A selective guide to developments in your area
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: site on Sandymount Avenue and Gilford Road to the east, Dublin 4. Proposed development: 46-unit residential scheme (42 apartments and four houses), 49 car-parking spaces, 48 bicycle spaces, new vehicular and pedestrian access off Sandymount Avenue. Applicant: Bryan Cullen. Appellant(s): Vincent and Mary Ryan, Bryan Cullen.
Location: Dolphin Park, Crumlin Road, Dublin 12. Proposed development: clubhouse with car-park, 106 apartments with basement car-park, ESB substation, vehicular access adjacent to Loreto Primary School and all associated works. Applicant: Templeogue Synge Street GAA. Appellant(s): John Ryan, Autoglaze Ltd, Templeogue Synge Street GAA Club, Tony Hyland, Elizabeth Roberts.
Location: Cathedral Place, Cobh, Co Cork. Proposed development: re-ordering interior of St Colman's Cathedral. Applicant: Trustees of St Colman's Cathedral. Appellant(s): Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Irish Georgian Society, An Taisce, Friends of St Colman's Cathedral.
Location: Delgany Inn, Delgany, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: demolish cottage and public house for a dwelling house, public house with stores and retail unit, 11 apartments and 45 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Peter O'Neill. Appellant(s): E & A Ryan.
Location: Rocky Island, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. Proposed development: convert industrial storage facility in former magazine building to crematorium with associated site works. Applicant: Strikemount Ltd. Appellant(s): Ringaskiddy and District Residents Association.
Location: Tulfarris Hotel, Blessington Lakes, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: golf club house and effluent treatment system (modifications to Reg Ref 97/7373 and Board Order PL27.206160) located within a protected structure. Applicant: Comfort Holdings Ltd. Appellant(s): Dublin City Council, Una Browne.
Location: Ard Mhuire, Newtown Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish house for four three-storey over basement houses with eight car-parking spaces and amendments to boundary walls. Applicant: Jim Foley. Appellant(s): Ned and Helen Grace, Patricia Maume.
Location: Ventry, Co Kerry. Proposed development: 35-bed hotel with function room and public bar, storage and services building and a suitably sized waste treatment unit. Applicant: Michael & Noirin O'Connell. Appellant(s): Peter Chipperfield, Fis Fionn Tra, Louis Murchan.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Rinville West, Oranmore, Co Galway. Proposed development: hotel/conference centre, golf clubhouse, leisure centre with car-parking and ancillary works. Applicant: Galway Bay Golf and Country Club Ltd (with conditions).
Location: Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co Laois. Proposed development: 128 residential units, a crèche, foul pumping station, connection into existing foul sewer, new site entrance and associated works. Applicant: James Conroy (with conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: lands to the rear of 68 Aughavannagh Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12. Proposed development: 40 units of co-operative social housing with car-parking and associated works. Applicant: Nabco Society Ltd.
Location: Eyre Square Shopping Centre, Galway. Proposed development: change of use form heritage/exhibition to retail with the bastion (protected structure) to form new retail unit. Applicant: Shancar Developments Ltd.
Location: Attirory, Townparks, Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim. Proposed development: mixed-use scheme with 162 residential units, retail, restaurant, marine development, 309 car-parking spaces and all associated site works. Applicant: Oyster Homes Ltd.
Location: Corryolus and Hartley Road, Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim. Proposed development: 156-bed hotel with leisure centre, delivery dock and 396 car-parking spaces. Applicant: Gerard Murtaigh.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
Location: "Little Orchard" and "The Starlings", Shanganagh Road, Shankill, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish dwellings and remove some trees and hedgerows for 49 residential units (38 two-bed apartments, seven three-bed apartments and four three-bed duplexes) from three to five storeys and 71 basement car-parking spaces. Applicant: Patrick Deasy.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Claremont (protected structure), St Bernards and Eventide, Claremont Road/Cornelscourt Hill Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Proposed development: demolish single-storey kitchen extension for kitchen extension in new location; demolish garage and other buildings located on the western boundary of the courtyard at Claremont; refurbish and extend gate-lodge at Claremont into a a three-bed dwelling. Repair walled garden where necessary and retain as open space. Demolish single storey detached dwelling (St Bernards) and demolish gate-lodge to St Bernards. Construct 13 two-storey detached five-bed houses with balconies and accommodation in the roof space and one two-storey detached six-bed house together with two three-storey apartment blocks with 36 two-bed units. Access is via an upgraded point at existing access to Claremont, off Cornelscourt Hill Road/Claremont Road that will require the demolition and reconstruction of the existing front boundary wall at the adjoining property "Eventide". Provide two additional vehicular accesses to "Eventide" from the proposed development and to repair/rebuild/improve all of the boundary walls and fences at "Eventide". Applicant: Parkway Partnership.
