A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: Former Chester Beatty Library, 20 Shrewsbury Road, Dublin 4. Proposed development: Demolish existing buildings and erect seven apartments with parking. Applicant: O'Malley Construction Limited. Appellant(s): Stephen MacKenzie, Sean Dunne.
Location: Bank of Ireland site at junction of Kill Lane/Clonkeen Road, Deansgrange, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish bank premises and construct discount food store and parking spaces. Applicant: Lidl Ireland GmBH. Appellant(s): Deansgrange Residential Area Action Group.
Location: Killiney Court Hotel, Station Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Partial demolition of hotel, change of use and refurbishment of original house and construct 48 apartments. Applicant: Rhode (Ireland) Limited. Appellant(s): Donal O'hAodha, Bernadette McCormick.
Location: Lucan/Palmerstown bypass, M50 motorway and junction of N4 and Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20. Proposed development: Demolish building and construct a single storey discount foodstore with four single storey retail units. Applicant: Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited. Appellant(s): Brian and Mary Fleming.
Location: Lands to the east of Centra shop, junction of Coolock Lane and Woodlawn Avenue, Woodlawn Avenue, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: Erect a three-storey duplex apartment block consisting of 20 apartments. Applicant: Conor Creaven. Appellant(s): Woodlawn Residents Association.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Penryn, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines Great, Dublin 18. Proposed development: Erect a creche, 332 residential units, upgrading of Springfield Lane and demolish existing unoccupied house. Applicant: Abbeyrock Development Limited (with conditions).
Location: Coolbane, Castleconnell, Co Limerick. Proposed development: Erect 160 houses, six duplex units and six apartments with landscaped parkland and all necessary roads, walls and drainage connections. Applicant: Park Developments (Ireland) Limited (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Ormonde Business Park, Dublin Road, Kilkenny. Proposed development: Erect a single storey discount food store with a gross floor area of 1,153 sq m (12,410 sq ft) and 124 car-parking spaces on a 0.56-hectare site. Applicant: Aldi Stores Limited.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: Site bounded by Golden Lane and Chancery Lane comprising 46-52 Golden Lane and returning along Chancery Lane to 10 Chancery Lane, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolish existing single storey canteen/office building and construct 77 apartments comprising 11 one-bedroom units, 58 two-bedroom units and eight three-bedroom units, four retail units at ground floor in a four, five, six and seven-storey building. Applicant: Rhatigan Developments Limited.
Location: 6-8 Ailesbury Road (protected structure), Dublin 4. Proposed development: Erect new porch structures at existing entrance doors. Applicant: The Embassy of Switzerland.
Location: St Patrick's Cathedral (protected structure), St Patrick's Close, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Permission to remove the existing external disabled ramp by the order door (south choir aisle) and replace it with an extended ramp in the same location, to provide threshold ramps to the order door. Applicant: The Board of St Patrick's Cathedral.
Location: Site bounded by Tolka Valley Road (east) and Finglas Road (south), Fairlawn Road and Fairlawn Park (west), Dublin 11. Proposed development: Permission for a mixed use development comprising 496 dwellings consisting of 112 one-bedroom, 345 two-bedroom and 39 three-bedroom units in a range of three to eight-storey buildings, predominantly in a mix of apartments and duplexes and including 35 one-bedroom homes for the elderly in a single three-storey building, a split-level single storey creche, a medical clinic and retail units. The development will also consist of the construction of an internal traffic-calmed road through the proposal which connects a permitted vehicular access of some six metres in width off the Finglas Road located circa 315 metres north of the Tolka Valley Road/Finglas Road junction (Reg. Ref. 2475/03 refers) with a proposed vehicular access of approx six metres in width off Tolka Valley Road located circa 195 metres west of the Tolka Road/Finglas Road junction. Applicant: McCabe Builders.
Location: The Eircom site, Distillery Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3. Proposed development: Demolish 1,945 sq m (20,936 sq ft) of existing buildings and construct a mixed use development comprising three enterprise units, 26 work/live units, and 106 apartments all in seven blocks. Applicant: Eircom Limited.
Location: 27/30 Buckingham Street and 60 Railway Street, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Demolish a two-storey industrial unit with retial use at ground floor level and existing disused garage canopy and associated forecourt and construct student accommodation comprising 41 apartments and one retail unit in a four, five and six-storey building. Applicant: Daniel Byrne, Clare Kelliher, William Black.
Location: 129 Herberton Road, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolish existing warehouse and construct an apartment building ranging from two to seven storeys to consist of six one-bedroom, 21 two-bedroom and seven three-bedroom apartments. Applicant: Larry Crowe.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 17 and 18 Robert Street South (frontage onto Newport Street and Bond Street), Dublin 8. Proposed development: Construct a five-storey over-basement building comprising one community resource/commercial/retail unit and one commercial/retail unit at ground floor and 14 two-bedroom apartments. Applicant: Paudie Ryan.
