Applications, appeals and decisions from around the State.
An Bord Pleanála
APPEALS
Location: Clontarf Baths, Clontarf Rd, D3. Proposed development: demolish sheds and outbuildings of former outdoor pool for a day spa and site works. Applicant: Abbeybeg Ltd. Appellant(s): Peter Parkin, Dublin Bay Watch.
Location: New Maltings, fronting Island St and Watling St, D8. Proposed development: demolish building for a six-storey office building with site works. Applicant: Liam and Roisin Carroll. Appellant(s): David Thomas.
Location: Faulkner Industries Ltd and Beann, Chapelizod Hill Rd, D20. Proposed development: demolish annexe to adjacent house for 127 residential units and site works. Applicant: Woodgreen Property Partnership Ltd. Appellant(s): James Murphy, Woodgreen Property Partnership Ltd.
Location: 18 Fairview Ave Lwr and Fairview Terrace, D3. Proposed development: demolish buildings for six group living units, 12 apartments, site works. Applicant: Abbey Building Contractors & Novas Arlington Ireland. Appellant(s): Anthony Farrell.
Location: Gormanston, Co Meath. Proposed development: garden centre, coffee dock, 192 parking spaces, six ad signs, 15 flag pole signs, site works. Applicant: McGarrell Reilly Contractors Ltd. Appellant(s): NRA.
Location: NUIG, Upr Newcastle Rd, Newcastle, Co Galway. Proposed development: 500 parking spaces, bus shelters, car-park, attendant building and site works. Applicant: NUI, Galway. Appellant(s): John Bradley.
Location: Cork University Hospital, Bishopstown Rd, Wilton, Co Cork. Proposed development: co-located private hospital. Applicant: Beacon Medical Ltd. Appellant(s): Wilton Gardens Residents' Assoc, Mary Lucy and Tadhg Wall, Laburnum/Wilton Residents' Assoc, Mick Barry, Dan Boyle and Chris O'Leary.
Location: Mounthawk, Tralee, Co Kerry. Proposed development: 66 residential units. Applicant: Colliswood Homes. Appellant(s): Mercy Secondary School, The Grove/Orchard Residents Assoc, Colliswood Homes Ltd, Mounthawk Manor Residents Committee.
Location: Loughnagin, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Proposed development: 81 houses, 12 semi-d garages, detached garage, 18 apartments, childcare facility, site works. Applicant: McDaid Developments. Appellant(s): Michael Bradley and others, Kevin Moran.
Location: Clooncarabaun, Louisburg, Co Mayo. Proposed development: 45 houses, retail/office space and site works. Applicant: Patrick Corrigan. Appellant(s): Western Regional Fisheries Board.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Bailey Gibson site, SCR, D8. Proposed development: 270 residential units, nine office units, five retail units, medical centre, leisure centre, site works. Applicant: Players Square Ltd (with revised conditions).
Location: John Player Hse, 276-288 SCR, D8. Proposed development: demolish building for office units, 13 retail units, supermarket, two restaurants, school, crèche, community centre, 484 apartments, site works. Applicant: Players Square Ltd (revised conditions).
Location: 35 Castle Ave, Clontarf, D3. Proposed development: two four-storey blocks of 28 apartments and site works on site adjoining "Moyville". Applicant: Dick and Deirdre Tobin (with revised conditions).
Location: Muckross House, Killarney National Park, Killarney, Co Kerry (protected structure). Proposed development: extension of car-park. Applicant: Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (with revised conditions).
Location: junction of Coldcut Rd and Cloverhill Rd, Ballyfermot, D22. Proposed development: 18 one-beds in lieu of nine three-bed approved apartments (Reg Ref SD05A/0354). Applicant: Richard Maguire (with conditions).
Location: Airport Rd/Outer Ring Rd, Williamstown, Waterford. Proposed development: five retail units, cinema with bar, restaurant, parking, access road, site works. Applicant: Orst Enterprises Ltd (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Aubrey Hse (protected structure), Quinn's Rd, Shankill, Co Dublin. Proposed development: upgrade outbuilding, four new houses, and upgrade access from Quinn's Rd. Applicant: Tudor Homes Ltd.
Location: Solus factory, Corke Abbey, Bray, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 78 apartments in two four-storey blocks, new vehicular access at Woodbrook Glen Rd and site works. Applicant: Sequel Properties Ltd.
Location: 68-72 East Rd, East Wall, D3 and Ravensdale Rd, D3. Proposed development: demolish buildings for 144 apartments, crèche, three retail units and site works. Applicant: McGinley Construction Ltd.
Location: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 4a Gardiner Lane, off Gardiner St Middle, D1. Proposed development: demolish building for a five-storey block of 10 apartments and four studio/work units. Applicant: Peter, Tommy & Dorothy Clifford.
Location: 4 Clonard Rd, Clonard Lodge, Ballawley Lodge, Sandyford Rd, Sandyford, D16. Proposed development: demolish buildings for 34 apartments, four retail units, medical centre and crèche. Applicant: Stargem Properties Ltd.
Location: Garranedarragh, Bishopstown, Co Cork. Proposed development: private hospital, 462 car-parking spaces and site works. Applicant: SMCMC Property Ltd.
