A guide to planning in the Dublin area.
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: 135-143 Francis St and 72 Thomas St (protected structure), D8. Proposed development: Mixed-use development including the demolition of the Tivoli Theatre and the construction of 130 apartments, retail units, offices, theatre, car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Anthony L Byrne. Appellant(s): Irish Georgian Society, An Taisce.
Location: George's Place, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 62 apartments, one commercial unit with 64 car-parking spaces and associated works. Applicant: Castlepark Construction Ltd. Appellant(s): Aidan McKeown & Sergio Caetano Moura, Dún Laoghaire West Residents Association, Francis and Mary Lennon, Adrian Barry, Catherine Farrell and Kathleen Slattery, William Donnelly, Castlepark Construction Ltd.
Location: Pierre Hotel, Victoria Terrace, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 22 apartments to include partial demolition and partial conversion of hotel (protected structure) with ancillary site development works and including retention of three car-parking spaces. Applicant: Carrolena Ltd. Appellant(s): Rosses (Harbour View) Management Ltd.
Location: 137 Upr Glenageary Rd, Glenageary,Co Dublin. Proposed development: Two-storey over part basement retirement home including relocation of site entrance. Applicant: Jack O'Reilly. Appellant(s): John Jenings, Silchester Park Residents Association, Henry Barnwell and others, Conor Sheppard, Bellevue Glenageary & Rochestown, A Cody.
Location: Sutton Dinghy Club, Strand Rd, Sutton, D13. Proposed development: Extend boat park to provide additional boat parking, retaining walls, fencing, overflow car-park. Applicant: Sutton Dinghy Club. Appellant(s): Damien Cody, Clare Murray.
Location: Church Rd, Rolestown, Kilsallaghan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 49 houses, four apartments, a nursing home, two retail units, two office units, a crèche, medical centre and associated works. Applicant: R & S Collins. Appellant(s): Deirdre Dillane.
Location: St Vincent's Hospital, Fairview, D3. Proposed development: Construct three dwellings, bin storage area, car-parking, boundary treatment to perimeter of site (protected structure). Applicant: Board of governors. Appellant(s): Concerned Residents of Griffith Court, Peter Byrne.
Location: The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb St, D7. Proposed development: Proposed new exhibition building. Applicant: Commissioner of Public Works in Ireland. Appellant(s): Irish Georgian Society.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 2-8 Richmond Ave and 65 Fairview Strand, Fairview, D3. Proposed development: Demolish buildings and construct 150 apartments with underground car-parking spaces and one retail unit, one retail/commercial unit, childcare facilities and associated works. Applicant: Esmond Partnership (with revised conditions).
Location: Dun na Ri, Swords Rd, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 10 two-bed apartments, new access and 15 car-parking spaces. Applicant: William O'Brien (with revised conditions).
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: Site bounded by Main Street, the Shopping Mall Rd and Tay Lane, Rathcoole, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish two single storey structures attached to Glebe House, a free-standing single storey apartment, a single storey shopping mall and assorted non-residential structures with the yards of Glebe House (protected structure). Construction is to comprise of three blocks. Block A: consists of two-storey residential comprising two one-bed and 14 two-bed units over ground floor retail comprising of seven units. Block C: will be two-storey residential and comprise four one-bed units and 12 two-bed units over ground floor part-residential, part-retail. Block D: will be four-storey residential and consist of 16 two-bed units. Underground car-parking for 99 cars. Glebe House is to be retained and converted from eight apartments to office use. Applicant: LBJ Properties Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Brentwood, Ballyboden Rd, Rathfarnham, D16. Proposed development: Demolish dwelling and construct a townhouse terrace of eight dwellings with 13 car-parking spaces with landscaping and all associated site works. Applicant: Brian Hade.
Location: Land to rear of Foxhunter Pub, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construct 16 apartments in two separate two/three-storey blocks consisting of 15 two-bed units and one three-bed unit and five duplex apartments in a separate two-storey block consisting of four two-bed duplexes and one three-bed duplex. Provision for 35 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Frank Towey.
Location: Corduff, Lusk, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construct a retirement village of a single storey nursing home, four single storey terraces each containing four two-bed retirement units, new site entrance and associated site works. Applicant: Metropolitan Healthcare.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Drinan, Kinsealy, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Phase two of a development on lands at Drinan bounded by Kettles Lane and the Melrose Estate providing for 216 residential units, comprising 172 houses, eight duplexes and 36 apartments of which there are 11 one-bed, 82 two-bed, 98 three-bed and 25 four-bed units ranging in height form one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half storeys. Applicant: Gannon Homes Ltd.
Location: Crevlin, Old Navan Rd, D15. Proposed development: Demolish two-storey dwelling and erect one two-storey block of eight two-bed apartments with car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Pat and Angela McMahon.
Location: Kettles Lane, Cloghran, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Residential development comprising the demolition of house and garage and construction of 15 two-bed apartments in three two/three-storey blocks over basement car-park. Applicant: John & Marion Hackett.
Location: Grove Rd, Blanchardstown, D15. Proposed development: Construction of a split level four/five-storey residential development above existing split level two/three-storey multi-storey car-park comprising 97 apartments (33 one-beds, 44 two-beds and 20 three-beds) and associated site development works. Applicant: Allenshan Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Mountgorry, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect a residential development of 32 two-bed apartments which will include the removal of two dwellings and the construction of two three-storey blocks including penthouse level and basement car-parking. Applicant: P & K O'Brien.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN
Location: Graymoor, Loreto Ave, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect four apartments by way of conversion of an existing house and extension into the existing side garden and on-site car-parking for four cars. Applicant: Karl, Helena, Susanne & Michael De Leeuw.
