A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
APPEALS
Location: Old Tramyard site, 15 Castle Street, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish the existing warehouses and associated buildings and construct 28 apartments, four commercial units, car-parking and associated site development works (protected structure). Applicant: Arkleton Limited. Appellant(s): Dalkey Community Council, An Taisce, Peter Borza.
Location: former Dogs and Cats Home, Woodtown Cottages, Woodtown, Stocking Lane, Dublin 16. Proposed development: mixed-use development comprising 790 residential units, 1,396 car-parking spaces, retail and office space, crèche, access and associated site works. Applicant: Deane Homes. Appellant(s): Simon Murray.
Location: former National College of Ireland, Sandford Close, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. Proposed development: alterations to development approved under PL29S.205609 consisting of changes to entrances of visitors car-park and basement car-park and associated works. Applicant: Frenchwood Limited. Appellant(s): the board of management of Sandyford Parish National School.
Location: the Woollen Mills, Laragh, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: change of use from bed and breakfast accommodation to hotel. Applicant: Joe O'Neill. Appellant(s): Blarney Woollen Mills Limited.
Location: Bayview Hotel, Upper Mall/High Street, Wicklow. Proposed development: mixed-use retail/residential development of 19 shop units, multi level car-park and nine apartments. Applicant: M A O'Reilly. Appellant(s): Irish Georgian Society.
Location: Mount Ivers, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare. Proposed development: erect 61 houses. Applicant: Michael Stritch. Appellant(s): Brendan Barry.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Jury's Hotel, Lancaster Quay, Cork. Proposed development: demolish existing hotel and erect a mixed-use development consisting of a 182-bedroom hotel to include a leisure centre, 303-unit residential scheme, new vehicular/pedestrian bridge and junction facilitating the development, crèche facilities with site and development works. The proposed 182-bedroom hotel will be six storeys in height over basement level. The 303-unit residential/apartment scheme will be in five blocks varying in height from three to nine storeys and will comprise 45 one-bedroom units, 223 two-bedroom units and 35 three-bedroom units with 453 car-parking spaces and 151 cycle parking spaces. The proposed development will be accessed via new and existing bridge links across the River Lee from Lancaster Quay. Applicant: Riga Limited (with revised conditions).
Location: 20-24 Monkstown Farm, Monkstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish numbers 20, 21 and 22 Monkstown Farm, and construct a mixed-use development that will comprise of nine apartments and four retail units with 13 car-parking spaces and associated site development works. Applicant: George and Teresa Rogerson (with revised conditions).
Location: Sunnyside, 25G Malahide Road, Artane, Dublin 5. Proposed development: construct a three-storey over basement building to accommodate 37 student apartments, one caretaker's apartment, 680sq m (7,319sq ft) of mixed-use development that is to include a medical centre and an enterprise centre. Applicant: Vincent O'Connell (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Scully's Field, Dublin 4. Proposed development: erect 18 apartments, riverside public open space including pedestrian bridge, car-parking, access and associated works. Applicant: Starrs Holdings Limited.
Location: Round Tower, Tower Road, Clondalkin village, Dublin 22. Proposed development: erect a three-storey building comprising of three apartments over an interpretive centre, two-storey mews building comprising three apartments, restoration and extension of 3 Millview Terrace, restaurant/bar and ancillary works. Applicant: Rory Burgess.
Location: 7-10 Gardiner Street Upper, Dublin 1 (protected structure). Proposed development: provision of car-park, vehicular access, renovations and restoration. Change of use from hostel to hotel, bars, nightclub, provision of 40 bedrooms and associated works. Applicant: David Grant.
Location: Culard, Sweetmount Avenue, Churchtown, Dublin 14(protected structure. Proposed development: change of use from residential to medical clinic, demolish conservatory and construct new extension to side, internal and external alterations, car-parking and landscaping. Applicant: Valerie Donnelly.
Location: 3 Ballyroan Lodge, off Ballyboden Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: demolish existing house and shed and construct three houses with car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Marie Hynes.
Location: Rinn, Mohill, Co Leitrim. Proposed development: to extend the restaurant which forms part of the Lough Rynn Estate and buildings (a protected structure) which was granted planning under Reg. Ref. 00/1221 and An Bord Pleanala Ref: PL12.127172. Applicant: Laragan Developments Limited.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
APPLICATIONS
Location: Kensington Lodge, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: refurbishment of the existing Kensington Lodge House with removal of existing conservatory and lean-to shed and change of use of existing mews building from two studio units to one two-bedroom unit. Construct a new two-storey mews building with two two-bedroom units within the protected curtilage and the construction of 100 one, two and three-bedroom apartments units in three blocks outside of the protected curtilage to consist of the following: Block A will consist of a stepped two, three, four and five-storey building over basement car-parking fronting onto Rochestown Avenue with 43 apartments. Block B will consist of a two and four-storey building with 25 apartments over basement car-park. Block C will be a four-storey building and will consist of 32 apartments. Applicant: Patrick Maguire and Martin Monaghan.
Location: the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland, 19 Roebuck Road, Dublin 14. Proposed development: permission for the change of use of four existing residential units into a library/study facility on the ground floor of the existing north-east wing. Applicant: Al Maktoum Foundation (Limited).
