A selective guide to developments in your area.
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: Phibsboro Road and Connaught Street, Dublin 7. Proposed development: regeneration and extension of Phibsboro Centre for mixed-use scheme including nine retail units, gym, medical centre and 122 apartments. Applicant: Albion Properties Ltd. Appellant(s): Anne Marie Forrest and others, Shandon Residents Association, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Street Residents Association, Albion Properties Ltd.
Location: Shanowen Business Park, Shanowen Road, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish existing buildings and construct 330 residential units in six apartment blocks varying in height form three to seven storeys and all associated site works. Applicant: Heritage Properties Limited. Appellant(s): Westfield Residents Association, Shanowen Residents Association.
Location: Dunard, Swords Road, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish house and construct 11 houses, associated site works and replacement of existing entrance and driveway with new entrance and access road. Applicant: Tom and Angeline Byrne. Appellant(s): Marion Farrell.
Location: lands to the rear of 68 Aughavannagh Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12. Proposed development: erect 40 units of co-operative social housing with car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Nabco Society Ltd. Appellant(s): The Aughavannagh and Rathdrum Road Residents Association, John Gallagher, Stephen Ryan.
Location: north-west Balbriggan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect 422 dwellings, a crèche, site development and landscape works. Applicant: The Parkway Partnership. Appellant(s): James Halligan.
Location: Ivy Leaf service station site, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: erect 46 apartments with retail, office units and car-parking. Applicant: David Tew. Appellant(s): Patrick and Irene Gallagher, Dominic Campbell and others.
Location: Attirory, townparks, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. Proposed development: mixed-use development consisting of 162 residential units, retail, restaurant, marina development, 309 car-parking spaces and associated site works. Applicant: Oster Homes Ltd. Appellant(s): Ciaran McGarry.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 135-143 Francis Street and 72 Thomas Street (protected structure), Dublin 8. Proposed development: mixed-use development to include the demolition of the Tivoli Theatre and the construction of 130 apartments, retail units, offices, theatre, car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Anthony L Byrne (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Ticknock Road, Taylorsgrange, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. Proposed development: outline permission for private school comprising kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, auditorium/chapel, cafeteria, sports hall, playing pitches and tennis courts. Applicant: Garrett McGovern.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: former Fodhla Printing Company premises, The Printworks, Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. Proposed development: permission for a mixed-use development consisting of 24 dwellings, a retail unit and office/group medical suite accommodation with a total of 55 car-parking spaces. Applicant: David Patton & Sons (NI) Ltd.
Location: 23B Sundrive Park, Crumlin, Dublin 12 bounded by lands to the rear of 17-23 Sundrive Park and 35 and 37 Sundrive, 30 Mount Argus Park, 14 Mount Argus Crescent and Eamon Ceannt Park. Proposed development: construct a residential development comprising a single block of three storeys containing 14 apartments (12 two-bedroom apartments and two one-bedroom apartments) and 15 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Padraic Ferry.
Location: Raheen Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. Proposed development: permission to erect eight one-bedroom apartments, 11 two-bedroom apartments and three three-bedroom apartments in one four-storey building with car-parking for 35 cars. Applicant: Derek Kelly.
Location: 18 Dominick Street Upper, Dublin 7. Proposed development: demolish existing office buildings and construct a five and six-storey residential development to consist of 38 apartments comprising nine one-bedroom apartments and 29 two-bedroom apartments with 47 bicycle parking spaces and 21 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Bernard Bradley.
Location: lands at Sandymount Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4, bounded by Enable Ireland lands to north, Sandymount Avenue to south, properties on Sandymount Avenue and Gilford Road to east. Proposed development: erect a residential development of 46 units comprising 42 apartments and four houses with 49 car-parking spaces and 48 bicycle spaces. Applicant: Bryan Cullen.
Location: 4 Donnybrook Mews, Rampart Lane, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish existing three-storey building currently known as "Tigh O Labhradha" and "Lowrys Bar" and to construct a new building consisting of four storeys over basement to accommodate a public bar and storage area, a public lounge, seven two-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom apartment. Applicant: M McCarthy.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: former Chester Beatty Library, 20 Shrewsbury Road, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish building on site; erect a new building, two and three storeys in height with seven residential apartments with underground car-parking for 19 cars; remainder of site for amenity open space with two surface car-parking spaces. The content of this application was within two previous applications (Reg Ref 3967/02 and Reg Ref 2922/04), both of which were approved by Dublin City Council and An Bord Pleanála on appeal, and are being consolidated in this single application. Applicant: O'Malley Homes & Developments Ltd.
Location: Woodlawn, Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish existing two-storey dwelling and construct 24 dwellings comprising 21 two-bedroom apartments, one three/four-bedroom apartment and two three-bedroom duplex units in a four and five-storey block with 29 car-parking spaces and 30 bicycle parking spaces all on a site of 0.2125 hectares. Applicant: O'Malley Homes & Developments Ltd.
