A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: Jury's Tara Hotel, Merrion Road and Bellview Avenue, Dublin 4. Proposed development: Construct 50-bedroom extension, new general and bottle stores, provide parking and associated works. Applicant: Jury's Doyle Hotel Group PLC. Appellant(s): Gerald and Emer Russell.
Location: RDS, lands between Angelsea Road and Simmonscourt Road, Dublin 4. Proposed development: Upgrade the Angelsea Stand, demolish various structures, replace Shrewsbury Hall and Paddock Hall South with two multi-purpose buildings, construct five office buildings and associated works. Applicant: Royal Dublin Society. Appellant(s): David Kelly, Sister Mary Brigid, Royal Dublin Society, James and Finola Curry, Sandymount and Merrion Residents Association, John and Ciara Byrne, Angelsea Road Residents Association, owners and directors of Lynton Court, and Ailesbury Residents Association.
Location: Pyelands site, Dundrum, Dublin 16. Proposed development: Amendments to existing permissions, revisions to civic buildings, increase in theatre accommodation, division of restaurant, addition of two cafes, change retail to four restaurant units. Applicant: Crossridge Investments Limited. Appellant(s): Noel Clarke.
Location: Whitestown Way and Killinarden Link Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: Single storey discount foodstore with a gross floor area of 1,283 sq m (13,810 sq ft) associated landscaping, signage, canopy, 145 car-parking spaces and a sub-station with a gross floor area of 21.7 sq m (234 sq ft). Applicant: Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited. Appellant(s): Michael Byrne, Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited.
Location: Slane Castle Demesne, Slane, Co Meath. Proposed development: Erect 72 houses. Existing house to be protected and restored to original condition, repair existing garden wall, connection of all houses to new sewerage treatment plant. Applicant: Pinebank Homes Limited. Appelant(s): An Taisce.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Kylemore Clinic, Church Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Sheltered housing comprising 10 units and apartments for residential staff with car-parking. Access from Watson Road cul de sac. Applicant: Kylemore Clinic (with revised conditions).
Location: St Benedicts, 5 Baldoyle Road, Sutton, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish house and construct 18 apartments with parking. Applicant: Rosaleen Verling (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Lands at Goatstown Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14. Proposed development: Demolish house and construct 176 student apartments, mixed use block of 89 single bedroom residential units, crèche and care/restaurant. Applicant: Zapi Properties Limited.
Location: Harrison Burnell premises, Deansgrange Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish all existing structure on site and erect nine houses, two apartments with 14 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Taggart Homes Ireland Limited.
FINGAL
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Site 43 Rosemount Business Park, Ballycoolin, Dublin 11. Proposed development: Construct 2,588 sq m (27,857 sq ft) of science and technology-based units in two blocks including 577 sq m (6,210 sq ft) of integral related office accommodation on two floors together with access road, service utilities, landscaping, paving, car-parking and associated site development works. Applicant: Timothy Keane and Dermot Quinlan.
Location: Donabate Town Centre, Portrane Road, Donabate, Co Dublin. Proposed development: One ground floor retail unit with one first floor office unit all over two storeys north of, and adjacent to, Donabate Town Centre. The development also includes shop front to retail unit, plan boxes to office, alterations to existing boundary wall and associated site works and services. Applicant: Keelco Limited.
Location: Ashbrook, Castleknock, Dublin 15. Proposed development: Erect a two-storey extension to existing clubhouse, including additional dressing rooms, showers, toilets, extended function room, new entrance with disabled access, kitchen, committee room and viewing balcony. Applicant: Coolmine Rugby Football Club.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: 79 Kiltalown Road, Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: Re-development comprising of demolition of the existing single storey retail shop, construction of new retail shop at ground floor level, construction of five two-bedroom residential apartments at ground, first and second floor levels, four off-street car-parking spaces together with eight on-street spaces, and formation of a 60 sq m (646 sq ft) rear garden. Applicant: Christopher Fox.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: The Abberley Court Hotel, Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: 3,357 sq m (36,134 sq ft) extension to consist of the construction of an additional third and fourth storey providing 52 additional bedrooms. Construct an annex to the rear providing a leisure centre reception at ground floor and 10 additional bedrooms. The removal of the existing second floor nightclub and provide 13 additional bedrooms. Change of use of an existing ground floor restaurant to public bar. Erect a 723 sq m (7,782 sq ft) extension to the existing basement to provide a leisure centre. Ancillary works to allow the completion of the previously approved hard and soft landscaping scheme to the north-west of the hotel, granted under S99A/0891. Applicant: The Flynn Partnership.
