A selective guide to developments in your area compiled by Mary Hetherington
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: Westbury Snooker Hall, The Green, Malahide Marina Village, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erection of 10 apartments, office, bin stores, security hut, 13 car-parking spaces, bicycle park and alterations to front of snooker hall. Applicant: Bruno Lupo. Appellant(s): Pat O'Halloran, Harry S O'Halloran.
Location: Sillogue Road, Ballymun, Dublin 11. Proposed development: construction of a residential development that will include some 135 dwellings in 11 blocks and all associated site development works. Applicant: Ballymun Regeneration Limited. Appellant(s): Pietro Tintori.
Location: 1 & 2 Usher's Island, Dublin 8. Proposed development: demolish remaining structures at 1 & 2 Usher's Island and erect a new six-storey building. Applicant: Robert Walsh. Appellant(s): An Taisce.
Location: Capri, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: erect five houses, ancillary site development works, new bridge for access from Whitechurch Road. Applicant: M Cunningham. Appellant(s): John and Jeanne Byrne.
Location: the Jury's Hotel site, O'Callaghan Strand, Ennis Road, Limerick. Proposed development: mixed-use development to include 157 apartments, 184-bedroom hotel and associated site development works. Applicant: Danesfield Limited. Appellant(s): Seamus Madden, Strand Court Management Services Limited.
Location: Oldbridge, Osberstown, Naas, Co Kildare. Proposed development: erect 224 residential units. Applicant: Springwood Limited. Appellant(s): John Russell/Deirdre O'Connor.
Location: St Michael's, Ballinalee Road, Longford. Proposed development: the erection of 105 houses, 36 apartments and associated site development works. Applicant: St Mel's Diocesan Trust. Appellant(s): John Mollaghan, Sean Stakelum, Patrick Mollaghan, and Brian Hyland.
Location: Corryolus and Hartley townlands, Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim. Proposed development: erect 156-bedroom hotel with leisure centre and 396 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Gerard Murtaigh. Appellant(s): An Taisce.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Johnstown, Navan, Co Meath. Proposed development: erect 361 houses, 64 apartments, childcare facility, all in a two-three-storey development with 722 car-parking spaces and site works. Applicant: Taggart Homes Ireland Limited (with conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 17 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 (protected structure). Proposed development: widening of existing pedestrian gate to form vehicular access and car-parking for three cars. Applicant: Louis Magee.
Location: Cranford, 116 Terenure Road West, Dublin 6W. Proposed development: demolish existing house and construct three detached houses with access and associated works. Applicant: Carrick Developments Limited.
Location: De la Salle Junior School and Long Acre, Kilmacud Road Upper, Dublin 14. Proposed development: demolish dwelling house and one-storey childcare building and construct a childcare facility, 21 apartments with car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Robert Leeney.
Location: Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Proposed development: erect 85 apartments in two blocks with 115 car-parking spaces, landscaping, entrance gates and ancillary works. Applicant: South Dublin Ford Centre.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: lands adjacent to Foxhunter Pub, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a residential development of 14 dwelling units arranged in two blocks comprising two two-bedroom townhouses (two-storey) and three three-bedroom townhouses (two-storey) to the east of the site; one four-bedroom terrace house, six four-bedroom semi-detached houses and two five-bedroom semi-detached houses to the west of the overall site with 26 surface car-parking spaces. Applicant: Frank Towey.
Location: Ballymun Cross/Old Ballymun Road adjoining Statoil service station and New Road to Santry Demesne, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: erect a five-storey mixed-use development in four blocks over basement car-parking to consist of three commercial units and a café/bar on the ground floor, 60 apartments comprising of six one-bedroom, 40 two-bedroom and 14 three-bedroom units and associated site works. Applicant: D & C Taylor Spion Kop.
Location: Ratoath Road, Hollystown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: erect 61 dwellings. Applicant: Hollystown Developments Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Balcarrick Road, Ballisk, Donabate, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a residential and commercial development consisting of nine houses, 52 apartments and one commercial unit, car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Ben Development Limited.
Location: Eircom Telephone Exchange, Mill Hill Park, Skerries, Co Dublin. Proposed development: construct a residential development comprising of 20 two-bedroom apartments in one part two-storey part three-storey block and three two-storey blocks with 26 surface car-parking spaces, associated site and landscaping works. Applicant: Osprey Properties Limited.
Location: site between Loch Levin and Pine Hill, Thormanby Road, Howth, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect two four-bedroom semi-detached houses with associated site works. Applicant: D & M Wright.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN
Location: 11, 12, 13 and 14 Abbey Road, Monkstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect 13 houses consisting of six three-bedroom semi-detached houses and seven three-bedroom terraced houses, a new access road between 12 and 13 Abbey Road, car-parking, landscaping and all associated site works, including demolition of two existing garages. Applicant: G Nolan, J Farrington and M Kennedy.
