Planning and Development

A selective guide to developments in your area.

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

Location: the former Chester Beatty Library site at 20 Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish the existing building on the site and erect new building of two and three storeys in height containing seven apartments and associated works. Applicant: O'Malley Homes and Development Limited. Appellant(s): Stephen MacKenzie, Sean Dunne.

Location: Adare Manor, Adare, Co Limerick. Proposed development: erect 287 houses and road improvements. Applicant: Adare Partners LP. Appellant(s): Derry Lyons, Ana Wyndham Quin.

Location: Gortaroe, Cong, Co Mayo. Proposed development: erect 17 houses. Applicant: Donal O'Connor. Appellant(s): Gortaroe and Nymphsfield Residents, Ashford Castle Limited, An Taisce.

Location: 59-69 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9. Proposed development: construct 26 apartments with basement car-parking for 40 cars and associated structures with access from Drumcondra Road. Applicant: T Killoran. Appellant(s): Marie Cronin and others, Mater Dei Institute of Education.

Location: Seapark, Mount Prospect Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Proposed development: erect 55 additional residential units with underground car-parking and all associated landscaping works. Applicant: Sherborough Enterprise Limited. Appellant(s): Save Seapark Committee.

Location: Kylemore Clinic, Church Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: consolidation and expansion of the established residential institution care centre. Applicant: Kylemore Clinic. Appellant(s): Irish Georgian Society.

Location: Poppintree Park, Ballymun, Dublin 9. Proposed development: construct 264 residential units with associated car-parking facilities, bicycle space and all associated site works. Applicant: Gama Construction Limited. Appellant(s): Des Woods and others, Ceilia Leonova and Victor Leonova.

Location: Clonshaugh Road, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect a 239-bedroom hotel at approximately 1.5kms south of Dublin Airport, adjacent to M1/M50 interchange and N32. Applicant: Airport City Partnership. Appellant(s): Gerard McLeod.

Location: Parsonstown, Loughnacush, Kilkeaskin, Timahoe West, Drummond, Coolcarigan, Killinagh Upper and Lower, Co Kildare. Proposed development: waste management landfill. Applicant: Bord na Mona PLC. Appellant(s): Bridie and John Logan, Allenwood Celtic AFC, Bernard J Durken TD and others, An Taisce, North West Kildare Environment Promotion Group.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Skerries, Rush, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect 129 dwellings, associated car-parking and related site development works. Applicant: Granway Limited (with revised conditions).

Location: Ballinlough Workhouse (protected structure), Ballinlough/Ballymurphy, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath. Proposed development: erect 40 units, an interpretive centre, heritage park, craft workshop, new vehicular access and site works. Applicant: Danron Limited (with revised conditions).

Location: 6 and 7 Summerhill Parade, Dublin 3. Proposed development: change of use from retail and residential use to use as a licensed premises as an extension to the existing licensed premise currently known as the Bridge Tavern. Applicant: Liam Gifford (with revised conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Smyths Pub, 10 Haddington Road and Percy Place, Dublin 4. Proposed development: erect a four-storey and five-storey over basement development to include six apartment units, a public house, access and associated site development works. Applicant: Hugh Courtney.

Location: rear of 120 St Stephen's Green (protected structure), Dublin 2. Proposed development: demolish existing structures and construct a mews house with car-parking, access and associated works. Applicant: F Mallon.

Location: the site at 2, 4, 6 and 8 St Laurence's Road, Chapelizod, Dublin 20. Proposed development: demolish the existing buildings and erect three retail units and five apartments with car-parking access and associated site development works. Applicant: Martin Monaghan.

Location: Kilsallaghan, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: a horticultural enterprise comprising polytunnel nursery area, garden centre, bedding, planting and landscaped areas, car-parking and ancillary site works. Applicant: Michael Connolly.

Location: Lisnagar Demesne, Rathcormac, Co Cork. Proposed development: erect 20 houses and associated site works. Applicant: Declan O'Donoghue.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

Location: Tack Packaging, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18. Proposed development: demolish existing warehouse, storage and ancillary offices and construct 16,766sq m (180,468sq ft) gross floor area comprising of three retail/commercial units at ground floor, a gym/private health club and a residential development comprising 182 apartments in three blocks. Block A faces on to Carmanhall Road and is nine storeys. Block B is set into the site and faces Ravens Rock Road and is 10 storeys high and Block C is on the corner of Carmanhall Road and Ravens Rock Road and is 12 storeys high. Provision of 214 associated car-parking spaces and 182 associated bicycle-parking spaces. Applicant: Joe O'Connell.