Location: Merchant's Yard, East Wall Road, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Construct a nine-storey over double basement hotel comprising 216 bedrooms, 26 apart hotel suites, restaurant, bar and conference meeting rooms with ancillary kitchens and offices. The development will also consist of the provision of one coach set down area/parking space, 138 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Jewelbury Limited.
Location: Corner site of Greencastle Parade and Greencastle Road (adjacent to Bargain Town), Coolock, Dublin 5. Proposed development: Permission for the renovation and change of use of existing two-storey building from light industrial/offices to two/three/four-storey development comprising 20 apartments and two ground floor retail units. Applicant: Alan and Norman Prendergast.
Location: Clare Hall Shopping Centre, Malahide Road, Dublin 17. Proposed development: Construct a petrol filling station, kiosk/shop and car wash including inter alia ancillary works, revisions to the permitted internal access road, relocation of permitted cycle parking and bring facility. Applicant: Tesco Ireland Limited.
Location: 26a Portland Street North, Dublin 1. Proposed development: Demolish existing single storey light industrial building and erect two blocks containing 53 apartments and five apartments suitable for work over a ground floor comprising a motor showroom/repair garage. Applicant: Danway Limited.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
Location: Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre, Castle Street, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Glazed screen and entry doors forming a draught lobby. Applicant: Board of Management, Dalkey Irish Heritage Town Co Limited.
Location: 222 Clonkeen Road, Deansgrange, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolition of existing single storey creche building and construction of 10 residential apartments comprising one one-bedroom unit and nine two-bedroom units in a single block of one, two and three-storeys. Applicant: Declan and Veronica McKiernan.
Location: 1-2, Salthill Place, Old Dunleary Road, Monkstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Mixed-use development incorporating an overall building structure of three storeys consisting of two one-bedroom apartments, two two-bedroom apartments and three two-bedroom duplex apartments, provision of some 284 sq m (3,057 sq ft) retail unit at ground level. The scheme involves the demolition of existing ground level retail unit andtwo two-storey dwelling units. Applicant: Edward Spain
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Tedcastles Yard, junction of Dunleary Road and Dunleary Hill Lower, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish existing buildings and erect three three-bedroom apartments, 52 two-bedroom apartments and 12 one-bedroom apartments in one L-shaped block ranging in height from five-storey plus double penthouse to a seven-storey plus penthouse corner feature with a total gross floor area of 5,642 sq m (60,730 sq ft), a cafe/coffee shop at ground floor level, two levels of basement car-parking comprising 93 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Stephen MacKenzie.
Location: Tedcastles Yard, junction of Dunleary Road and Dunleary Hill Lower, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish existing buildings on site and erect a mixed-use development comprising two retail units, offices and a gym/leisure/health centre in one four-storey block. Basement car park comprising 28 car-parking spaces and bicycle parking facilities. Car park will be accessed via a shared vehicular access on the adjoining site, which is owned by the applicant and is the subject of a current planning application for a proposed development of apartments and ground floor cafe/coffee shop. Applicant: Stephen MacKenzie.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Adare House, Silchester Road, Glenageary, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish existing conservatory and replace with a kitchen extension over basement-level changing and bathing facility associated with the existing swimming pool and the conversion of the existing coach house. Applicant: Mr & Mrs B Maloney.
SOUTH DUBLIN
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Land to the rear of the Foxhunter Pub, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construct 16 apartments in two two/three-storey blocks consisting of 15 two-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom apartment and five duplex apartments in a separate two-storey block consisting of four two-bedroom duplex apartments and one three-bedroom duplex apartment. Applicant: Frank Towey.
Location: Strand Rd, Portmarnock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Mixed use development of three-storey residential and retail complex with additional penthouses at the corner of Strand Rd and St Marnock's Ave over basement car park. Erect seven retail units at ground floor level, 30 apartments at first, second and penthouse level to consist of six one-bedroom apartments, 15 two-bedroom apartments, three two-bedroom duplex apartments and six three-bedroom apartments. Applicant: Mannix Smith.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Santry Demesne, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: Four-storey over basement nursing home on part of lands previously approved for development under Ref F98A/1328 and PL06F.112730. The building comprises 74 single bedrooms, ancillary accommodation, 11 independent living units and basement car park. Applicant: Woodford Developments Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 3 & 4 Corduff Cottages, Old Corduff Rd, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: Demolish existing two single storey residential buildings and construct 31 apartments in two blocks of 30 two-bed apartments and one one-bed apartment. Applicant: Kendar Holdings Limited.
