A selective guide to planning in your area:
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
APPEALS
Location: Harrison Burnell Premises, Deansgrange Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish all structures on site and erect nine houses, two apartments and 14 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Taggart Homes Ireland Limited. Appellant(s): Charles O'Rourke, Kill Abbey Residents Association.
Location: St Benedicts, 5 Baldoyle Road, Sutton, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish house and construct 18 apartments with car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Rosaleen Verling. Appellant(s): Seafield Residents Association, Sutton Park and Lawns Residents Association.
Location: Kilshane Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: 9,352 sq m of enterprise / logistics / light industrial / science and technology floor space with ancillary office space in seven blocks and up to 34 units. Applicant: Park Developments (Commercial) Limited. Appellant(s): Tom & Sharon O'Reilly.
Location: Christian Brothers Lands and Turnberry Estate, Baldoyle, Dublin 13. Proposed development: Residential development comprising 44 dwellings and all associated site works. Applicant: Taggart Homes. Appellant(s): Baldoyle United FC, Turnberry Residents Association, Taggart Homes.
Location: 32 Seapoint Road, Bray, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: Demolish existing industrial buildings, abattoir and ancillary areas and construct two apartment blocks containing 36 apartments. Applicant: J Doyle, F Doyle & Joseph Doyle Abbatoir Limited. Appellant(s): Mrs Hargaden and Mrs Ledwidge. J Doyle, F Doyle & Joseph Doyle Abbatoir Limited.
Location: Shortcastle, Mallow, Co Cork. Proposed development: Erect 64 apartments. Applicant: Laurance and Elizabeth Thompson. Appellant(s): Dr David Malony, Con Dunne, Ivy Court Residents Association, the Southern Regional Fisheries Board.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Ridge House (protected structure), Shanganagh Road, Ballybrack, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Mixed development to include retention of alterations to protected structure, part demolition. Erect five two/three-storey residential blocks. Applicant: Coastland Holdings Limited (with revised conditions).
Location: Station Masters House (protected structure), Dublin Road, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Development to include the removal of annexe and provision of single storey winged annexes to sides and rear. Applicant: Eddie Rooney, Paul Reid and Larry O'Drea (with revised conditions).
Location: Esker, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Protection and iron works to graveyard wall (protected structure), demolish two houses and outbuildings and construct 99 mix-type houses, creche and car-parking. Applicant: Devondale Limited (with revised conditions).
Location: Forest Nurseries, Forest Road, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish existing structures and construct 40 residential units in six two and three-storey blocks with 62 car-parking spaces and associated works and access. Applicant: Glenbard Inns Limited (with conditions).
DUBLIN CITY
APPLICATIONS
Location: Dermot O'Hurley Avenue, Irishtown Road & 1 Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 4. Proposed development: Erect 136 apartments, three retail units and 130 basement car-parking spaces in three blocks. Applicant: S & D Jenkins/McInerney Construction Limited.
Location: Corner of 1-3 South William Street and 36-38 Exchequer Street (protected structure), Dublin 2. Proposed development: Alterations to ground and basement floors involving extension of restaurant use over basement area, alterations to Exchequer Street shopfront to incorporate new exit door and re-painting of front facade of building. Applicant: Mr. O Owens.
Location: 55 & 56 Francis Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolish shop at 55 Francis Street and construct a four-storey over basement building to comprise of six two-bedroom apartments with two roof terraces to front and rear balcony and terrace to courtyard over retail with storage basement. Alterations to retail unit and third floor addition to rear of 56 Francis Street and associated site works. Applicant: John Keane, Richard Keane and Brian Raftery.
Location: 31-39 Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolition of the existing building and construct a new building consisting 485 sq m (5,220 sq ft) of retail space at ground floor level, 23 residential apartments in two blocks. The proposed building will be four storeys including ground floor retail over basement car park to Tyrconnell Road and five storeys to the Camac river. Applicant: Alburn Limited.
Location: Transit House, 5A East Road, Dublin 3. Proposed development: Demolish existing derelict industrial units and construct five office buildings of five to six storeys high with a total gross internal area of 6,094.69 sq m (65,603 sq ft) and an apartment building to rear of five, six and seven storeys high to comprise of 100 apartments and one creche. Applicant: C O'Cleirigh.
Location: 2a Faussagh Avenue, Cabra, Dublin 7. Proposed development: Erect 47 residential units, a public house and bookmakers office. The existing public house within the site is to be demolished. Applicant: P McCormack and D Page.
