A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANALA
APPEALS
Location: Knockrabo, Bank of Ireland Sportsgrounds, Goatstown, Dublin 14. Proposed development: erect a residential development with crèche comprising 159 units consisting of 130 apartments and 29 houses. Applicant: O'Malley Construction Limited. Appellant(s): Ernest and Dolores Tucker, Mairead and Richard Ryan, Ardilea Residents Association, Frank Anderson, M Murphy, Bernard and Mary Dunne, O'Malley Construction Limited, David and Mary McMahon, Martin and Muireann Moran, Jean Whyte, John and Yolla Desmond, Gary Payne.
Location: 64 Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish buildings and construct eight apartments in a three-storey over basement block with car parking and associated services and site works. Applicant: Rhonellen Developments Limited. Appellant(s): Denis Flanagan, Brendan Raythorne and Others, Gary Costello
Location: Farnham Demesne, Farnham, Co Cavan. Proposed development: golf course and club house. Applicant: Derrygid Limited. Appellant(s): George Tutty
Location: Cliff House (protected structure), Killiney Hill Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: refurbishment and extension of existing house. Applicant: James McGeough. Appellant(s): BM Cooke and Others, James McGeough
Location: Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: extension to side of existing hangar for use as a fire station, signage to front and rear elevation of hanger. Applicant: Weston Limited. Appellant(s): Combined Action on Weston Aerodrome
Location: Drinan, Kinsealy, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect 62 residential units comprising of 12 houses and 50 apartments and all associated site works. Applicant: Gannon Homes Limited. Appellant(s): Adam McAuley and Others
Location: Mayre Townlands, Baldoyle, Dublin 13. Proposed development: erect a 150-bedroom hotel, sports centre, gym, crèche, outdoor sports area, swimming pool, landscaping and all associated ancillary works. Applicant: Ballymore Residential Limited. Appellant(s): David Healy
Location: Long Quay, Pier and Emmet Place, Kinsale, Co Cork. Proposed development: mixed-use development incorporating a 121-bedroom hotel, restaurant/bar/function room, eight apartment suites, retail units, car parking, new road and associated site works. Applicant: Fuchsia Investments Limited. Appellant(s): Kinsale History Society, An Taisce, Andrew Dillon and Others, Isabelle Sutton, Frank J Convery
Location: Riverside Cottage, Main Street, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: demolish house and construct 12 residential units in one four-storey block with parking and all associated site works. Applicant: Paschal O'Sullivan and Jon Hutton. Appellant(s): Michael Lynn
Location: Old Head Golflinks, Downmacpatrick/Old Head, Kinsale, Co Cork. Proposed development: extension to clubhouse for use as 12 guest bedrooms/suites, caretakers quarters, fitness centre, staff facilities and associated works. Applicant: Ashbourne Holdings Limited. Appellant(s): Ted Tynan and Joe Moore
Location:Abbey Street/Bridge Street, Cahir Mills, Bridge Street, Cahir, Co Tipperary. Proposed development: Erect a 72-bedroom hotel with 15 aparthotel suites, restaurants, bar, lounge and ancillary facilities. Applicant: Bennett Construction Limited. Appellant(s): An Taisce
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 30-32 Botanic Road, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish office building and dwelling, construct four-storey commercial residential development with tea room, seven apartments with roof garden and associated works. Applicant: Eugene Harrington & Austin Kelly (with revised conditions)
Location: NUIG, University Road, Galway. Proposed development: demolish building and construct a science building including laboratories, seminar room and ancillary accommodation near Martin Ryan Institute (protected structure) and Eglinton Canal. Applicant: National University of Ireland (with revised conditions)
SOUTH DUBLIN
APPLICATIONS
Location: ESB Shop Electric, 78 Tower road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: change of use of the ground floor from retail to use as a bank (Class 2 office use). Applicant: Bank of Scotland (Ireland) LImited
Location: lands to the rear of 638 Whitechurch Road and bounded to the west by Glenmore Green, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: construct four dwellings (one two-storey three-bedroom detached house and three three-bedroom dormer terraced bungalows), the closure of existing rear gateway from Glenmore Green and the construction of new vehicular access from Glenmore Green to proposed development with on and office site development works. Applicant: Niall Clarke
Location: Harlem Court, Old Court Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24. Proposed development: outline permission to demolish existing dwelling and out buildings and construct four three-bedroom two-storey terraced townhouses, six two-bedroom two-storey duplex townhouses with two two-bedroom and twop one-bedroom apartments over with ancillary works and new entrance. Applicant: Thomas Hurley
FINGAL
APPLICATIONS
Location: Cherry Oaks, Park Road, Brook Lane, Rush, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish existing dwelling and associated buildings and erect 35 townhouses, one detached four-bedroom dormer house with surface car parking for 52 cars. Applicant: Frank Wilson and Fintan Price
Location: lands adjacent Ballymun Road, Ballymun Dual Carriageway, Ballymun, Dublin 11. Proposed development: mixed-use residential and neighbourhood retail development comprising 135 apartments (46 one-bedroom, 89 two-bedroom) in nine storey over one retail unit with surface and multi-storey car parking for 251 cars. Applicant: WB Kilmurray
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Travelodge Hotel, Miltonfields, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: two-storey extension consisting of 38 bedrooms linked to existing hotel with alterations to existing site works with vehicular access off the N1. Applicant: Smorgs Limited
Location: townland of Nevinstown West, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: mixed-use development consisting of a two-storey fitness centre and office unit with 40 car parking spaces and associated landscaping and site development works. Applicant: Kevin Cluskey
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
APPLICATIONS