Location: upper floor of 10, 11 and 12 Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: change of use of the upper floors from educational to hotel, associated amendments to the internal layout and replacement period windows to front facade (protected structure). Applicant: Bewleys Oriental Cafes Ltd.
Location: site bounded by Jamestown Road and the Willows Park Football Club to west, properties on Cedarwood Road and Oakwood Close to south, Poppintree Park to east and Balbutcher Lane to north (part of Poppintree Park), Ballymun, Dublin 9. Proposed development: erect a mixed-use development comprising 264 units (51 houses and 213 apartments and duplexes) with 312 surface car-parking spaces. Applicant: Gama Construction Ireland Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Havelock Place, to the rear of 57, 59 and 61 Bath Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4. Proposed development: construct five two-storey townhouses with attic store and site works. Applicant: Michael O'Connor.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
Location: lands formerly part of Loreto National School (disused hockey pitch), Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: construct 63 houses (23 four-beds and 40 three-beds). Applicant: M & N O'Grady Developments Ltd.
Location: Red Oak House, Goldstar site, South County Business Park, Leopardstown Road, Dublin 18. Proposed development: construct four-storey office with 121 car-parking spaces on 0.421 hectares site. Applicant: South County Developments Ltd.
Location: Cluain na Greine, Dublin Road, Shankill, Dublin 18. Proposed development: residential scheme of conversion of house into two two-bed apartments and construct new three-storey wing to this house with nine apartments and 11 surface car-parking spaces, new boundary walls, fences, footpaths and associated site and landscaping work. Applicant: Rittlestone Ltd.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Kylemore Clinic, Church Road, Killiney, Co Dublin. Proposed development: reconfiguration and refurbishment of Victorian three-storey building to accommodate office and administrative services and six staff accommodationbedrooms; the demolition of annex buildings, outhouses and extensions to the original building, the construction of a one and two-storey extension to the side and rear of the original building to accommodate 57 residential care spaces. Applicant: Kylemore Clinic.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Druid Valley, Cherrywood, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a residential development with crèche on 9.92 hectare site. The development will consist of the construction of 67,000sq m (721,181sq ft) of gross floor area in 50 buildings comprising residential and crèche uses as follows: 805 residential units comprising 141 one-bed, 506 two-bed, 122 three-bed and 36 three-bed duplex dwellings. Provision of three single level basements accommodating 472 car-parking spaces under courtyard one; 237 car-parking spaces under courtyard two and 190 car-parking spaces under courtyard three. Applicant: William Neville & Sons Ltd.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: Citywest Road, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24. Proposed development: erect a residential development comprising 206 units and a two-storey crèche with play area. The residential development will comprise 18 type A three-storey end-of-terrace block of two-bed apartments, 24 type A1 three-storey end-of-terrace block of two-bed apartments, 58 type B three-storey duplex units comprising 29 two-bedroom garden apartments and 29 three-bedroom duplex units, 34 type C three-storey three-bedroom dwellings, one type C1 three-storey/single storey including dormer three-bedroom dwelling, 26 type D1 two-storey three-bedroom dwellings, 43 type D2 two-storey three-bedroom dwellings and two type E two-storey/single storey three-bedroom dwellings all forming one urban space including public seating, landscape features and three areas of public open space. Applicant: Place Property Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: San Jose, New Road (corner of St Brigid's Road and New Road), Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Proposed development: demolish one two-storey house and associated outbuilding and construct a three-storey apartment block comprising six two-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom apartment with nine car-parking spaces, landscaping and new entrance gates. Applicant: Conor Mullany.
Location: Eircom Telephone Exchange, Mill Hill Park, Skerries, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a residential development comprising 20 two-bedroom apartments in one part two-storey, part three-storey block and three two-storey blocks with 26 car-parking spaces, associated site and landscaping works. Applicant: Osprey Properties Ltd.
Location: Balcarrick Road, Ballisk, Donabate, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construction of a residential and commercial development consisting of nine houses, 52 apartments and one commercial unit. Applicant: Ben Development Ltd.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 1.5km south-east of Dublin Airport, Clonshaugh, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect a 239-bedroom and 13-suite hotel with associated leisure and conference facilities. The building ranges in height from one floor over basement, two floor over basement, 11 floors over basement and 16 floors over basement with plant at roof level. Provision of 467 underground and surface car-parking spaces. Applicant: Airport City Partnership.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Corduff, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: development comprising nine dwellings in one L-shaped three-storey block consisting of one one-bedroom apartment unit, six two-bedroom apartment units, two three-bedroom apartment units, 12 surface car-parking spaces, site development and landscaping works. Applicant: Togwith Partnership.