FINGAL
Location: south of Phibblestown House and Linnetfields, west of Rosedale and east of Hansfield Road. Proposed development: 97 two and three-bed residential units and crèche with all associated landscaping and site development works. Applicant: Menolly Homes.
Location: Dublin Road, Ballough, Lusk, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 12 three-bed duplex units over 12 two-bed ground floor apartments in three three-storey blocks with balconies and access off Chapel Farm Avenue. Applicant: John & Michael Hughes.
Location: Forest Road, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 28 two-storey four-bed houses, 24 three-storey duplexes, two three-storey apartment blocks with six one-beds and 48 two-beds, surface car-parking, six part three-storey, part three-storey plus penthouse apartment blocks with 86 two-beds and 43 three-beds, surface car-parking, site works, bin store and bicycle store. Applicant: Gerard Gannon.
Location: Auburn Lodge, Parslickstown, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15. Proposed development: demolish house for a business and technology centre with offices in two blocks of four floors, including 62 surface car-parking spaces, 90 basement car-parking spaces and 98 bicycle parking spaces, landscaping and all site development works. Applicant: Calcars Ltd.
SOUTH DUBLIN
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: site bounded by Willsbrook Road, Fforster Grove, Fforster Drive and Fforster Crescent, phase four, Ballydowd Manor, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 58 apartments in four blocks. Block A: 15 apartments in three-storey block. Block B: 15 apartments in three-storey. Block C: three-storey block with 16 apartments. Block D: 12 apartments in two-storey block. Applicant: Tierra Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: "Barnbrook", Main Street, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Proposed development: two detached four-bed two-storey dwellings, 18 four-bed semis, four three-bed semis, six four-bed semi/end-terrace units; four three-bed mid-terrace units; three-storey apartment block with six two-beds; a three-storey and partial four-storey block with 16 two-bed duplexes; two four-storey blocks each with four two-bed duplexes; two four-storey blocks with 10 two-bed duplexes; a four-storey block of eight two-bed duplexes; a two-storey childcare facility and all associated site works. Applicant: Ejamba Ltd.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: 127, 129, 131 and rear of 133 Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6. Proposed development: demolish Renault Diamond Cars showroom for a ground floor retail unit, 33 apartments in two blocks and 25 basement car-parking spaces with site development works. Applicant: Glencullen Developments Ltd.
Location: former CIÉ lands at Carnlough Road, off the New Cabra Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 (to include 2 and 4 Carnlough Road). Proposed development: 523 residential units (451 apartments, 65 duplex apartments and seven terraced houses), a crèche, retail unit with civic centre above, 618 basement car-parking spaces, 52 surface parking spaces, 371 basement bicycle spaces and 152 surface bicycle spaces. Applicant: Niall Molloy (the Ailesbury Co-Ownership).
Location: formerly Pat O'Donnell & Co premises at Richmond Avenue (including 18 and 20 Richmond Avenue), Dublin 3. Proposed development: demolish buildings for a mixed-use residential/commercial scheme with 131 apartments, offices and leisure facility in four blocks with basement car-parking for 141 cars. Applicant: Apex Estates Ltd.
Location: 188, 190, 192 Collins Avenue, Dublin 9. Proposed development: demolish structures and yard forming commercial premises at 190 and houses at 188 and 192, relocate main drain and construction of 37 apartments with 56 car-parking spaces and 42 cycle spaces. Applicant: Thornwood Construction Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 (formerly part of Sandford Park School). Proposed development: seven three-storey terraced houses (three five-beds and four four-beds) with all associated works. Applicant: T Doyle, F Healy, N Comer and V Carton.