Location: Wynnsward Park, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14. Proposed development: erect 15 dwellings with associated underground car-parking for 27 cars, site boundary treatment and landscaping. Applicant: Abbey Building Contractors.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Landscape Garage, Landscape Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14. Proposed development: demolish existing garage and construct a four-storey apartment scheme consisting of 11 apartments with car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Dencliff Limited.

Location: Fitzpatricks Castle Hotel (protected structure), Killiney Hill Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: change of use of existing office to a wellness centre (residential institutional), involving internal reconstruction work, alterations to the entrance door of the proposed wellness centre to involve the widening of the entrance door and erection of a canopy. Applicant: Killiney Hotels Limited.

FINGAL

Location: lands bounded by the M50 motorway to the north and St Margaret's Road to the south in Finglas, Dublin 11. Proposed development: demolish two existing bungalow dwellings and remove existing trees and hedgerows and construct 162 residential units in three four-storey apartment buildings comprising 69 apartments, 44 duplexes and 49 terraced houses, one crèche facility with provision of 251 surface car-parking spaces and a new access road off St Margaret's Road, all associated site works and landscaping. Applicant: Durkan Residential Limited.

Location: site to rear of an existing bungalow at Baskin Lane, Baskin, Cloghran, Co Dublin. Proposed development: outline permission to erect a nine-bedroom dormer-style guesthouse with 12 associated car-parking spaces, using the existing vehicular entrance and associated site development works. Applicant: Pearse Dowling.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Church View, Ratoath Road, Hollystown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: demolish the existing dwelling and associated sheds and construct 10 two-storey detached residential dwellings. Applicant: SP Developments Limited.

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

SOUTH DUBLIN

Location: Newcastle South and Ballynakelly, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Proposed development: an eight-year planning permission is sought for a residential development consisting of 743 residential dwellings including a neighbourhood centre and a crèche. The development comprises 78 two-bedroom houses, 209 three-bedroom houses, 27 four-bedroom houses, 10 five-bedroom houses; five apartment blocks containing seven one-bedroom apartments, 20 two-bedroom apartments, 12 three-bedroom apartments, four two-bedroom duplex units and two three-bedroom duplex units; 57 duplex blocks containing 48 two-bedroom duplex units, 151 three-bedroom duplex units, 52 one-bedroom apartments and 123 two-bedroom apartments. The neighbourhood centre comprises of five retail units, a public house, off licence and restaurant. The proposed development also provides for 4.155 hectares of public open spaces and provision of lands for a traveller accommodation site measuring 0.5 hectares. Permission is also sought for the demolition of two existing habitable dwellings on the site. Applicant: Tenbury Developments Limited.

Location: the site at the junction of Coldcut Road and Cloverhill Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 22. Proposed development: erect 122 apartments in six four-storey to seven-storey apartment blocks with 35 surface car-parking spaces and 180 basement car-parking spaces. Applicant: The Coldcut Partnership.

Location: the former Gowan Group site at the junction of Ninth Lock Road and Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: demolish the existing industrial premises and construct a discount foodstore comprising of a single-storey structure with 161 associated surface car-parking spaces, boundary treatments, a new vehicular site entrance and site development works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

Location: the corner of Schoolhouse Lane and Magenta Crescent, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish warehouse/office premises and construct 10 residential units consisting of four two-bedroom houses, two two-bedroom apartments and four two-bedroom apartments in two blocks, one two-storey and one three-storey with 13 associated car-parking spaces and associated garden landscaping. Applicant: Taurus Construction.

Location: Tonaglee House, Millbrook Grove, Dublin 13. Proposed development: demolish existing two-storey house and removal of old trees and shrubs and construct a development consisting of 13 housing units, a 12-unit apartment building in two and three storeys comprising two-bedroom units and one two-bedroom townhouse with 15 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Rebarn Limited.

Location: site bounded by Belclare Green to the south and west, Balbutcher Lane South to the north and east, Poppintree, Ballymun, Dublin 11. Proposed development: construct 14 housing units consisting of eight three-bedroom houses, two three-bedroom apartments and four two-bedroom apartments with 14 associated car-parking spaces. Permission is also sought for the construction of a new link road linking Belclare Green to Balbutcher Lane on the north-west side of the site. Applicant: Habitat for Humanity.

Location: the Old Factory site bound by rear of 50-64 Quarry Road and backing onto railway line with access onto Quarry Road, Cabra, Dublin 7. Proposed development: demolish industrial unit, three entrance pillars and access gate and construct 64 dwellings in a stepped three, four and five-storey apartment building consisting of eight one-bedroom units and 56 two-bedroom units with basement car-parking for 67 cars. Applicant: Murray Partnership.