A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: Neptune House, Temple Crescent, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: renovate Neptune House (protected structure) and construct a single lane roadway, 10 two-storey three and four-bedroom houses with 13 car-parking garages. Applicant: Ravista Partnership. Appellant(s): Susan Joyce and John McCarthy.
Location: 46-49 North Great Clarence Street, 19-28 Dunne Street, Dublin 1. Proposed development: conversion and change of use form light industry to residential to include 20 apartments. Applicant: G Sanders & Co Ltd. Appellant(s): James Hennessy.
Location: 54-55 Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8. Proposed development: mixed-use development including crèche, café and basement car and bicycle parking. Applicant: P & G Dormer. Appellant(s): Eilis Egan, Paul and Gerry Dormer, Alan Corcoran and others.
Location: 51 and 53 Terenure Road West, The Laurels and unnamed road, Dublin 6. Proposed development: scheme of 43 apartments to include car-parking, storage and the retention of gate-lodge, essential demolition, site works and services. Applicant: Thomas Durkan. Appellant(s): Terenure West Residents Association, Pauline Leahy, Noel and Margaret Poynton, Liam Hitchcock, Thomas Durkan.
Location: Rockingham Demesne townland, Forest Park, Boyle, Co Roscommon. Proposed development: eco-tourism scheme with hotel (100-bed), leisure, conference and spa facilities, 27 holiday cottages and site works. Applicant: Newfound Consortium. Appellant(s): Clean Ltd, An Taisce, Department of the Environment.
Location: 17, 18 and 19 Newport Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: mixed-use development of 13 apartments with two community resource/commercial/retail units at ground floor with car-parking and ancillary site works. Applicant: Colvestone Ltd. Appellant(s): James Kelly, Ellen Kelly, Gary O'Brien.
Location: The Mart, Mart Lane, Cornelscourt, Dublin 18. Proposed development: demolish garden shed and remove trees for 14 townhouses and associated site works. Applicant: P & A Sexton. Appellant(s): Feargall Kenny.
Location: Kinsealy Lane, Malahide, Co Dublin. Proposed development: outline permission for nine houses and permission for 322 dwelling units. Applicant: Birchwell Ltd. Appellant(s): Mark Keane and Ruth Byrne, Harry and Olive Hopkins and others, Malahide Community Forum, Christopher Heavey, Christine Kealy.
Location: Courtown Demesne, Kilcock, Co Kildare. Proposed development: 10-year permission for integrated tourism/leisure business park, hotel, golf course, holiday homes, crèche and nursing home. Applicant: Central Realty Ltd. Appellant(s): Kilcock and Districts Community Council, An Taisce.
Location: Rockingham Demesne townland, Lough Key, Boyle, Co Roscommon. Proposed development: eco-tourism development with 78 holiday cottages and associated site works. Applicant: Newfound Consortium. Appellant(s): Clean Ltd, An Taisce, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Location: Johnstown, Glounthaune, Co Cork. Proposed development: 99 residential units (80 houses, three bungalows and 16 apartments) with new vehicle access onto public road and ancillary site work. Applicant: Murrayforde Developments. Appellant(s): Johnstown Park and Close Residents Association.
Location: Skull, Co Cork. Proposed development: demolish two houses for 55 residential units, two serviced sites, a crèche, medical centre, three retail units, car-parking and associated site works. Applicant: Richard Walsh. Appellant(s): Michael J and Nancy O'Mahony.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 134 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: demolish four-storey building for a retail unit and seven apartments. Applicant: Gerry Merrick (with conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Ancrum, Harolds Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. Proposed development: demolish dwelling for 38 residential units and site works. Applicant: Tom McDonald.
Location: 23-25 Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7. Proposed development: demolish building, change of use of number 23 (protected structure) to student accommodation and construct 22 student apartments in six blocks and all associated works. Applicant: Philip Marley.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
Location: 69 Rock Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish house for a mixed-use scheme with five two-bed apartments, one three-bed apartment and a 60sq m (646sq ft) ground floor commercial/retail unit in a four-storey building. Applicant: Michael Stavely.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Cherrywood Science and Technology Park, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin. Proposed development: gateway building with a mix of uses with 7,666sq m (82,516sq ft) of commercial/office space connected to permitted development Block AC (reg ref D03A/0626), which includes one bar/lounge on ground and first floor level and one café/restaurant on ground floor level all in a six-storey building with a setback on the sixth floor and rising to 10 floors at the eastern end, with 34 basement car-parking spaces and all ancillary works. Applicant: Cherrywood Science & Technology Park.
Location: site on Stillorgan Park Avenue and Stillorgan Park, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: seven apartments in a two-storey plus dormer penthouse with seven cycle spaces and car-parking spaces. Applicant: Damien Keogh Construction Ltd.
Location: Santry Demesne, Santry, Dublin 9. Proposed development: residential scheme of three apartment blocks with 90 apartments. Block A: four-storey with 16 apartments. Block B: part six/part five-storeys with 58 apartments. Block C: four storeys with 16 apartments. Applicant: Woodford Developments Ltd.
Location: Balcunnin, Skerries, Co Dublin. Proposed development: change of use of courtyard stables to 12 self-catering holiday cottages in one, two and three-bed units with games room. Applicant: N Butterly.
Location: 8 The Bungalow, Brackenstown Road, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish two houses for 39 residential units including nine three-storey townhouses and 30 apartments in two three-storey blocks. Applicant: Denis Fisher.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Swords Wrought Iron Works, St Colmcilles Court (formerly River Lane), Main Street, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish wrought iron workshop for a four-storey building with six two-bed duplex apartments and eight car-parking spaces. Applicant: Swords Wrought Iron Works Ltd.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: The Belgard Inn, Cookstown Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Proposed development: demolish building to basement level and betting office for two blocks with a discount food store, convenience store, retail units, a relocated public house, betting office, restaurants and creche. Erect 100 residential units comprising 17 one-bed, 68 two-bed, 14 three-bed and one four-bed apartments. Applicant: The Belgard Partnership.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Ballynakelly, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish four cottages for 49 dwellings and one gym consisting of 30 two-bed apartments in one three-storey block and 16 two-storey five-bed dwellings in two blocks of four, one block of five and one block of three storeys. Also one block of three three-bed apartments at first floor and all associated site works. Applicant: V Buggy.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: 5 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: permission to demolish building and associated walls and to extend the St Stephen's Green Hotel onto this site. New seven-storey building over new basement comprising of five storeys over ground level plus set back sixth and seventh storeys. The buildings will contain 23 new bedrooms, two meeting rooms and a separate retail unit at ground and basement level. The new building will link to the existing hotel via a glazed link at first floor level. Applicant: Persian Properties Ltd.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: 23-25 Grantham Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: three-storey with part fourth storey comprising the demolition of structure on site and erect one retail unit, 28 apartments with 28 basement car-parking spaces and 32 cycle spaces. Applicant: Donal and Marie O'Sullivan.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Dartmouth House, 1 Grand Parade, Dublin 6. Proposed development: develop site of Dartmouth House. Demolish building adjoining protected structure and construct mixed-use building that is five storeys over basement onto Ranelagh Road and nine-storey onto Grand Parade. Café/bar with outside terrace onto Ranelagh Road and Grand Parade and two retail/service units onto Grand Parade to accommodate use classes 1, 2, 8, 10 and 11 such as retail, professional/financial services and medical/health services. The provision of office accommodation at first, second, third and part of fourth floor level. A total of 20 two-bed apartments at fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eight floor level with 28 car-parking spaces and all associated site and development works. Applicant: Anne Marie Sheehan.
