A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA - APPEALS
Location: Lansdowne Road Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4. Proposed development: multi-purpose stadium complex. Applicant: Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company Limited. Appellant(s): Dr Anne Twomey, Lily O'Callaghan, Joseph Lawler, Edward Frayne, Conall Hamill, Residents of Shelbourne Road, Kevin McMahon and Mema Byrne, Geraldine Farragher, John Barrett, William Doran, Adrienne Lord, Rosemary Luftus and Brian O'Keefe, O'Connell Gardens Boundary Group, Paul and Oonagh O'Reilly, Alfred Guinevan, Robert Stack, Derek and Pauline Pomeroy, Yvonne Yuen, Cepta Hopkins and Fergus Doyle, Sophis Wallace, Anite Fullerton, Ringsend Irishtown and Sandymount Environment Group, Sean and Sile Mooney, Lansdowne and District Residents' Association, Gerry Watson and Antonia Sieveking, Havlock Square Residents Association, Bath Avenue and District Residents Association, Pembroke Road Association, Grey Traynor, Cathy McCartney, Richard Good, Residents of Havelock Square, and James P Kelly.
Location: West Wood Club, 1a St John's Road East, Sandymount, Dublin 4. Proposed development: retain vehicle control barrier and West Wood Club refresh pole sign. Applicant: West Wood Club Limited. Appellant(s): Bernadette Elliot, West Wood Club Limited, Kieran Doyle and others.
Location: Moylaragh, Barons Hall, Castle Mill and Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: retention and completion of traffic management improvement measure to the road networks. Applicant: The Parkway Partnership. Appellant(s): Keith O'Connor and Valerie Foley, Moylaragh Gardens Residents Association, Moylaragh Crescent Residents Association.
Location: Health Centre, Link Road, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: change of use of fourth floor office/related medical uses to medical consulting room, change ground floor consulting rooms to retail. Applicant: D Ramiah. Appellant(s): Cedric Ainscough and others, Kara's Medical Hall, Upper Cherrywood Residents Association.
Location: Royal Canal Bank, rear of 16-23 St Ignatius Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish factory building for a two-storey building consisting of seven studio/gallery units, tea room, five apartments and all associated site works. Applicant: Graceavon Holdings. Appellant(s): Denise Trout, Tom Pakenham.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Church Road and Brackenstown Road, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: four-storey plus penthouse level building of 40 apartments with car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Gerard Gannon.
SOUTH DUBLIN - DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: mixed-use development of a three-storey building with two motor retail showrooms, a single storey motor service workshop and parts store to rear, office and ancillary accommodation on first and second floors, a 75-space surface level car-park, site development and landscape works. Applicant: Chabril Limited.
Location: Adamstown, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: crèche and seven residential units in a building from one to four storeys. Crèche at ground and first floor level with outdoor play space, eight classrooms, one sleeping room and ancillary rooms with seven residential units comprising a three-bed duplex unit on ground and first floor level, four two-bedroom apartments and two one-bedroom apartments on the second and third levels, 18 car-parking spaces, landscaping and site development works. Applicant: Castlethorn Construction.
FINGAL - APPLICATIONS
Location: Courtlough Shooting Grounds and Club, Courtlough, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: rural related tourism centre/facility. Part single and part two-storey extension and alterations to clubhouse to provide 1,344sq m (14,467sq ft) of facilities, including new dining areas, seminar rooms and associated bars, kitchens, stores, changing rooms, 68 car-parking spaces and five coach-parking spaces. Single storey driving range (20 bays) with floodlighting and safety netting. Admin building/coffee dock and workshop with 32 car-parking spaces. Storage yard. Equestrian centre with 20 stables. Caretaker's accommodation/office building with attached seminar facility and 19 car-parking spaces. Outdoor horse trekking area. A fishing/attenuation lake to include 10 fishing stand areas. Archery range. A fun sport area with climbing wall. Dog trekking area. Adventure sport/paintball area. Demolish dwelling, closure of site entrance at the west of the site off the Courtlough Road. Applicant: Courtlough Property Developments Limited.
Location: North West Business Park, Phase 2, Mitchelstown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: 20 industrial units in two blocks with car-parking, fencing and ancillary works. Applicant: Laraghan Land and Property Limited.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: lands at former Celestica factory, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: three to seven-storey buildings in four blocks surrounding two internal courtyards all over a two-storey basement. Four to five-storey over basement south-west block comprising science and technology enterprise offices, café and two retail units. A five-storey over basement south block comprising science and technology enterprise offices, two retail units and associated signage. A four to seven-storey over basement south-east block comprising science and technology enterprise offices, one retail unit and associated signage. A three-storey north block comprising science and technology enterprise offices. Provision of 490 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Gannon Homes Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: site located west of Mulhuddart village, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15 (the site is bounded by the Old Navan Road to the north and N3 to the south). Proposed development: 126 dwellings in six blocks comprising 20 one-bedroom apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments and 21 three-bedroom apartments with 116 basement car-parking spaces and 74 surface level spaces, associated site development works and landscaping. Applicant: P & A Dunne.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN - APPLICATIONS
Location: lands between the Court and the Meadow, Woodpark, Ballinteer, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish two residential blocks and replace with block of part four storeys of 41 units (34 one-beds and seven two-beds) with surface car-parking for 20 cars. Applicant: The Catholic Housing Aid Society.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Tivoli Lodge and York House, Tivoli Road and York Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish Tivoli Lodge for 14 apartments. Twelve apartments, consisting of four one-bed units and eight two-bed units, in one three-storey block and the change of use of York House from nursing home to residential use to include the demolition of the three-storey rear return and modern single storey extensions to facilitate the provision of two two-bedroom apartments within the existing building. Provision of 14 car-parking spaces at basement level, and associated site development works. Applicant: Jerry Ryan.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Buena Vista and Santa Barbra, Killiney Hill Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish dwelling house, Buena Vista, and associated lodge extension; lower existing ground level at the northern part of the site by circa 1.8 metres (circa 6ft); and construct one two-storey eight-bedroom house to replace the demolished dwelling. The construction of a new two-storey pool house, which will be connected to the new dwelling house, will contain a swimming pool at ground floor level and a spa area at first floor level. Construct a two-storey lodge house with garage. Associated site development works, landscaping and boundary works. Applicant: Frank Gilmer.
Location: Linden Lodge, Castlepark Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish later additions to a period house and construct a new residential development consisting of 24 apartments in two, two to three-storey blocks with penthouse floor over and incorporating part of the existing house. The development will consist of one one-bedroom apartment, 19 two-bedroom apartments and four three-bedroom apartments with 41 basement car-parking spaces, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Mr M Whelan.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL - APPLICATIONS
Location: site behind numbers 19, 21, 23 and 25 Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Proposed development: construct four two-storey three-bedroom semi-detached houses, each with off-street car-parking for two cars on the site behind 19, 21, 23 and 25 Serpentine Avenue. Applicant: Steven, Elaine, Sean, Gayle and John Dunne.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Dublin Zoological Gardens, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8. Proposed development: construction of a new elephant exhibit including two concrete-lined animal pools, one water storage tank, a drainage system with one partially buried settling tank, two viewing shelters, a covered amphitheatre, animal barn and all associated site works. Applicant: The Zoological Society of Ireland.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Scholars, Donovan Lane and Blackpitts, Dublin 8. Proposed development: permission for a mixed-use residentail/retail development to consist of one block ranging form six to seven storeys and consisting of four ground floor retail units, 41 apartments (nine one-beds, 25 two-beds and seven three-bed units) and 45 basement car-parking spaces. Applicant: Patrick Whelan and David Tennyson.