Location: Stewarts Sports Hall, Stewarts Hospital, Palmerstown, Dublin 20. Proposed development: Partial demolition / renovation of existing sports centre and construction of new front entrance, new rear entrance and hydrotheraphy area, new juice bar/viewing gallery and new roof access. Development comprises 255 sq m (2,745 sq ft) of new accommodation and associated landscaping and site works. The development is within the curtilage of the protected structure. Applicant: Stewarts Hospital Foundation.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN
Location: Woodlands Lodge, Woodlands Avenue, Stillorgan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish existing single storey dwelling and construct a detached two-storey apartment building with dormer roof accommodating eight apartments. Applicant: Aidan Redmond.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Grasmere, Westminster Road, Dublin 18. Proposed development: Demolish existing two-storey dwelling house and garage and construct 10 three-storey houses with the second floor contained generally within the roof structures. Applicant: P Pirolimian Limited.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: Factory site at Reuben Street adjoining ice rink and Reuben Street, Dolphin's Barn, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Permission is sought for modifications/change of use to previously approved development (Reg. Refs. 2768/99 and 3221/02) to include change of use of 746 sq m (8,030 sq ft) of approved office space at eastern end of Block A to nine apartments and 80 sq m (861 sq ft) of approved office space at ground floor level to commercial/retail space. Applicant: Danninger.
Location: 19 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4. Proposed development: Scheme comprising of 89 dwellings located in two buildings each ranging in height from five to seven storeys. Applicant: The Parkway Partnership.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Site at Milltown Road, Dublin 6 bounded by Church of the Assumption (east), Alexandra College (south and west) and Mount St Annes (north). Proposed development: Demolish the Marian Hall and erect six blocks, three mixed use and three residential containing a total of 217 apartments. Blocks R, S and T. Each wholly residential and five storeys over basement carparking. Block U: part five-storey over street level car-parking and part four-storey over basement car-parking with a feature eight-storey corner element consisting of seven residential floors over the childcare facility with adjacent two-storey element containing a gym and fitness centre at ground floor level and a crèche and childcare facility at first floor level. Block V: Five storeys, four residential over mixed use ground floor containing two retail units and a replacement parish hall. Block W: Four storeys in total, three residential over ground floor health centre containing four consultation rooms. A total of 229 cycle-parking spaces, 324 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Park Developments (Dublin) Limited.
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, four, five, six, seven and eight-storey buildings, predominantly in a mix of apartments and duplexes with balconies and including 35 one-bedroom homes for the elderly in a single three-storey building. A split-level single storey crèche, a single storey medical clinic and retail units. Applicant: McCabe Builders.
Location: 22A and 23-25 Wellington Street Upper, 62-65 Mountjoy Street, 1 and 2 Blessington Cottages, Blessington Lane, Dublin 1. Proposed development: New residential and office/retail development including demolition of existing industrial premises and dwelling houses and the erection of one five and six-storey building comprising 49 two-bedroom apartments and three one-bedroom apartments, four office/retail units, one medical centre, dental centre and crèche together with external supervised play area, and 31 car-parking spaces at basement level. Applicant: GMT Partnership Limited.
Location: Site north of Balbutcher Lane (north) and south of Saint Margaret's Road, Balcurris, Ballymun, Dublin 11. Proposed development: Erect 38 apartments in three and four-storey blocks, eight two-bedroom two-storey terraced houses, 71 car-parking spaces. The development also includes 19 apartments in four-storey blocks, two two-storey three-bedroom terraced houses and a two-storey six-bedroom residential unit with staff accommodation for St Michael's House. Applicant: Ballymun Regeneration Limited.
Location: 6 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Development to consist of refurbishment, upgrading and alterations to existing shopfront. Applicant: Baggot Pharmacy Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Hanlon's Pub, Hanlon's Corner, 189 North Circular Road, Dublin 7. Proposed development: Retention is being sought for the unauthorised removal of timber sash window at first floor level and installation of light oak pvc windows in their place. This is a protected structure. Applicant: Mr Tom McCormack.