Location: 69 Churchtown Road Upper, Churchtown, Dublin 14. Proposed development: demolish existing detached dwelling and construct 10 apartments (two one-bed, six two-bed and two three-bed units) in one part two-storey part three-storey block with basement car parking. Applicant: Liam Conway
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 11-17 Sweetman's Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct 13 two-bedroom apartments in single four-storey L-shaped block. Erect a single retail unit at ground and first floor levels facing Sweetman's Avenue, ground level car parking comprising nine car parking spaces and minor re-arrangement of existing seven-car parking spaces at rear of Duncairn House Office Building. Applicant: Boardoak Limited
Location: Red Oak House, Goldstar Site, South County Business Park, Leopardstown Road, Dublin 18. Proposed development: construct a four-storey office building with 121 car parking spaces. Applicant: South County Developments Limited
Location: Units 1, 13 & 14 Killiney Shopping Centre, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: removal of existing mall entrance/canopy structure, removal and replacement of both canopies to the front and mall facades of units 1, 13 and 14. Erect a two-storey restaurant over retail units 13 and 14, a new facade to ground and first floor to front and sides of units 1, 13 and 14. Applicant: Amanda Bourke & Pat Murray
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
APPLICATIONS
Location: east entrance gates at The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. Proposed development: re-aligning the existing east (junction of Military Road and Irwin Street) entrance gates, piers and part of the boundary wall and providing as a mirror image, a second set of double gates, limestone piers and pedestrian gate replicating the existing; removing the two military trophies for restoration, conservation and relocation within a protected area in the Royal Hospital and their replacement by contemporary trophies; provide a granite cobbled forecourt outside the gates and a new pedestrian footpath outside the boundary wall on the south side; widening the existing footpath inside the entrance gates to 2m, reusing the existing ironstone kerb stones; provision of a 2m wide footpath on the left-hand side to match, cutting back the existing landscaped bank and constructing a new retaining wall varying in height from 0mm to about 1,500mm; rendering the retaining walls on eiher side of the avenue using a limebased render with a sloping brick coping to match the existing, widening the existing roadway leading from the entrance gates to IMMA to a minimum 6m in width to facilitate two-way traffic; removal of two trees and an area of yew hedge to facilitate the above. Applicant: Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland
Location: 35 New Street south and Long Lane, including rear 33-34 New Street South, Dublin 8. Proposed development: demolish existing public ground floor public house and separate retail/commercial unit and ancillary site developments and erect five one-bedroom apartments units, two one-bedroom duplex units and seven two-bedroom apartments, roof terrace, balconies to apartments and ancillary site developments. Applicant: Abbey Building Contractors
Location: 7 & 8 St Marys Place, also between Nos 13 & 16 Mountjoy Street (fronting St Marys Place North and Paradise Place), Dublin 7. Proposed development: permission for a mixed commercial/residential development in two blocks to include the demolition of two unoccupied dwellings at 7 & 8 St Marys Place North and the construction of eight one-bedroom, four two-bedroom and one three-bedroom apartments in a four/five storey block between Nos 13 & 16 Mountjoy Street and one one-bedroom live/work unit, two two-bedroom live/work units, one commercial/office unit, 24 two-bedroom and five one-bedroom apartments in a four to six storey block fronting St Marys Place North and Paradise Place all over basement car park with 22 spaces. Applicant: Brian Durkin & Co Limited
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: lands at Wilton Place, Lad Lane and Pembroke Row, Dublin 2. Proposed development: mixed-use residential, office, live/work development consisting of approximately 19,900 sq m of gross floor area overall in a linked building grouped around an internal landscaped courtyard to provide for 134 residential units (37 one-bedroom, 88 two-bedroom, three two-bed duplex units, five three-bed units and one three-bed duplex unit), five live/work units, two own door office units, gymnasium, reception area all within five linked buildings. Provision of a two level basement car parking area accommodating 158 parking spaces. Site development and services works including demolition of existing buildings on site. Applicant: Clondean Limited
Location: Newmans Sheeting Centre, 2 Waterfall Avenue, Richmond Road, Dublin 3. Proposed development: demolish all existing warehouse/office structures and construct a residential development of 42 apartments arranged in two blocks. Block A comprising of eight one-bedroom and 28 two-bedroom apartments arranged in a four-storey block over basement car parking for 40 spaces, and Block B comprising three one-bedroom and three two-bedroom apartments arranged in a three-storey block. Five surface car parking spaces. New boundary walls and fence, new entrance wall and gates and all associated site and landscaping works on site. Applicant: Donal Carroll
Location: 7 Sandymount Green, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish existing two-storey dwelling house and erect a four-storey building comprising two-storeys over basement with penthouse and roof terrace. The accommodation will consist of retail storage at basemetn level, retail at ground floor (for use as a neighbourhood shop) and a duplex apartments at first and second floors. Applicant: Mark Cassin and Cathal Mallon
Location: 98-99 Francis Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: demolish existing stores and compound and construct a new five-storey building to incorporate two retail units at ground floor level, six two-bedroom apartments at first, second and third floor level and one two-bedroom penthouse apartment at fourth floor level. Applicant: Hugh and Damien Kerrigan
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: rear of Barrys Hotel, 1 Denmark Street Great, Dublin 1. Proposed development: demolish single storey structure to the rear, and construct 18 apartments in one six-storey block with car parking at ground floor. Apartments to consist of 10 two-bedroom and eight one-bedroom units. Applicant: Darnside Limited
