A selective guide to developments in your area.
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: 77, 78, 78a, 78b, 79 & 80 Amiens Street, 2-4 Killarney Street, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Demolish and erect a five-storey block with offices, enterprise centre, medical consultants, media recording and electrical sub-station. Applicant: Basil Good, Niall O'Brien and William Blaik. Appellant(s): An Taisce, David Lambe.
Location: Site 3A and 3B, Greenhills Road/Main Street, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: Erect four buildings over car-parking containing 88 spaces to include a creche, two retail units, 90 apartments, two temporary advertising boards and associated work. Applicant: John O'Connor. Appellant(s): Pietro Macari, Bancroft Residents Association.
Location: Dunboyne Castle and Grounds, Dunboyne, Co Meath. Proposed development: Mixed-use of residential/commercial development comprising 564 residential units, conversion of building to a hotel and leisure complex. Applicant: Menolly Homes Limited. Appellant(s): Dunboyne Combined Residents, Douglas Dennehy, Menolly Homes Limited.
Location: Baile na Coiribe, NUI Galway, Upper Newcastle, Co Galway. Proposed development: Erect 48 apartments for students in three blocks, social/commercial building, relocate tennis courts with floodlighting and other site development works. Applicant: Galway Student Residences Co Limited. Appellant(s): An Taisce - Galway Association.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: site fronting Wyckham bypass, Ballinteer Road, Ballinteer, Dublin 16. Proposed development: Erect 96 apartments, associated underground and surface car parking. Applicant: Dorville Homes Limited (with revised conditions).
Location: Glenarm, Torquay Road, Dublin 18. Proposed development: Partial demolition of return and outbuildings and construct two-storey with attic extension to rear and extension to side and rear. Applicant: D Crowley and M Geary (with revised conditions).
Location: 43-44 Hill Street, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Demolish buildings and construct two six-storey buildings to comprise 59 residential units, three units and underground car-parking. Applicant: Plainfield Properties (with conditions).
Location: 65 South William Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Change of use from retail/wholesale outlet to public house for ground floor and basement. Applicant: J Rush (with revised conditions).
Location: Huntstown Business Campus, Cappagh Road, Ballycoolin, Dublin 11. Proposed development: 23,756 sq m (255,707 sq ft) of light industrial/logistics space comprising phase one of science and technology park with infrastructure and landscape works to facilitate phases one-to-four of development on a 22.22-hectare site. Applicant: Irish Asphalt Limited (with revised conditions).
Location: Shangan road, Ballymun, Dublin 9. Proposed development: Erect 19 two-bedroom apartments, 12 one-bedroom apartments, offices, public house, retail use, ESB substation, new road and car-parking. Applicant: Ballymun Regeneration Limited (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 285/287 Harolds Cross Road, Dublin 6W. Proposed development: Office development. Applicant: Maurice Cronin.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: 1-5 Lord Edward Court, Bride Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Mixed use residential office and retail development of seven storeys to consist of the demolition of all existing structures on site and construct a mixed-use scheme comprising residential, office and retail. Applicant: The Bride Street Partnership.
Location: 17 Wood Street, off Whitefriar Street and Adelaide Square, Whitefriar Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolish existing structures and construct a six-storey apartment building to include 40 apartments to consist of 10 one-bedroom units, 26 two-bedroom units and four three-bedroom units. The construction of a creche on ground floor and basement level accessed separately. Applicant: Benton Property Holding Limited.
Location: 17 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Change of shopfront at ground floor level. Applicant: Carrolls of Dublin Limited.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Site on the corner of Reuben Street and Barn Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Permission for partial demolition of existing shed and construct a mixed-use development which is part three, part four, part six and part 10-storey. The development will consist of two retail units and 64 apartments. Applicant: Diamond Leather Limited.
Location: Former warehouse at the junction of Little Mary Street and Little Green Street and to the South Anglesea Row, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Demolish existing warehouse and erect a mixed-use development consisting of a creche and six retail units, 504 sq m (5,425 sq ft) of office units, 68 apartments and 22 live/work units in three blocks. Applicant: Keelings Limited.
Location: Dunnes Stores, 6-12 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: The partial removal/demolition of existing shopfront and the erection of new shopfront at ground floor to 6-12 Exchequer Street and at first floor to 8 Exchequer Street with associated signage. The proposed shopfronts will form part of a protected structure. Applicant: Dunnes Stores (Georges Street).
