A selective guide to planning in your area.
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: Eircom/OPW site, St John's Rd West, Military Rd, Kilmainham, D8. Proposed development: Mixed use office and residential scheme of 280 residential units. Applicant: Eircom Ltd and Commissioners of Public Works. Appellant(s): South West Inner City Network, Peter Keenahan.
Location: 4, 5, 6 Burlington Rd, D4. Proposed development: Demolish office blocks and build six-storey office block, 127-bed hotel, six-storey apartment block, gymnasium, retail units, car-parking, vehicular access and site works. Applicant: Coolbrook Development Ltd. Appellant(s): Patricia Devlin Devis.
Location: The Royal Dublin Golf Club, North Bull Island Nature Reserve, Dollymount, D3. Proposed development: Rehabilitation / augmentation works to raise embankment with new embankment extension. Applicant: The Royal Dublin Golf Club. Appellant(s): An Taisce.
Location: 133 Dublin Rd, Sutton, D13. Proposed development: Dublin Bay Project. Applicant: John and Jean McClean. Appellant(s): Fingal County Council.
Location: Charlesland, Greystones, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: Running track and other field sports, soccer pitch, all weather area, recreational area, changing facilities, car park, floodlighting and associated infrastructure. Applicant: Zapi Properties Ltd. Appellant(s): Greystones Mariners Baseball Club Ltd, Zapi Properties Ltd.
Location: Fosterstown North, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 41 residential units with car-parking and site works. Applicant: Bovale Development Ltd. Appellant(s): Forrest Little Golf Club.
Location: The Shrubbery, Kenmare, Co Kerry. Proposed development: Erect 10 holiday houses. Applicant: Sarah Durkin. Appellant(s): John Arthur, John O'Connell, Sarah Durkin.
Location: Jerpoint West, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny. Proposed development: Erect 118 houses and site works. Applicant: EMO Estates Ltd. Appellant(s): James Doyle.
Location: Kilmessan, Co Meath. Proposed development: Erect 119 residential units, eight commercial/retail units and two-storey crèche. Revisions include and underground waste storage tank to the provision of a package treatment plant including a structure for control panels and equipment. Applicant: Drumloe Properties Ltd. Appellant(s): Niall O'Sullivan and Ruth Clarke, the Station House Hotel, Drumloe Properties Ltd.
Location: JW Smyth Butchers, Wooden Spoon and the Barber, Strand Rd, Portmarnock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish barber shop, extension of butchers and erect dormer with office, store, canteen and bathrooms. Applicant: William Smyth. Appellant(s): The Murphy Family.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Junction of Little Mary St/Little Green St to Anglesea Row. Proposed development: Demolish warehouse and erect a mixed use scheme of retail, offices, 68 apartments, crèche, 22 live/work units in three blocks. Applicant: Keelings Ltd (with revised conditions).
Location: Woodview Seminary, Woodview, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Redevelop seminary building including partial demolition, new extension, three-storey block of 16 apartments (proposed protected structure). Applicant: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (with revised conditions).
Location: 5, 6 and 7 St James Place, Inchicore, D8. Proposed development: Demolish existing buildings and erect 14 two-bed apartments and associated works. Applicant: Brendan Lawless (with conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Mountainview House and 84 Beaumount Ave, Churchtown, D14. Proposed development: Extension to offices at Mountainview House, demolish 84 Beaumount Ave and erect two houses, 12 apartments with car-parking. Applicant: John and Helen O'Keeffe and Eunan McLoughlin.
Location: Cabragh, Navan, Co Meath. Proposed development: 18-hole golf course, lake, clubhouse, bar, restaurant, office, changing rooms, car-parking, maintenance building, sewerage plant, new entrance and demolition of farm shed. Applicant: Sportsco ESB staff sports association.
Location: Lands bounded by Goatstown Rd, St Aidan's Drive/Willowfield Pk and Heidelberg, Ardilea, D14. Proposed development: Erect 20 residential units. Applicant: Sorohan Builders Ltd.
Location: 17 High St, D8. Proposed development: Demolish buildings and erect a retail and/or office use at basement and ground floor, three two-bed apartments and associated works. Applicant: Pat Murphy.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN
Location: Ard Mhuire, 40 Elton Pk, Sandycove, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 15 apartments. Block 1: three-storey building of five units.Block 2: three-storey building of 10 units. Applicant: Silver Reef Developments Ltd.