Location: Shanakiel Hospital, Shanakiel Rd, Cork (protected structure). Proposed development: 18 dwellings in four blocks and new access road. Applicant: Quality Health Care (Shanakiel Ltd) t/a Shanakiel Hospital.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
DECISION TO REFUSELocation: site to rear of 37-40 and 25-35 Abbey Rd, Monkstown. Proposed development: demolish factory for 47 residential units and two retail units. Four three-storey blocks with 28 two-beds and four one-beds. One three-storey block with four one-bed and four two-bed duplexes. One two-storey block with five three-bed townhouses. One two-storey entrance block with new archway vehicular entrance, two retail units at ground floor and two two-beds overhead. Site works and services. Applicant: Dorville Homes.
Dublin City Council
APPLICATIONS
Location: 173 Strand Rd, Sandymount, D4. Proposed development: demolish garage to side of house for a four-storey building of seven apartments, gym and 12 parking spaces. Relocate vehicular and pedestrian entrance off Strand Rd. Reduce rear garden for a private landscaped garden and site works. Applicant: Ciara McAllister.
Location: Finglas Credit Union Ltd, Seamus Ennis Rd, Finglas, D11. Proposed development: demolish office and outbuildings for a five-storey building with one commercial unit, 29 apartments, 75 parking spaces, and site works. Applicant: Finglas Credit Union Ltd.
Location: site of c. 0.49 hectares at Canal Road, Dublin 6. Proposed development: demolish office block (Block C), five vacant dwellings (Dunville Terrace) and a single storey storage building for a seven-storey building with six floors of office accommodation and five apartments at penthouse level. The proposed development also includes the change of use of the fourth floor of Block A from office use to residential use to provide for four apartments with a new fifth floor to accommodate four apartments. Provision of a green roof system and 16 solar panels; 19 new car-parking spaces, associated landscaping and site works. Applicant: The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) and the Construction Workers' Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd (CWPSTL).
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 1-5 Camden St Upr, 49-51 Camden St Lwr, and site to rear addressing Grantham Place (linked with 49 Camden St Lwr), D2. Proposed development: 29 apartments, gallery/exhibition space, cellar and commercial /office space all over basement car-park arranged in four three-storey blocks. Block A: works to protected structures (1, 2, 3, 3A, 4 and 5 Camden St Upr and 49, 50 & 51 Camden St Lwr) including repair and replace windows, doorcases and entrance doors along Camden St. Renovate 1-5 Camden St Upr and 49-51 Camden St Lwr. Demolish remnants of extensions and lift shaft. Change of use of 1 & 2 Camden St Upr and 49-50 Camden St Lwr from hotel to three commercial/office units at basement level, one office unit at ground floor and eight residential units. Change of use of retail element of 51 Camden St Lwr to offices. Change of use of 3 & 3A Camden St Upr from office to commercial/office at basement level and three residential units. Block B: demolish linkages to Block A and renovate; change of use of ground floor of the chapel to the rear of 49 Camden St Lwr to exhibition space and residential. Block C: 10 apartments. Block D: seven apartments. Parking and site works. Applicant: R Payne, B Flannery & L Crowe.
Location: 3-8 Hume St and 16 Ely Place, D2 (protected structures). Proposed development: change use at 3-8 Hume St (former Hume St Hospital). Business centre at 3-8 Hume St on ground to third floors. Restaurant and wellness centre at basement floors of 3-7 Hume St. Upgrading works to 16 Ely Place (protected structures). Applicant: Glandore House (Irl) Limited
Location: 11A Grantham Place & site to rear, D8. Proposed development: demolish entrance at 11A Grantham Place for three-storey scheme of eight residential units, courtyard, public open space, and parking. Applicant: R Payne, B Flannery and L Crowe.
Location: south-west corner of Shaw St and Townsend St, D2. Proposed development: demolish all buildings on site for a 12-storey mixed-use building. Applicant: Jerry Ryan, Shaw St Developments Ltd.
South Dublin
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 83 & 84 and rear Main St, Rathcoole. Proposed development: demolish dwellings, shop extension and sheds for four blocks. Block A: three retail units and three office units. Block B: two one-bed and two two-bed apartments. Block C: two three-bed apartments. Block D: six two-bed apartments. Twenty-three car-parking spaces and site works. Applicant: Ardleigh Developments.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Knocklyon service station, adjoining detached house "Hersil" and units 1, 2, 7 and 8 Landy Industrial Estate, Knocklyon Rd, D16. Proposed development: demolish service station, house, cottage, garage, industrial buildings and offices for 51 dwellings, two retail units, 49 car-parking spaces and site works. Applicant: Noel Reynolds.
Fingal
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: site known as Yellow Car Park, adjacent to Yellow entrance of Blanchardstown Centre, bordered by roads E and D, and on site known as White Car Park, bordered by roads E, G and Blanchardstown Rd, Blanchardstown Centre, Coolmine, D15. Proposed development: demolish entrance pavilion and remove 380 car-parking spaces for three-storey scheme of 32,082sq m (345,327sq ft) excluding car-parking with retail/restaurant units, store unit, 17 internal retail units, eight external retail/restaurant units and a foodcourt. Some 1,457sq m (15,683sq ft) of mall to be extension to Yellow Mall. Two underground levels of car-parking (total of 749 spaces); entrances and works to White car-park adjacent to Retail Park 3; remove 250 car-parking spaces and provide 227 car-parking spaces; and landscaping. Applicant: Green Property Ltd.