Location: Eddies Colayard, 1 & 2 St Michael's Cottages, Hole in the Wall Road, Grange Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13. Proposed development: Erect a residential scheme to consist of 46 apartments on a 0.58-acre site to include the demolition of existing dwellings and sheds. The proposed block fronting onto the cul-de-sac will be four-storeys and block fronting onto The Hole in the Wall Road will be four-storey over basement with six-storey over basement element at south-west corner. Applicant: Mr E Cummins & Mr B Foran.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 7-11 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2. Proposed development: Permission for amendment to existing planning permission (Reg Ref: 3870/00 as amended by Dublin City Council Reg Ref 0653/02) for development to consist of an additional 1,340 sq m (14,424 sq ft) of office accommodation primarily at fourth and fifth floor level; the provision of an additional 94 sq m (1,012 sq ft) office work space to be permitted live/work unit; revised elevational treatment on the northern, eastern and courtyard elevations; the partial reconfiguration of restaurant and office accommodation at ground floor level. Applicant: Tom Phillips and Associates.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 9b to 10 Basin View, Basin Street Upper, Dublin 8. Proposed development: Demolish existing warehouse building and erect 31 apartments comprising 24 two-bedroom units, five one-bedroom units and two three-bedroom units ranging from four to seven storeys. Applicant: Gerry O'Brien.
FINGAL
APPLICATIONS
Location: Lusk Road, Balrothery, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Erect a residential development consisting of 123 dwellings. Applicant: Mullen Developments Limited.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 2 Feltrim Road, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: To install and operate a noise and flight track monitoring system to include 6.5-metre high mast, noise monitoring terminal, a solar powered electrical system and associated equipment. Applicant: Aer Rianta Cpt.
Location: Santry Avenue (forming part of Santry Demesne), Dublin 9. Proposed development: Erect a student residence development comprising 90 four-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom caretaker's apartment, a communal facility incorporating a seminar room, laundry and a tuck shop/coffee bar, all arranged in six blocks of three and part-four floors in height. This application amends part of a previously approved development, Register Ref F98A/1328 and An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL06F.112730. Applicant: Mr G Quinn
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 1 The Diamond, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Construct a two-storey restaurant, landscaped courtyard and four car-parking spaces. Applicant: Brendan O'Hagan.
Location: Old School House Restaurant, Well Road, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Change of use from restaurant to public house and restaurant, demolish existing conservatory to south, single storey toilet block to rear and existing yard wall to north and construct a two-storey extension to north and east of existing restaurant containing restaurant, bar area, storage and toilet facilities at ground and first floor levels, a new 110.2 sq m (1,186 sq ft) basement stores and a new 28.2 sq m (304 sq ft) conservatory to south, a new 36 sq m (388 sq ft) first floor extension over existing kitchen to north. Applicant: Brian & Anne Sinclair.
SOUTH DUBLIN
APPLICATIONS
Location: Site of the Old Greenhills Shopping Arcade Building, St James Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12. Proposed development: Construct a proposed three-storey over basement retail/apartment building to comprise of a basement level car park, seven retail units to ground floor, area 1,468 sq m (15,801 sq ft) with two storeys over housing four two-bedroom apartments and eight one-bedroom apartments per floor. Applicant: McHugh Management Company Limited.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Site adjacent St Cuthbert's Park and accessed from Westbourne Rise, (with secondary access from Swallows Pub car park), Deansrath, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: Erect 124 apartments comprising four three-bedroom units, 68 two-bedroom units and 52 one-bedroom units in six blocks ranging in height from two to four storeys, 374 sq m (4,026 sq ft) of retail space at ground floor level of block six and associated car-parking and site development works. Applicant: Durkan New Homes Limited.
Location: The Green, Main Street, Rathcoole, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish existing derelict dwelling and sheds and construct a three-storey building containing two one-bedroom apartments and two two-bedroom apartments together with four two-bedroom duplex units with private balconies. Applicant: Patrick Gray.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
APPLICATIONS
Location: 117-121 Lower Georges Street, 17-18 Georges Place, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. (Iceland Site). Proposed development: Apartment and retail development to consist of 15 one-bedroom units, 93 two-bedroom units and four three-bedroom units with a floor area of 9,491 sq m (102,160 sq ft) and two retail units with a floor area of 295 sq m (3,175 sq ft) ranging in height from three storeys to three storey with penthouse to four storeys with penthouse for a corner element to the pedestrian access, on Georges Street and ranging in height from three storeys to part-six storeys to part-nine storeys on Georges Place. A total of 112 basement car-parking spaces are provided and 40 cycle spaces. The development includes the demolition of all buildings on the site. Applicant: Anglo Construction Limited.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Killiney Court Hotel, Station Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Partial demolition of existing hotel, change of use and refurbishment of the original house to residential use in two units. The construction of 48 apartments of four storeys in two blocks. Applicant: Rhode (Ireland) Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Site on Newtownsmith and Link Road, Glasthule, Co Dublin. Proposed development: Demolish three existing houses and erect 14 dwelling units, one shop units in two three-storey blocks. Applicant: Sunreed Investments Limited.