Location: Glendower House, formerly Gaylawn, corner of Newtownpark Ave and Meadow Close, Blackrock, Co Dublin (a proposed protected structure). Proposed development: Demolish two-bay garage, store and boiler house. Replace with a two-storey structure of playroom, storage and boiler room at ground level and guest units at first floor level. Building linked to existing house by an enclosed corridor. Applicant: Brian Gilson.
Location: Saint Helier's Copse, Stillorgan Pk, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect three three-storey four-bed houses and one five-bed house with site works. Applicant: Cary Construction Ltd.
Location: Barna, Hainault Rd, Foxrock, D18. Proposed development: Partial demolition of dwelling to rear and side and part single storey/part two-storey extension to front, side and rear of house and site works. Applicant: Sean and Mary McBennett Coulridge.
Location: St Raphaela's Secondary School, Upr Kilmacud Rd, Stillorgan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Hockey and multi-purpose all weather pitch and floodlighting to replace facilities in new location to rear. This is in the grounds of Westbury House, a protected structure. Single storey changing facilities, realignment of eastern boundary to public open space adjoining Merville estate with minimum 2.1-metre high fencing and repositioned gate, additional 41 car-parking spaces and site works, retaining walls, fencing, netting and planting. Applicant: Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Ferndene, Deansgrange Rd, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Retention of dwelling and erect 42 apartments in three blocks. Block 1: four one-bed, eight two-bed, four three-bed units. Block 2: six one-bed, two two-bed, two three-bed units. Block 3: four one-bed, six two-bed and six three-bed units with 50 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Frank Cruess-Callaghan.
Location: Former Solus Tower factory and lands at Corke Abbey, Bray, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Discount foodstore. Single storey retail unit including staff room, disabled wc, plant room, office, store. 99 car-parking spaces, loading bay, signage and site works. Applicant: Lidl Ireland.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: Old Kingswood, Old Naas Rd, Clondalkin, D22. Proposed development: Development of 80 housing units in six blocks around four public spaces, 120 car-parking spaces, three bin stores, three bike stores, ESB sub-station, site works, and demolition of a habitable house. Block A is a two/three-storey block of 10 two-bed apartments and six one-bed apartments, and is parallel to the old Naas Rd. Block B is a two-storey block of four two-bed units. Block C is two/three-storeys of eight two-bed units and four three-bed townhouses. Block D is two/three-storeys of eight two-bed units and four three-bed townhouses. Block E is two/three-storeys of four two-bed units and four three-bed townhouses. Block F is three-storeys of 18 two-bed and 10 one-bed apartments. Applicant: Tim Costello.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: The Trader's Public House, Saint James' Rd, Walkinstown, D12. Proposed development: Change of use of first floor of licensed premises to seven apartments with courtyard access at first floor level, change of use of portion of ground floor to entrance lobby, with a lift, erect new vehicular access gate to Limekiln Green and site work, erect new railings to perimeter. Applicant: Stanalees Services Ltd.
Location: Jamestown Rd/St Margaret's Rd, Meakstown, Finglas, D11. Proposed development: Local services centre of 2,153 sq m (23,175 sq ft) of a single storey convenience stores, crèche, two two-storey buildings with dry cleaning and hair and beauty salon, off licence, pharmacy, video store, takeaway, medical centre, restaurant and site works. Applicant: Dolminack Developments Ltd.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: La Stampa Hotel, 35-36 Dawson St, D2. Proposed development: Internal alterations to second and third floor store, to a day spa and ancillary uses .The hotel is a protected structure. Applicant: Dawson Street Hotels Ltd.
Location: School of Philosophy and Economic Science 47-49 Northumberland Rd, D4. Proposed development: Erect three-storey extensions for educational use to side/rear of protected structure. Applicant: School of Philosophy and Economic Science.
Location: Sheaf O'Wheat public house, Coolock Village, Coolock, D5. Proposed development: Demolition of premises and erect three-storey over basement building with 64 car spaces, new bar and lounge and off licence, kitchen and toilet block, 24 two-bed apartments with balconies. Applicant:Hugh & Mark Grainger Ltd.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 18-22 Fitzwilliam Lane and 18, 20, 21 Baggot St Lwr, D2. Proposed development: Demolish two-storey hotel accommodation block, provision of three-storey apartment block with roof garden and 16 two-bed and seven one-bed units at Fitzwilliam Lane, with change of use from hotel to three one-bed residential units at 18 Lwr Baggot St and to office at 20 and 21 Lwr Baggot St. Demolish returns at numbers 19, 20 and 21 and the rebuilding of one two-storey return. Applicant: O'Sullivan & Maguire Ltd, Maguires Pub.
