Planning & Development

A selective guide to developments in your area

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

Appeals

Location: Harolds Grange Rd, D18. Proposed development: affordable housing scheme of 97 apartments with basement car-park and site works. Applicant: Woodbridge Developments Ltd. Appellant(s): Pine Valley Residents Association, Patrick McEnroe, Jim Collins, Tom and Katherine Byrne, John and Mary Moore.

Location: McEvoy's Public House, Main St, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Proposed development: redevelop pub and off licence for restaurant, four commercial units with two apartments and site works. Applicant: Paul and Aisling Van Lonkhuyzen. Appellant(s): Newcastle-Lyons District Residents Association.

Location: north car-park, The Square Town Centre, Tallaght, D24. Proposed development: 384 apartments, hotel, retail, multi-storey car-park and revisions to layout of the west car-park, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Alburn. Appellant(s): Darren Ireland, Alburn.

Location: Mount Auburn, 151 Richmond Rd, D3. Proposed development: change of use from dwelling to apartments in two blocks (11 apartments) and site works. Applicant: Karl Scully. Appellant(s): Donal Carroll.

Location: corner of Guild St and North Wall Quay, Spencer Dock, D1. Proposed development: increase height of part of Building C from seven storeys above basement to eight storeys above basement, additional cycle spaces and site works. Applicant: Spencer Dock Development Co Ltd. Appellant(s): Maire Reilly.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: site north of Censure House, Ceanchor Rd, Baily, Howth, Co Dublin. Proposed development: two-storey house, treatment plant/percolation area, garage, landscaping, field gate, entrance gate and shared access off Ceanchor Road. Applicant: Jennifer Guinness (with revised conditions).

Location: Graigue & Adare, Adare Manor, Adare, Co Limerick. Proposed development: demolish two houses for 100-bed in-patient hospital with car-parking and site works. Applicant: Adare Partners LP (with revised conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: junction of East Wall Rd and Alfie Byrne Rd, D3. Proposed development: demolish garage, petrol station and associated buildings for motor sales and garage facility, crèche, 18 live-work units and 107 apartments. Applicant: Tom Canavan Motors Ltd.

Location: 20 Shrewsbury Rd, D4. Proposed development: demolish building for four-storey building of seven apartments with basement car-parking and site works. Applicant: O'Malley Homes and Developments Ltd.

Location: Ballyguile More, Wicklow. Proposed development: 204 dwellings with childcare facility and site works. Applicant: Bixby Construction Ltd.

Location: 14 Alexandra Terrace, 1 Alexandra Villas and Greenview, Dundrum Rd, D14. Proposed development: demolish dwellings and shop for seven two-bed apartments with car-parking and site works. Applicant: Hilary Hayden and Fiona Cottell.

Location: off Chapel Farm Ave, Lusk, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 12 three-bed duplex units over 12 two-bed ground floor apartments in three three-storey blocks with balconies. Applicant: John & Michael Hughes.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

Applications

Location: Villa Maria and Genazzano, Harold's Grange Rd, D16. Proposed development: demolish two houses for 24 five-bed three-storey terraced houses in five blocks with 48 surface car-parking spaces and site works. Applicant: Westover Developments Ltd.

Location: Unit 21, Stillorgan Industrial Pk, Stillorgan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish two-storey industrial building for a six-storey commercial/office building with retail warehouse/showroom and offices with basement car-parking. Applicant: Owen Owens.

Location: Dwarf Oaks, Church Rd, Ballybrack, Co Dublin. Proposed development: single storey retail extension to rear of ground floor retail area; change of use from retail to residential at first floor level and storage to residential at second floor level; erect six one-bed apartments at first floor level, eight duplex apartments at second floor level (three three-beds and five two-beds) with car-parking and site works. Applicant: James McCumiskey.

Location: Cherrywood Science & Technology Pk, Loughlinstown. Proposed development: four-storey office (Block G2) with 11,461sq m (123,365sq ft) fronting the distributor road at Cherrywood Science and Technology Pk over basement car-park with 218 spaces, forming extension to car-park under Block G and accessed by the previously approved vehicular ramp (D06A/0015) to lower level of Block G car-park and through the Block G car-park. ESB sub-station and landscaping. Applicant: Cherrywood Science & Technology Pk, Loughlinstown.

Location: lands adjoining Trimbleston, Goatstown Rd, Goatstown, D14. Proposed development: demolish five houses (103, 105, 107, 109 and 111 Goatstown Rd) for 202 dwellings (18 houses and 184 apartments). Apartments in three blocks. Block 1: five storeys with 89 apartments. Block 2: five storeys with 63 apartments. Block 3: four storeys with 32 apartments. Crèche at ground level of Block 2. Provision of 318 car-parking spaces (65 surface and 253 in basement car-parks), 186 bicycle spaces at basement level, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Sorohan Builders Ltd.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Mount Prospect, Killiney Hill Rd, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: two four-bed three-storey detached dwellings, one four-bed three-storey detached house and one three-bed three-storey detached house. Renovations to house: demolish garage, reception room and rear annex. Construct new windows, reconstruct annex, stone boundary wall to be repaired and retained, landscaping and planting of new trees and site works. Applicant: Brian O'Connell and Adrian Murphy.

