A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
APPEALS
Location: Harolds Grange Road, Dublin 18. Proposed development: affordable housing scheme of 97 apartments with basement carparking and associated site works. Applicant: Woodbridge Developments Ltd. Appellant(s): Pine Valley Residents Association.
Location: Bonham Street and Island Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: 54 apartments, crèche, meeting/administration rooms with car-parking and all associated site works. Applicant: National Association of Building Co-operatives. Appellant(s): David Thomas (Maltings Residents Association), Fran Jacob, Tony Buckley.
Location: 50-58 Percy Place, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish structures on site for building of 15 apartments, one retail unit and a restaurant. Applicant: John Lally. Appellant(s): R John McBratney, Breffnie O'Kelly and John O'Callaghan, John Lally.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Luttrellstown Demesne, Castleknock, Dublin 15. Proposed development: golf academy building. Applicant: Luttrellstown Castle (with conditions).
Location: Salesian House, Crumlin House, St Theresa's Rd, Crumlin, D12. Proposed development: demolish buildings, refurbish Salesian House, and demolish railings, gates and piers. Four apartment blocks of three to six storeys to contain 49 apartments and site works. Applicant: Cunamh Teoranta (with conditions).
Location: University College Dublin, Belfield Campus, Belfield, Dublin 4. Proposed development: upgrade spectator and playing facilities at Belfield Bowl, including floodlighting. Applicant: University College Dublin (with revised conditions).
Location: Kinloch House, Gordon Avenue, Foxrock, Dublin 18. Proposed development: demolish house for two houses with associated works. Applicant: Eugene O'Keefe (with conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: junction of Bellevue and School Street, Dublin 8 (protected structure). Proposed development: demolish school for a mixed-use residential/office/retail development to include 82 residential units in 12 nine and seven-storey tower blocks with all associated site works. Applicant: Linham Ltd.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Carrickmines Equestrian Centre, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Proposed development: two-storey extension to the north elevation of the arena to consist of a main reception and lobby with manager's offices, change room, toilets and locker room, canteen, tack shop, coffee shop and children's games room. Applicant: Paul O'Leary.
Location: lands between The Court and The Meadow, Woodpark, Ballinteer, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish two residential blocks for one residential block of three and part four storeys to consist of 41 units (34 one-beds and seven two-beds). Provision of 20 surface car-parking spaces and all landscaping works. Applicant: The Catholic Housing Aid Society.
FINGAL
APPLICATIONS
Location: Ballymun Cross/Old Ballymun Road (adjoining Statoil service station and new road to Santry Demesne), Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: five-storey mixed-use development in four blocks with three commercial units and a public house/café-bar at ground floor level, 55 apartments (six one-beds, 36 two-beds and 13 three-beds) and all associated works. Applicant: D & C Taylor.
Location: lands within the curtilage of the protected structure of Hollywood Rath House in the townland of Hollywood, Hollystown, Dublin 15, facing Ratoath Road and Hollystown Road. Proposed development: demolish derelict structure for 28 dwellings (comprising 16 five-bed detached two-storey dormer units plus six two-bed apartments and six three-bed duplex apartments) in three two-storey dormer blocks. Applicant: Seamus and Bridget McCaghy.
Location: lands within the curtilage of the protected structure of Hollywood Rath House, in the townland of Hollywood, Hollystown, Dublin 15 facing Ratoath Road and Hollystown Road. Proposed development: 95 dwellings (64 four-bed semi-d dormers, 21 four-bed detached dormers and 10 three-bed terrace units), single storey crèche and all associated site works. Applicant: Seamus and Bridget McCaghy.
Location: Lilmar Industrial Estate, Oak Avenue, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolition of part of industrial units for 53 residential units (14 one-beds, 37 two-beds and two three-beds). The development ranges in height form three to five storeys. Provision of eight surface car-parking spaces and 70 underground car-parking spaces. Applicant: Danestar Ltd.
Location: former Potato Stores, junction of Balbriggan Industrial Estate and Inner Relief Road, Stephenstown, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: mixed-use commercial and retail development to include four buildings with a multi-storey car-park. Block A: three storeys and will consist of retail units and training centre offices. Block B: three storeys consisting of two retail units and a sandwich bar/café with overhead training centre offices. Block C: two, three and four-storey building accommodating a banking hall and associated bank offices, three own-door science and technology offices. Block D: three-storey building with commercial leisure centre, including swimming pool, changing rooms, gym, aerobics, treatment rooms, reception and foyer. Associated site and development works. Applicant: Pat Fallon.