Location: Stillorgan Shopping Centre, number two overflow car-park, Lower Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: linked three-storey over basement retail and residential building containing 30 apartments, four retail outlets, the realignment of the existing access road to Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club, the provision of 81 surface car-parking spaces serving retail units and 32 basement level car-parking spaces serving apartments with associated site development works. The linked building is to be constructed in three blocks. Applicant: Myrmidon (Prop Co) Limited.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: former Jefferson Smurfit HQ, Beech Hill, Clonskeagh and part of UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4. Proposed development: mixed-use residential, office, crèche, gymnasium/community building, shop and sandwich bar development scheme consisting of 479 residential units (169 one-bedroom apartments, 225 two-bedroom apartments, 28 two-bedroom duplex units and 57 three-bedroom duplex units). Applicant: Pamarette Limited and UCD.
Location: former Solus Tower factory premises and lands at Corke Abbey, Bray, Co Dublin. Proposed development: erect a residential development comprising 88 apartments arranged in four blocks of four floors and one block of five floors all over basement car-parking with 128 spaces. Applicant: Sequel Properties Limited.
Location: North Block (Block 13), Rockfield, Balally, Sandyford Road, Dublin 14. Proposed development: change of use from offices to health clinic at ground, first, second and third floor levels. The development will consist of 12 consulting rooms, three waiting rooms, medical administration/records and staff facilities. Applicant: Gannon Homes Limited.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Maryville, Link Road and 15 and 16 Newtownsmith, Sandycove, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish two existing semi-detached houses and the existing two-storey detached house and garage and construct one retail unit and 18 residential units with 25 car-parking spaces at basement level and associated site works. Applicant: Silver Reef Developments Limited.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: 21-25 Sherrard Street Upper, Dublin 1. Proposed development: redevelopment of 21-25 Sherrard Street Upper, formerly known as the SFX Centre, to include demolition of SFX Centre for development of five-storey apartment building that steps down to three storeys on the southern boundary with detached two-storey building on the south-west corner of site. The development will consist of 41 apartments (17 one-beds, 19 two-beds and five three-beds) with underground car-parking for 41 cars. Applicant: Gaiety Investments Limited.
Location: site at 3 Hanover Street East and 5 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2. Proposed development: construct a five-storey over basement office building comprising the demolition of existing stores, workshops and boundary walls and the construction of a mixed-use commercial building with 31 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Zed Developments.
Location: Richmond Street South/Lennox Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: demolish existing three-storey educational building together with associated site and external works and the replacement of same with two separate office developments together with part ground floor retail in a two to four-storey building over basement car-parking for 20 cars. Applicant: Ray Kearns, Portobello College Dublin.
Location: Alfrank Designs Limited, Brickfield Lane off Cork Street and 4 Brown Street South, Dublin 8. Proposed development: demolish offices, factory and associated buildings and construct a new mixed-use development comprising 66 apartments (24 one-bedroom, 12 two-bedroom, 15 two-bedroom duplexes, five one-bedroom live/work units, five one-bedroom live/work loft duplexes and five two-bedroom live/work units) on one to eight floors over basement car-park for 63 cars, seven retail/office units, warehouse/storage facility, crèche facility and associated site works. Applicant: Frank Carroll and Kieran Doyle.
Location: site formerly known as the Old Box Factory, Turvey Avenue, Inchicore, Dublin 8. Proposed development: demolition of sheds and construct a residential development consisting of 106 apartments (38 one-beds, 54 two-beds and 14 three-beds) in a block of three to six storeys over underground car-park of 106 spaces. Applicant: Danninger.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 645 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, at the junction of South Circular Road and Emmet Road, Inchicore and with frontage to South Circular Road, Emmet Road and the River Cammack. Proposed development: mixed-use development consisting of 13 apartments (seven two-beds and six one-beds), ground floor restaurant/tea room, 11 basement car-parking spaces accessed by car lift from Emmet Road, all in a four-storey over basement building with individual balconies to apartments, associated site development and landscaping works. Applicant: Carnriver Limited.
Location: Sheaf O'Wheat House, bounding onto Coolock village, Beechpark Avenue, Chanel Grove, Coolock, Dublin 5. Proposed development: demolish premises and associated site works and replace with a part two-storey, part three-storey structure comprising of underground car-parking for 41 cars, plant room, pump room, dry and cold store all at basement level. Replacement lounge, bar, off-sales area with associated kitchen, four shop units, one two-bed apartment, 10 car-parking spaces and private landscaped garden at ground floor level. Erect 11 two-bed apartments at first floor level and 10 two-bed apartments at second floor level. Applicant: Hugh and Mark Grainger.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Former Fodhla printing company premises, The Printworks, Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. Proposed development: erect mixed-use development consisting of 24 dwellings, a retail unit and office/group medical suite with 55 car-parking spaces, landscaping and site works. Applicant: David Patton & Sons (NI) Limited.