Location: Old Tramyard site, 15 Castle St, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish warehouses and associated buildings and site works and construct of a three/four-storey building to consist of 28 apartments (22 two-beds and six one-beds) and four commercial units at ground floor which is over basement car-parking for 34 cars. Other associated works will include a children's play area and decorative full size tram. Applicant: Arkleton Ltd.
Location: Millmount Terrace, Windy Arbour, Dundrum, D14. Proposed development: Demolish four single to two-storey dwellings named Shrulleen, Twyford, Annamoe and Woodley and construct two to three-storey over basement residential duplexes to consist of 12 two-bed duplexes at ground floor level and one three-bed duplex at first floor level. Basement car-parking for 15 cars with associated site development works and landscaping. Applicant: Highland Estates Ltd.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Microsoft site and Apex site, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Sandyford, D18. Proposed development: Development will consist of 10,396 sq m (111,900 sq ft) of retail warehouse accommodation comprising 11 units, 1,722 sq m (18,535 sq ft) of motor showroom accommodation, 5,066 sq m (54,530 sq ft) of local retail and retail services accommodation, 1,550 sq m(16,684 sq ft) of convenience shopping accommodation, 732 sq m (7,880 sq ft) of café/bar, 1,891 sq m (20,355 sq ft) of residential community use, 1,379 sq m (14,843 sq ft) of cultural use, a 1,644 sq m (17,695 sq ft) crèche, 1,607 sq m (17,298 sq ft) leisure use (including gymnasium and swimming pool), live-work accommodation comprising 39 one-bed live-work units and 73,770 sq m (794,053 sq ft) of residential accommodation comprising 753 units consisting of 184 one-beds, 448 two-beds, 17 three-beds, 56 two/three-bed duplexes and 48 penthouses. The proposal will consist of four zones of development. Zone A: will consist of eight buildings ranging from two to eight storeys with a 14-storey feature building. Zone B: will be three buildings ranging from five to eight storeys and one 10-storey block. Zone C: will consist of of four buildings from two to eight storeys. Zone D: will consist of three buildings ranging from four to eight storeys. A total of 1,874 car-parking spaces will be provided on the site. Applicant: Landmark Developments.
Location: Lands bounded by Booterstown Ave, Stillorgan Rd and South Hill Pk, Booterstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect 62 apartments comprising of 49 two-beds and 13 one-beds in a cranked block of three to five stories with 71 underground car-parking spaces. Applicant: Irish Nationwide Building Society Ltd.
Location: Blackrock Business Park (former Glen Abbey site), Carysfort Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect a three-storey and four-storey office/data processing building and a two and three storey building consisting of a day care centre with office. Applicant: Kilberry Group Properties Ltd.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: (Bewleys) 10-12 Westmoreland St, 19/20 Fleet St & 1-5 Prices Lane, D2. Proposed development: Alteration and extension to include internal and external refurbishment and extension of existing link at rear between the upper levels of the hotel to the upper levels of 10/11/12 Westmoreland St, new common areas, access to toilets in the main building and one additional bedroom and provision of a glazed access atrium on the rear facade of 10/11/12 Westmoreland St. Applicant: Bewleys Oriental Cafes Ltd.
Location: (Bewleys) 10, 11, 12 Westmoreland St, 19-20 Fleet St and 1-5 Prices Lane, D2. Proposed development: Permission for development consisting of refurbishment, extension and part change of use of the existing hotel and café. Amendments to include refurbishment/minor alterations to existing hotel rooms and common area, relocation of reception area and restaurant and new cocktail bar to the ground floor café rooms with new café entrance, canopy and additional street light onto Prices Lane, conversion of existing reception at first floor to bedrooms, new accessible ramp and café tables on Fleet St pavement, additional infill bedrooms on third and fourth floor roof areas. Change of use of existing ground floor front servery area (to Westmoreland St) from café to retail shop. Applicant: Bewley's Oriental Cafes Ltd.
Location: Blooms Hotel, 3-6 Anglesea St and 12-15 (and part of 16) Cope St, Temple Bar, D2. Proposed development: Partial demolition of 3 Anglesea St with the retention of its front facade, the demolition of the remain buildings to basement level and the construction of a 152-bedroom, nine-storey hotel. The proposed development will also consist of a hotel bar and restaurant, a rooftop bar and landscaped terrace, conference facilities, nightclub, gym, snooker room, executive lounge, library, health and beauty spa and associated site development works. Applicant: Martin Keane.
Location: 1 & 2 Ushers Island, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolish 1 & 2 Usher's Island and construct a new six storey mixed residential/commercial building comprising retail units, seven two-bedroom apartments, five one-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom penthouse apartment. Applicant: Robert Walsh.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 104 Leeson St Lwr, D2. Proposed development: Provision of a retractable canvas canopy along the front to the existing premises, provision of external seating and tables at Mulligan's public house. Applicant: Alphonsus Mulligan.
Location: Former CIÉ property, Railway Cottages Rd, Serpentine Ave, D4. Proposed development: Erect seven houses with 14 car-parking spaces and associated landscaping and boundary walls. Applicant: Taggart Homes Ireland Ltd.
Compiled by Mary Hetherington