Location: Thormanby Road, Howth, Dublin 13. Proposed development: 19 detached houses, one management office, site development and landscape works. Applicant: Borg Developments.
SOUTH DUBLIN
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: junction of Collinstown Road and Liscarne Dale, Rowlagh, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: three-storey credit union building. Applicant: Rowlagh Credit Union.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
APPLICATIONS
Location: 2/3 Hanover Street East, 19 Creighton Street, 1-4 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2. Proposed development: mixed-use development. Demolish warehouses, retain tower structure and erect two blocks. Block A: four-storey recording studio in part new building, part refurbished 19 Creighton Street and 6,140sq m (66,090sq ft) office building with penthouse and a three-storey return. Block B: six-storey residential block of 37 apartments (seven one-beds, 29 two-beds and one three-bed) over two ground floor retail units with 65 car-parking spaces at basement level. Applicant: Citypark Properties Ltd.
Location: River Liffey adjacent to the Ha'Penny Bridge and Heuston Station. Proposed development: installation of floating pontoons to service Guinness Heritage Barges on the River Liffey. The pontoon at Ha'Penny Bridge is on the north wall, upstream of the Ha'Penny Bridge and accessed by two gangways at either end supported by a piled platform outside of the boardwalk structure. The pontoons have a total area of 685sq m (7,373sq ft). The pontoon at Heuston is on the south wall approximately 100 metres upstream of the Sean Heuston Bridge and accessed by one gangway supported by a piled platform. The total area is 220sq m (2,368sq ft). Applicant: Irish Ship & Barge Fabrication Company.
Location: Connolly Station (protected structure), Amiens Street, Dublin 1. Proposed development: remove eastern wall of the concourse and road surface. Remove retail unit and provision of new seating area for customers. New enlarged Newsrail unit and new retail area adjacent to new passenger seating area. New glazed curtain walls at the eastern and southern elevation. Relocate public phones. Remove toilets and provide enlarged facilities. New passenger lounge adjacent to platform two with retail unit. Refurbish and upgrade customer information point. Applicant: Iarnród Éireann.
Location: Hedigan's, Brian Boru Public House, Prospect Road, Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Proposed development: partial demolition of public house, refurbish two-storey structure, refurbish and extend pub basement at Prospect Road with the addition of three and four-storey development to rear retained structures. Block C: basement pub stores and cold rooms, ground floor existing and extended public house, commercial/office unit. Erect three apartments with a total of 77 car-parking spaces. Two new residential blocks. Block B: five and six storeys with six one-beds, 18 two-beds, 11 three-beds. Block A: three to six storeys with 20 two-beds and eight three-beds. Applicant: Abbey Building Contractors Ltd.
Location: junction of Parnell Road and Parnell Avenue, Dublin 12. Proposed development: demolish buildings on site and remove underground storage tanks for 33 dwellings in a four-storey block comprising eight one-bed, 20 two-bed and five three-bed apartments with 36 car-parking spaces and all associated site development and landscaping works. Applicant: Mark Carroll and Vincent Byrne.
Location: Father Scully House, Gardiner Street Middle/Temple Lane North, Dublin 1. Proposed development: demolish buildings for a seven-storey building on Gardiner Street consisting of 67 apartments (55 one-beds and 12 two-beds), a ground floor commercial unit, administration, community and multi-purpose rooms. Five-storey building to Temple Lane North accommodating 33 one-bed apartments. All associated landscaping and site works. Applicant: Catholic Housing Aid Society.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: greenfield site of 0.811 hectares surrounded by Clongriffin Road, Market Street, Lake Street and Dargan Street and incorporating Market Square, at Clongriffin, Dublin 13. Proposed development: mixed-use building and associated works to comprise of one eight-screen cinema, four retail units, a café/bar, offices, community centre, crèche and one ATM with 36 off-street car-parking spaces. Applicant: Gannon Homes Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Tara Towers Hotel and 205-221 Merrion Road and Bellevue Avenue, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish structures (Tara Towers Hotel, Llandaff Terrace, Llandaff House and St Columcille's House) for 25-storey building accommodating a 156-room hotel, meeting and conference rooms, restaurant at second floor level, reception and lobby area and office/administration plus 82 residential units (48 three-beds, 15 two-bed plus study units, 15 two-beds and four one-beds) with 199 car-parking spaces at basement level and 171 bicycle spaces at ground floor level. Applicant: Radora Developments Ltd.