Location: Wynn's Hotel, 35-39 Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Refurbishment of kitchen, storage and staff facilities at basement level, including the provision of a goods platform lift from pavement level, the refurbishment of the existing ground floor restaurant and kitchen, a new 28 sq m (301 sq ft) single storey bar extension to the rear, a new 14.3 sq m (154 sq ft) single storey kitchen extension to the rear and a new 13.8 sq m (149 sq ft) two-storey fire escape stair extension to the rear. Applicant: Neil Loftus.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 72, 73 & 74 Francis Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolition of the two three-storey commercial buildings at 73 & 74 Francis Street and retain existing five-storey building at the front of 72 Francies Street. Demolish warehouse at the rear of 72 Francis Street with partial retention of the boundary/warehouse walls. Construct an apartment building comprising two interconnected blocks and ancillary siteworks. The first five-storey block located at the front of 73 & 74 Francis Street to comprise two two-bedroom apartments, two one-bedroom apartments and ground floor commercial units. The second six-storey block to be located at the rear of 72 Francis Street comprises nine one-bedroom apartments. Applicant: Richard Smyth.
FINGAL
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: IDA Swords Business Park, Mantua/Greenfields, Seatown Road, Mountgorry, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Development consisting of a change of use of the existing office building and basement parking to 66 hotel bedrooms, new entrance to basement car-parking and associated alterations to existing facades and linking into new atrium. New 3,717 sq m (40,009 sq ft) hotel building and 829 sq m (8,923 sq ft) basement car-parking extension to the existing building consisting of a four-storey atrium with 53 hotel bedrooms, dining/breakfast room, kitchen, residents lounge, bar and meeting rooms. Erect a new 3,300 sq m (35,521 sq ft) two-storey leisure centre consisting of a swimming pool, changing facilities, juice bar, members' area, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi, administration area and gym. Applicant: Brendan McGrath.
Location: Centre Pier, Howth Harbour, Howth, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construct a single storey structure to provide a sales, service, repair and maintenance facility for fishing and pleasure craft. The building will accommodate a boat store, office, shower and toilet facilities for staff and five parking spaces. The development will also include an ancillary external service yard, a floating pontoon and a gangway access to the floating pontoon and berths for 15 boats. Part of the existing dwarf quay wall is to be opened and replaced with bollards and 1.5m wide gate to the south-west of the proposed structure. Applicant: B J Marine Howth Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Whites Road and College Road, Castleknock, Dublin 15. Proposed development: Residential development of 295 units consisting of 105 two-storey with attic and three-storey houses, 190 apartments in seven four-storey blocks over basement car-parking, a two-storey childcare facility, the change of use and extension of existing residence and outhouses known as Mount Hybia to a bed and breakfast facility and the provision of a leisure facility. The development consists of the demolition of two habitable houses (Shandy Lodge and Whites Lodge). Works to Mount Hybia include the demolition of non-original extensions to rear of house and outhouses, installation of en suite bathrooms to existing bedrooms, general refurbishment of existing structure, construction of three two-storey suites in existing single storey outhouse to north of house, the construction of four additional bedrooms in a new block to the north-east side of the house, provision of access core to basement leisure centre. Applicant: Menolly Homes.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: Site at Whitestown Way and Killinarden Link Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: Erect a single storey discount foodstore with a gross floor area of 1,283 sq m (13,810 sq ft) with associated landscaping and 145 parking spaces. Applicant: Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Stoney Road, Rathcoole, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construction of 174 two and three-bedroom townhouses in 29 two-storey blocks of six units with all associated roads and services. Applicant: J P Molloy Builders Limited.
Location: 86 Butterfield Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: Demolish existing house and construct a three-storey block of apartments comprising a total of 12 two-bedroom apartments with site works including landscaping and car-parking and ancillary works. Applicant: David Lavin.
Location: 4 Knocklyon Road and lands to the rear of 4 and 4A Knocklyon Road, Knocklyon, Dublin 16. Proposed development: Demolish existing single storey dwelling and construct a new four-storey residential development consisting of 16 two-bedroom apartments. Applicant: Ken Gaffney.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN
Location: Ferndene, Deansgrange Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Retention of existing dwelling and construct 42 apartments in three curved blocks comprising Block 1: four one-bedroom, eight two-bedroom and four three-bedroom units. Block 2: six one-bedroom, two two-bedroom and two three-bedroom units and Block 3 consists of four one-bedroom, six two-bedroom and six three-bedroom units. Applicant: Frank Cruess-Callaghan.
Location: Pirton House, Sydenham Villas, Dublin 14. Proposed development: Two-storey extension to side and rear to match existing and alterations and associated site works for conversion of house to four apartments and one semi-detached house. This is in a proposed Architectural Conservation Area. Applicant: Gerard Gannon.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Rear of 96 Beechgrove Cottages, The Ramparts, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construction of a three-storey block of apartments comprising of nine two-bedroom units. Applicant: Arborlane Limited.