Location: former Siemens site, Ballymoss Rd and Blackthorn Ave, Sandyford Industrial Estate, D18. Proposed development: demolish all buildings on site for two buildings. Building 1: comprising Blocks A and B (both eight-storey over basement) and Block C (10 storeys over basement. Building 1 to have 785sq m (8,450sq ft) of retail at ground level and part of first floor level, and 71 apartments at first to ninth floor levels. Building 2: Block D (20 storeys) and Block E (seven storeys) both over basement with 7,883sq m (84,852sq ft) of office space. Provision of 177 car-parking spaces at basement level, landscaping and site works. Applicant: CWWB Partnership.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Apt 3, Queenstown Castle, Coliemore Rd, Dalkey, Co Dublin (protected structure). Proposed development: demolish single storey conservatory at rear and replace with two three-storey conservatories, remove remaining two-storey bay window to apartments 1 and 4, reposition rear exit steps, insert stairs in apartments 2, 3 and 5, and miscellaneous minor interior upgrading works. Applicant: R Murphy, T Taylor, K Scully, P Whelan, Queenstown Management Partners.

FINGAL

Applications

Location: lands adjacent to Somerton, Ballisk Common, Donabate, Co Dublin. Proposed development: five five-bed detached houses and 40 semis with car-parking and site works. Applicant: Charles Gallagher Ltd.

Location: Huntstown Business Pk, Ballycoolin Grange & Cappogue, Cappagh Rd, Ballycoolin, D15. Proposed development: 32,244sq m (347,071sq ft) of logistics, office, enterprise, warehouse and industrial space (phase one of a wider development) and all related site infrastructural and landscaping works. The development will consist of two three-storey office buildings; 30 part two-storey own-door enterprise units in four buildings comprising industrial and office space; six part two and three-storey buildings comprising logistics, warehouse, industrial and office accommodation. Related service/marshalling yards, surface car-parking, cycle parking, waste storage/recycling areas, signage and ancillary storage and staff facilities. One new vehicular access point to site from Cappagh Rd. Site works. Applicant: Castleway Property Management Ltd.

Location: Diswellstown House, Diswellstown, D15. Proposed development: 156 dwellings and crèche in two, three and four-storey buildings on site of 6.58 hectares. Development will comprise 96 apartments in four four-storey blocks over basement with car-parking and bin storage; 47 four-bed dwellings with basement living space; conversion of outbuildings to six two-bed dwellings; and seven three-bed units within the walled garden. The conversion of the outbuildings will require demolition of a barn structure, glasshouses, sheds adjoining the north side of the walled garden and minor demolition. Reduce and redefine the curtilage of Diswellstown House (protected structure No. 731 - Diswellstown House, including house, outbuildings, gate piers, and gates). Relocate entrance gates and piers to the western end of the avenue. New garden store and site works (including surface car-parking) and landscape works. Applicant: RQB (Diswellstown) Ltd.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Whitegables, adjacent to Lissadel Wood, Swords Rd, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish detached house and ancillary areas (Whitegables) for 17 houses (16 semis and one detached house), new boundary wall, piers and railings to Swords Rd, and new vehicular/pedestrian access via Lissadel Wood. Applicant: Whitegables Partnership.

SOUTH DUBLIN

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Old Nangor Rd, Clondalkin, D22. Proposed development: six two-bed apartments and one one-bed unit, car-parking, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Jim McCann and Chris Keenan.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

Applications

Location: Findlater House (Lyons House), 27-31 Upr O'Connell St, D1. Proposed development: change of use of ground floor of the former Eircom retail and display area to an information centre for Irish Aid. Changes will provide for an information and exhibition area, a multi-purpose performance space, continuance of former office use and staff facilities. Elevation treatment will replace glass facade with angular glass facade incorporating display panels. Relocate entrance, reinstate original tiled fascia, new signage and associated works. Applicant: Commissioners of Public works in Ireland.

Location: junction of Navan Rd and Nephin Rd, Cabra, D7. Proposed development: demolish house for 25 apartments in a five-storey building over basement car-parking, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Twinlite Developments Ltd.

Location: Abbey Theatre, 26 Abbey St Lwr, D1. Proposed development: changes to the facade of theatre. Steel and glass canopy over entrance to Peacock Theatre, add glass to canopy on Marlborough St, changes to illuminated signage on the Marlborough St elevation, metal and Perspex-faced poster boxes along the length of the building at ground floor level and on the inner sides of the columns of the existing portico on Marlborough St (with associated redecoration), replace glazed entrance doors to Marlborough St and Lwr Abbey St with automatic glazed door and illuminated signage to the fly tower at fourth/fifth storey level on the Lwr Abbey St, Marlborough St, and Old Abbey St sides. Applicant: Abbey Theatre Amharclann na Mainstreach.

Location: 18 Seafield Rd West, rear gardens of 20, 22 and 24 Seafield Rd West, Clontarf, D3. Proposed development: demolish house at 18 Seafield Rd West for 10 houses with site works. Applicant: M & P Construction Ltd.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: former Pat O'Donnell & Co premises at Richmond Ave including 18 and 20 Richmond Ave, Fairview, D3. Proposed development: demolish buildings for 121 apartments, four retail units, community room and management office in four blocks over basement car-parking for 150 cars. Applicant: Apex Estates Ltd.

Location: St Patrick's Cathedral, St Patrick's Close, D8 (protected structure). Proposed development: repair and conserve the robing room outer west window. Applicant: board of St Patrick's Cathedral.

Location: Bon Secours Hospital, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. Proposed development: access road to St Joseph's Convent within the grounds of Bon Secours Hospital. Applicant: Bon Secours Sisters.