A selective guide to developments in your area

AN BORD PLEANÁLA

APPEALS

Location: Tonlegee, 120 Rochestown Ave, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish two-storey house and associated site works and construct 22 apartments. Applicant: Peter Fitzgerald, M Fitzgerald and Co. Appellant(s): James and Judith Robertson.

Location: Regency Hotel, Swords Rd, Whitehall, D9. Proposed development: Mixed residential including 44 apartments, a crèche and neighbourhood shop development. Applicant: Regan Developments. Appellant(s): Josephine Brady.

Location: Leopardstown Racecourse, Foxrock, D18. Proposed development: Alterations and modifications to previous approved racecourse (PL 06D.201575) with approved replacements of stable complex, car-park, golf and associated site works. Applicant: Leopardstown Club Ltd. Appellant(s): Foxrock Area Development Ltd.

Location: Leopardstown Racecourse, Foxrock, D18. Proposed development: Refurbish and extend stable blocks, construct new stables and staff facilities, maintenance facilities and associated site works. Applicant: Leopardstown Club Ltd. Appellant(s): Foxrock Area Development Ltd.

Location: Leopardstown Racecourse, Foxrock, D18. Proposed development: Alterations and modifications to previous approved racecourse consisting of new golf club house, car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Leopardstown Club Ltd. Appellant(s): Foxrock Area Development Ltd, Dominic Reilly.

Location: Former Eircom Training Centre, Wainsford Rd, Terenure, D6W. Proposed development: Reduced number of 189 residential units, one sheltered housing unit (51 suites), fitness centre, crèche, ancillary and associated works. Applicant: Ballymore Properties Ltd. Appellant(s): Richard Babikian, Fr Brendan Carr.

Location: Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry. Proposed development: Erect 40-bed hotel with leisure facilities, eight shop/office units and eight apartments/townhouses on upper floors and 24 houses and associated site works. Applicant: John Reeve. Appellant(s): Valentine Turnbull, Anne Coffey and Pat Coffey, Martine Forde, Peadar McGrath and Dolores McGrath.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: 4, 6, 8 Burlington Rd, D4. Proposed development: Demolish offices and construct a six-storey office block, 127-bed hotel, six-storey block of apartments, gymnasium, retail units, car-parking, vehicular access and site works. Applicant: Coolbrook Development Ltd (with revised conditions).

Location: Eircom/OPW site, St John's Rd West, Military Rd, Kilmainham, D8. Proposed development: Mixed use office, residential scheme. Applicant: Eircom Ltd and Commissioners of Public Works (with revised conditions).

Location: Pirton Hse, Sydenham Villas, D14. Proposed development: Two-storey extension to side and rear, alterations and site works for conversion of house to four apartments and one house. Applicant: Gerard Gannon (with revised conditions).

Location: Speranza, 54 Ulverton Rd, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish single storey mono-pitch to rear and erect two-storey rear extension. Applicant: Felix McTiernan (with revised conditions).

Location: Former Superquinn site, Swords Shopping Centre, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Retail and residential scheme comprising of anchor retail store, mezzanine retail units, 126 apartments and all associated site works. Applicant: Sizzles International Ltd (with conditions).

Location: Eircom site (protected structure), Distillery Rd, (off Clonliffe Rd), Drumcondra, D9. Proposed development: Mixed use scheme. Applicant: Eircom Ltd (with conditions).

Location: Teagasc National Food Centre, Scribblestown, Ashtown, D15. Proposed development: Conference centre with office and ancillary space and all associated site works. Applicant: Teagasc (with conditions).

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Eircom telephone exchange site, Clonsilla Rd, D15. Proposed development: Erect apartment building of 28 units, 38 car-parking spaces, bicycle store, bin store and site works. Applicant: Eircom Ltd.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

APPLICATIONS

Location: 13-16 Foley St, and 38, 38a, 39b, 40-45 Talbot St, D1. Proposed development: Demolish boundary walls at 13-16 Foley St, D1 and demolish premises at 39b, 40, 41, 42 & 43 Talbot St, D1 and erect a six-storey block comprising ground floor hotel lobby and reception area with coffee bar and 58-bed hotel accommodation in upper five floors incorporating a restaurant/bar, meeting rooms and ancillary hotel facilities and services and hotel roof garden at fourth and fifth floors including seven ground floor retail units. Applicant: Albion Properties.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: 25-27 Donnybrook Rd and 1-3 The Crescent, Donnybrook, D4. Proposed development: Demolish single storey building and construct a 26-storey glazed tower and a four-storey attached brick building consisting of 38 car-parking spaces, technical/service/storage spaces at levels one and two, 15 cycle spaces at ground floor, retail/commercial/office use at ground, first, second and third floors, a gymnasium, function room and roof garden at fourth floor, 36 two-bed apartments at fifth to 22nd floors, one three-bed two-storey duplex penthouse apartment at 23rd and 24th floors, technical/service rooms at 25th floor and a service platform and antenna over. Applicant: Partenay Ltd.

