas, Co Cork. Proposed development: demolish buildings and forecourt canopy and construct a discount foodstore with 100 car-parking spaces, landscaping and associated site works. Applicant: Aldi Stores Ireland Limited (with revised conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Eagle House, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish post office and the associated residential units and construct three apartments with integral garages. Applicant: Una Quaide.

FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL

Applications

Location: the green, Balrothery , Balbriggan,Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing house on site and construct five three-bedroom terrace houses, three two-bedroom terrace houses and one three-bedroom detached house at rear. Applicant: Trowelex Limited.

Location: lands between Naul Road and Ballyboghil Road, Ballyboghil village, Co Dublin. Proposed development: outline permission to erect a mixed-use development consisting of 17 townhouses, a two-storey apartment block containing eight apartments, one retail unit, an office unit, 49 car-parking spaces and associated site works. Applicant: T & P Doyle Construction Limited.

Location: Estuary Road, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing single-storey cottage and outbuildings and erect six two-bedroom apartments. Applicant: Thomas Smyth & Sons Limited.

Location: Riverside Cottage, Main Street, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: demolish semi-detached dwelling and construct 12 residential units in one four-storey block with associated site works and car-parking. Applicant: Paschal O'Sullivan and Jon Hutton.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: site fronting onto Drogheda Street and Chapel Street, Brecan House, Drogheda Street, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing dwelling house and outbuildings and erect three three-storey blocks comprising five shops, 18 apartments and 18 car-parking spaces and open courtyard. Applicant: Mr B Tolan.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: The Gem, 2 Harbour Road, Howth, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing shop at ground floor and apartments at first floor and construct a new seven-storey building to consist of retail units, four two-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom apartment with site works and services. Applicant: Greg Rickard.

Location: townlands of Racecourse Common and Ballough, Lusk, Co Dublin. Proposed development: residential development in accordance with Lusk Action Plan consisting of 256 units comprising 54 townhouses, 154 apartments and 48 duplex units all in 12 blocks. Applicant: Dwyer Nolan Development Limited.

SOUTH DUBLIN

APPLICATIONS

Location: south of Hillcrest estate bring part of development area three (Airlie Stud) of Adamstown Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme, Dodsborough, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect a residential development consisting of 271 dwelling units comprising 27 four-bedroom detached and semi-detached houses, 84 two, three and four-bedroom townhouses, 41 three-bedroom duplex units with 41 two-bedroom apartments in 15 three-storey blocks and 78 two and three-bedroom apartments in 17 two, three, four and five-storey blocks including all associated site development works. Applicant: Maplewood Developments Limited.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: lands bounded to the north by Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School, to the south by Griffeen Avenue, to the west by Griffeen Glen Boulevard and to the east by Griffeen Road in the townlands of Balgady and Esker South, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construction of a local centre in three two-storey blocks. Block one consists of a ground floor crèche, two retail units and a health centre. Block two will consist of five retail units, a community centre and six offices and block three will accommodate a restaurant. Provision of 72 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Castlethorn Construction.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

Location: SFX Centre, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 Sherrard Street Upper, Dublin 1. Proposed development: permission to demolish existing SFX Centre and erect a five-storey apartment building that steps down to three-storeys on the southern boundary with a detached two-storey building on the south-west corner of the site. The development will consist of 41 apartments comprising 19 one-bedroom, 16 two-bedroom and six three-bedroom units with underground car-parking for 41 cars. Applicant: MCD.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: rear of 30 Parnell Square, with frontage onto Granby Lane and Dominick Place, Dublin 1. Proposed development: retention and refurbishment of a three-storey coach-house with change of use to office/administrative use. Demolish two-storey extension to the rear of the coach-house and replacement with a two-storey extension for office/administrative and storage use. Demolition of the Matt Talbot Hall and outbuildings at the rear of 29 and 30 Parnell Square (protected structures) and construct a new four-storey building comprising an office/retail unit at lower ground floor level and three floors with 15 one-bedroom apartments. Applicant: The Aids Fund Housing Project.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

APPLICATIONS

Location: the Frascati Shopping Centre, Frascati Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: mixed-use development to consist of the demolition of the entrance lobby to the north-east, external canopies to the north-west, north-east and south-east elevations of the existing shopping centre building and the front boundary wall of the site at the Frascati Road. Extension of the existing centre at ground, first and second floor levels by 4,581sq m (49,309sq ft). The proposed extension will comprise the extension to retail anchor unit one by 560sq m (6,028sq ft) at first floor level, the construction of anchor unit three at first floor level, provision of a new internal mall at ground and first floor levels, provision of 17 new retail units at ground and first floor levels, a licenced restaurant unit, drop-in crèche facility. Provision of a management suite at basement level, a multi-storey car-park for 539 car-parking spaces and the re-arrangement of existing car-parking to provide 163 spaces. Provision of 65 residential units at second to fifth floor levels with a central garden courtyard at second floor level to serve the proposed residential units with 65 car-parking spaces provided at basement level. Applicant: Mecca International Limited.

Location: 20a Vesey Mews, York Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing derelict house/workshop and construct a total of six two-storey mews residential units and associated site works. Applicant: Anthony Lynch.

Location: 6/7 Lower George's Street (rear of), fronting Brocks Lane, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing laundry buildings and construct a four-storey apartment block containing nine apartments (two one-bedroom units and seven two-bedroom units) with nine car-parking spaces at ground level. Applicant: Brian Durkan & Co Limited.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Old Tramyard site, 15 Castle Street, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing warehouses and associated buildings and construct a three/four-storey building consisting of 28 apartments (22 two-bedroom units and six one-bedroom units), four commercial units and 34 car-parking spaces. Associated works to include a children's play area and decorative full size tram, refurbishment and reinstatement of existing entrance gates and piers, tram tracks and cobbles. Applicant: Arkleton Limited.

Location: UCD Belfield campus, Dublin 4 (Roebuck Hall two). Proposed development: erect two blocks of five-storey student housing and ancillary facilities comprising 50 two-bedroom student apartments. Applicant: University College Dublin.