Planning & Development

A selective guide to developments in your area

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

Appeals

Location: lands at Wilton Place, Lad Lane and Pembroke Row (former OPW site), Dublin 2. Proposed development: 94 residential units, gym, cinema, conference room, hospitality suite, office suite, basement car-parking and site works. Applicant: Clondean Ltd. Appellant(s): Nigel and Kate Anthony, Jasper C Brett, Catherine Walsh, Nicola MacKenzie, Grandarm Management Ltd, Mary Columby, Neil Hegarty, Mairead Ni Eithir and Mairin Elliott, Mark Reade, Michael B Doyle and others, Tim Ryan and others, Joseph G Corbett, Patricia J Hodgins, Sean Hogan, Clondean Ltd.

Location: Springfield House and 4 Springfield Park, Foxrock, Dublin 18. Proposed development: demolish houses for 23 residential units and site works. Applicant: Urban Two Ltd Partnership. Appellant(s): Peter and Caroline Dunne, Ann Whyte, Springfield Residents Association, Oliver Cosgrave.

Location: Delphi Spa Hotel, Tonatleva, Leenane, Co Mayo. Proposed development: renovate and extend Delphi Spa Hotel. Applicant: Seedling Investments Ltd. Appellant(s): Frank and Deirdre Noone, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: junction of Strand Road and Carrickhill Road, Portmarnock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: two retail units, coffee shop, 32 residential units and 73 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Carrick Hill Developments Ltd (with revised conditions).

Location: lands to south of Catholic Church, Fieldstown Road (R122), Oldtown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: three commercial/retail units and two enterprise units with 27 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Oldtown Partnership (with revised conditions).

Location: Eddies Coalyard, 1-3 St Michael's Cottages, Hole in the Wall Road, Grange Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13. Proposed development: demolish buildings on site for 71 apartments in three blocks, site works and services. Applicant: Edward Cummins and Brian Foran (with conditions).

Location: Lords Walk, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8. Proposed development: public car-park. Applicant: Commission of Public Works (with revised conditions).

Location: Leinster Branch, IRFU, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. Proposed development: replace floodlighting to the practice pitch. Applicant: Leinster Branch IRFU (with revised conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Proposed development: relocation and refurbishment of 13 portacabins for use as reception, class briefing rooms and simulators from south-west of Weston Aerodrome to north-west of Weston aerodrome. Applicant: Weston Limited.

FINGAL

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D and 7 Old Hayestown, Rush, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish sheds, renovate and extend dwelling and erect five bungalows with site works. Applicant: Alan Harford.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Scribblestown Road, Ashtown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: retirement complex of 46 semi-d two-bed self-contained units with one staff/community centre and staff parking area. Applicant: Bryan Lynam.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

Applications

Location: Clontarf Baths, Clontarf Road, Dublin 3. Proposed development: demolish sheds and outbuildings with the former outdoor pool for a day spa in a single storey building comprising a reception and retail area, hair salon, spa café, kitchen, treatment rooms, relaxation room, changing rooms, swimming pool, vitality pool, treatment rooms, gym and yoga area. Provision for 50 car-parking spaces, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Abbeybeg Ltd.

Location: site at Chancery Lane and Ship Street Great, bounded by Chief State Solicitors to north, Ship Street Great to east, to south by Development 4422/04 and to west by development 3230/05 and Chancery Lane towards south, Dublin 8. Proposed development: three blocks (A, B & C) over basement with 53 car-parking spaces and 128 cycle stands. Blocks A and B: six-storey buildings addressing a new pedestrian street running west-to-east between Chancery Lane and Ship Street Great. The buildings step down towards Ship Street Great to the east and Chancery Lane to the west, providing corner buildings of five storeys. Block C: six-storey building with Chancery Lane to the west and Le Pole Gardens to the east. Demolish all structures on site for 51 apartments (nine one-beds, 28 two-beds and 14 three-beds), 5,189.9sq m (55,864sq ft) of office space; hotel extension of 46 bedrooms; a spa/gym comprising swimming pool, Jacuzzi and changing areas, lobby, shop, refreshment facilities, gym, treatment rooms, crèche, two retail units and five café and restaurant units. Applicant: Rhatigan Developments Ltd.

Location: 489 & 490 Bluebell Avenue, Bluebell, Dublin 10. Proposed development: demolish dwellings for 80 units with a crèche and 80 car-parking spaces at basement level. L-shaped building with 10 one-beds, 59 two-beds and 11 three-beds. The block parallel with Kylemore Road is five storeys at the junction of Kylemore Road and Bluebell Avenue at the south end and steps to nine storeys at the junction of the Grand Canal and Kylemore Road towards the north end of the site and the block parallel with the Grand Canal is eight storeys at the east end and steps to nine storeys to the west. Applicant: JTJ Consortium.

Location: Turnpike Lane, rear of 59-69 Drumcondra Road Lower, Dublin 9. Proposed development: three-storey residential building to rear of 59-69 Drumcondra Road Lower and a four to five-storey residential building along the eastern edge of the site to consist of a total of 34 units. The three-storey building will consist of five three-bed duplex apartments, one two-bed apartment and six one-bed apartments, and the four to five-storey building will consist of 18 two-bed apartments and four three-bed apartments, site and landscaping works. Applicant: Phil Conlon.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: 3-7 and 9-11 Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7, yard and buildings to rear, and 1 & 2 Blake Villas, Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7, 8 & 8a Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7, and all lands known as 22-27 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7, excluding 28 to 30 North Brunswick Street.The site is bounded by 13 - 15 Grangegorman Lower to the north-west, St Brendan's Hospital to the north and The Richmond apartment complex, North Brunswick Street to the east. Proposed development: demolish all structures on site for a scheme of 23,687sq m (254,964sq ft) to comprise 164 apartments; 6,145sq m (66,144sq ft) of commercial space to consist of a crèche, retail, gallery space, office and restaurant space in six blocks from two to eight storeys. Provision of 184 car-parking spaces at basement level, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Albion Properties Ltd.

Location: Aisling Hotel, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 (site faces Park Avenue West, Montpelier Hill and Temple Street West). Proposed development: demolish four-storey part of hotel facing onto Parkgate Street and Park Avenue West and replace with a six/eight-storey block to consist of restaurant, bars, reception, lobby, office, 134 bedrooms and 20 bedroom suites. Site development works and landscaping. Applicant: Foxfield Inns Ltd.

SOUTH DUBLIN

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Commons Road, off St John's Road, fronting onto Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: four three-bed semis and 37 two-bed apartments in four blocks from three to five storeys over basement car-park. Applicant: Conal Byrne.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN

Applications

Location: 22A Brookfield Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: car servicing workshop and customer service area at ground floor level and a four-storey office block; four one-bedroom apartments and 25 two-bedroom units in two, three and four-storey blocks with 51 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Cannonbridge Ltd.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Vallambrosa (and adjoining lands), Love Lane, Bray, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish dwelling for 91 units (18 one-beds, 49 two-beds and 24 three-beds) in nine blocks. Blocks D1 to D6: four-storeys and comprise 60 units. Block E1: three-storey duplex building with 12 units. Block E2: four-storey duplex building with eight units. Block F1: four-storey apartment building with 11 residential units. Provision of 138 car-parking spaces, site works and landscaping. Applicant: George Wilkin.

Owing to a computer error at An Bord Pleanála, we are reprinting a number of entries from last week's An Bord Pleanála listings