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Lios Beag, Vico Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: permission sought for the 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 & Mrs Paul Hewson.
Location: Kilternan Golf and Country Club, Enniskerry Road, Kilternan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect a 78-unit aparthotel on four levels over under-croft car-parking at existing hotel and leisure centre complex which is to be extended and modified (permission granted Ref Ref: D03A/0458). Applicant: Dashaven Limited.
FINGAL
APPLICATIONS
Location: 78C Howth Road and 78 Dublin Road, Howth, CO Dublin. Proposed development: replacement of existing buildings on site with one five-storey and two four-storey blocks consisting of 90 car-parking spaces in basement, four retail shops at ground floor and 46 apartments at first, second, third and fourth floor. Applicant: Barry Teeling.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Market Green, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect nine two-storey terraced houses in one terrace with off-street car-parking and associated ground works. Applicant: Kevin Gilroy.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Santry Business Park, Swords Road, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: construct a discount foodstore with 132 car-parking spaces and associated site development works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland.
SOUTH DUBLIN
APPLICATIONS
Location: Rockbrook Park School, Edmondstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. Proposed development: demolish two barns, detached garage and toilet block and erect a two-storey school block of 12 classrooms, associated teaching room and ancillary facilities - all of which are within the curtilage of the protected structure; also permission to convert an existing two-storey mews (protected structure) to an oratory with a linkto the new school. Applicant: FamEd Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Green Gables, Gort na Blath and Castle View, Old Ballymount Road, Dublin 24. Proposed development: demolish three dwellings and construct 45 apartments in one three-storey building and one four-storey building with associated site development works. Applicant: Ken Hetherington.
Location: Greenacres House, Firhouse Road, Templeogue, Dublin 16. Proposed development: demolish existing two-storey dwelling and ancillary outbuildings and construct five two-storey townhouses, a three-storey apartment block consisting of 16 apartments with 34 surface car-parking spaces, landscaping and associated site development works. Applicant: Paul and Mary Joyce.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
APPLICATIONS
Location: 59 Pembroke Lane, Dublin 4. Proposed development: permission for extension, part single storey, part two-storey with terrace at first floor level, to rear together with demolition of existing extension to rear, replacement of existing garden wall adjoining rear of 59 Pembroke Road (protected structure) and including porch extension with small balcony to front and replacement of front windows and entrance gateway. Applicant: John and Eimer Philbin-Bowman.
Location: rear of Barry's Hotel, 1 Denmark Street Great, Dublin 1. Proposed development: demolish single storey structure to the rear and construct 18 apartments in one six-storey block to consist of 10 two-bedroom units and eight one-bedroom units with car-parking at ground floor and associated site works.This application does not involve any works to Barry's Hotel (protected structure). Applicant: Darnside Limited.
Location: 169 Drumcondra Road Lower, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish existing buildings on site and erect a part-two, part-three, part-four, part-five and part-six storey apartment building around a first floor podium courtyard and a riverside walk. The building will consist of a restaurant/bar and associated service areas to the ground floor, one three-bedroom townhouse, 24 apartments with underground car-parking for 26 cars. Applicant: The BK Partnership.
Location: Newmans Sheeting Centre, 2 Waterfall Avenue, Richmond Road, Dublin 3. Proposed development: construct a residential development consisting of 42 apartments arranged in two blocks. Block A will comprise of eight one-bedroom and 28 two-bedroom apartments arranged in a four-storey block over basement car-park for 40 cars and Block B will consist of three one-bedroom and three two-bedroom apartments in a three-storey block. Applicant: Donal Carroll.
Location: 16 and 18 Dominick Street Upper, 37 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 7. Proposed development: demolish existing office buildings and construct a five and six-storey residential development consisting of 38 apartments (nine one-bedroom and 29 two-bedroom units) with 21 car-parking spaces and 47 bicycle-parking spaces. Applicant: Bernard Bradley.
Location: 17-19 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2. Proposed development: demolish existing two-storey office building and construct a seven-storey building consisting of one retail/showroom units at ground floor level, office accommodation at first to sixth floor levels, office accommodation at basement level and 10 surface car-parking spaces. Applicant: Brian Craig and Terence Hayden.
Location: 3-4 Cope Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: mixed-use development of five apartments and retail use to consist of the demolition of existing structure except basement and erect a new four-storey building comprising retail shop, one one-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom apartment on both the first and second floor, and a two-bedroom penthouse at third floor level. Applicant: Robert Woodnutt.
Location: 7 Sandymount Green, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish existing two-storey dwelling and erect a four-storey building comprising of two storeys over basement with penthouse and roof terrace to consist of retail storage at basement level, retail at ground floor level and a duplex apartment at first and second floor levels. Applicant: Mark Cassin and Cathal Mallon.
Location: numbers 5 and 6 Aideen Place, Kimmage, Dublin 6. Proposed development: demolish existing structure on site and erect nine terrace houses. Applicant: Mark Carroll, Frank Hall and Barry Meaghan.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Canada House, 65-68 St Stephen's Green South, Dublin 2. Proposed development: permission to demolish the existing six-storey office building and for the construction of a nine-storey office building comprising of a double basement, five floors over ground floor and three additional penthouses floors with a total of 41 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Fieldsville Limited.