FINGAL

APPLICATIONS

Location: Chapel Lane and The Naul, Garristown Rd, Garristown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect residential development on 0.988-hectares site to consist of 23 two-storey houses (11 four-bed detached houses, eight four-bed semis and four three-bed semis), new boundary walls and fences and all associated site works including new vehicular entrance off Chapel Lane. Applicant: Brian O'Farrell.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Skerries Rd, Lusk, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 119 houses (14 two-storey two-bed houses, 58 two-storey two-bed houses, 23 two and three-storey four-bed houses and 24 two-bed apartments) in two three-storey blocks with associated development works. Applicant: McGarrell Reilly Developments Ltd.

Location: 1 & 2 Mill Rd, Blanchardstown, D15. Proposed development: Permission to build seven apartments in a two-storey terrace with roof space conversion and dormered windows, 12 car-parking spaces to rear through covered archway. New vehicular access and pedestrian access off Mill Rd. Demolition of two single storey bungalows at 1 & 2 Mill Rd. Applicant: Peter and Patricia Downey.

DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN

APPLICATIONS

Location: Murphystown Rd, Glencairn, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Scheme of 405 apartments in six blocks (71 one-beds, 292 two-beds and 42 three-beds). Applicant: Glencairn Developments Ltd.

Location: Lands off Auburn Rd, Cabinteely, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Four-storey apartment block of 37 units (13 one-bed, 20 two-bed and four three-bed) with balconies or terraces and 48 car-parking spaces. A new vehicular entrance is proposed from Auburn Rd. Applicant: Kevin O'Sullivan.

Location: MC O'Sullivan Building, Ashurst, Mount Merrion Ave, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish three-storey office. Erect 45 apartments (12 one-bed, 32 two-bed and one three-bed) in five-storey block with semi-basement car-parking level and balconies front and rear with a seven-storey corner block element facing Stillorgan Rd. Applicant: Archway Holdings Ltd.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Cornelscourt House, Old Bray Rd, Cornelscourt, D18. Proposed development: Erect 18 two-bed apartments in one three-storey block with projecting balconies over basement car-park and four three-bed two-storey terraced mews houses. Convert Cornelscourt House into one ground floor three-bed apartment, one ground floor and first floor two-bed duplex apartment and one first floor two-bed apartment, and the conversion of outbuildings to two two-bed mews apartments. Applicant: Strandsend Ltd.

Location: Baumann's Yard site off Old Dublin Rd (rear of Woodlands Drive), Stillorgan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Mixed use scheme. Four two-bed and three three-bed mews houses, three-storey structure with retail ground floor and five apartments and six car-parking spaces. Applicant: Myrmidon (Propco) Ltd.

SOUTH DUBLIN

APPLICATIONS

Location: Brentwood, Ballyboden Rd, Rathfarnham, D16. Proposed development: Demolish dwelling. Construct townhouse terrace of eight houses, 13 car-parking spaces and site works. Applicant: Brian Hade.

Location: Site bounded by Willsbrook Rd, Forster  Grove, Forster Drive and Forster Crescent, phase four, Ballydowd Manor, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construct 63 apartments in five detached blocks. Applicant: Tierra Ltd.

DECISION TO GRANT

Location: Old Kingswood, Old Naas Rd, Clondalkin, D22. Proposed development: Sixty residential units and three retail / commercial units in five blocks around four courtyards or public spaces and 102 car-parking spaces. Demolish house on site. Applicant: Tim Costello.

DECISION TO REFUSE

Location: Kingswood Shopping Centre, Ballymount Rd, Tallaght, D24. Proposed development: Erect seven one-bed, 13 two-bed and two three-bed apartments, medical centre and offices, new two-storey apartment block over ground floor to include 10 one-bed, 26 two-bed and four three-bed apartments with 92 underground car-parking spaces. Applicant: Kingswood Management Co Ltd.