A selective guide to developments in your area. Compiled by Mary Hetherington
AN BORD PLEANÁLA
Location: lands adjacent to Somerton, Ballisk Common, Donabate, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 45 houses with car-parking, open spaces and site works. Applicant: Charles Gallagher Ltd. Appellant(s): Somerton and Carrs Mill Residents Association.
Location: 50-58 Percy Place, Dublin 4. Proposed development: demolish on site structures for a building with 12 apartments, retail, restaurant, office and site works. Applicant: John Lally. Appellant(s): John McBratney, Ann and Thomas Tonge.
Location: 72, 73 & 74 Francis Street, Dublin 8. Proposed development: renovation/partial demolition of existing structures, erect seven apartments, live/work unit, workshop, retail and site works. Applicant: Richard Smyth. Appellant(s): Dean Court Management Patrick Street Ltd.
Location: 2-6 Leinster Road West and Effra Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6. Proposed development: partial demolition of on-site structures, erect nine houses and 10 apartments, relocate access, car-parking and site works. Applicant: Trustees of the Jewish Home of Ireland. Appellant(s): Therese Kearney, Phillip Kerr and Kathryn Potterton, Walt Kilroy and Barry McMillan, Kathleen Connolly, Philip O'Reilly, Rosemary Rooney, Patricia and Kevin Brady.
Location: Greenacres House, Firhouse Road, Templeogue, Dublin 16. Proposed development: demolish house and outbuildings for 12 apartments, three houses, car-parking, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Paul and Mary Joyce. Appellant(s): Elena Kenny.
Location: Castlebank, Ardnacrusha, Co Clare. Proposed development: 188 houses with site works. Applicant: Joe McMahon. Appellant(s): Concerned Residents of Ardnacrusha, Joe McMahon.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Iveagh Markets 22-27 & 20-21 Frances Street, 8 Lamb Alley, 1A-2A John Dillon Street and 40-48 Back Lane, Dublin 8. Proposed development: redevelop Iveagh Markets building, conversion to market, retail, hotel and amendments to previous permission (Reg Ref 1606/04 - a protected structure). Applicant: Lord Iveagh Hotels and Markets Ltd (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Tesco Store, Sandymount, 80-82 Sandymount Road and Marine Drive, Sandymount Village, Dublin 4. Proposed development: mixed-use development comprising of supermarket and 23 residential units and all site works. Applicant: Tesco Ireland Ltd.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN
Location: site of 4.29 hectares on the western side of the Enniskerry Road in Kilternan village (between the Old Garden Centre and the Golden Ball pub), Kilternan , Co Dublin. Proposed development: 131 dwellings (63 five-bed and 10 four-bed two-storey plus dormer semis, 33 four-bed and nine three-bed two-storey plus dormer terraced houses, three three-bed two-storey terraced houses and one three-bed two-storey detached house, and 12 duplex units in a three-storey block comprising six two-bed apartments and six three-bed duplex units). Provision of 230 surface car-parking spaces, site development works, and single access point off the Enniskerry Road. Applicant: Goldenball Limited.
Location: The Carezza, Dublin Road, Shankill, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 49 apartments in one building of two storeys and one terraced building of three and four storeys with car-parking and landscaping. Applicant: Nigel Rogers.
Location: corner of 71-72 Deansgrange Road and St Fintan's Villas, Deansgrange, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish two houses for a three-storey development of six units (one one-bed apartment, two two-bed duplexes and three four-bed three-storey townhouses). Applicant: Seamus Griffin.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Baumanns Yard, Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: temporary planning permission for four years for 35 car-parking spaces for use as additional car-parking for Stillorgan shopping centre. Also to include car-park lighting, landscaping, boundary treatments and site works. Applicant: Myrmidon Ltd.
Location: Red Oak House, Goldstar site, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18. Proposed development: five-storey office building with 134 car-parking spaces (99 at basement level and 35 at surface level). Applicant: South County Developments Ltd.
Location: 9 & 11 Orby Court, 32 & 34 Orby Park, The Gallops, Leopardstown, Dublin 18. Proposed development: two two-storey three-bed semis and two two-storey four-bedroom semis with site works. Applicant: Viscount Securities.
SOUTH DUBLIN
Location: Tullyhall, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 12 residential units (one one-bed, one three-bed and 10 two-bed units) in two and three-storey structure in two blocks with 24 car-parking spaces, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Eleveden Properties Ltd.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Adamstown, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: 154 dwellings - two five-bed detached houses; 27 three and four-bed semis and detached houses; 77 two, three and four-bed townhouses; 42 two and three-bed apartments in four two and three-storey blocks; three three-bed duplex units with three two-bed apartments overhead in three three-storey corner blocks. All part of phase two of a development at Airlie Stud. Site works, landscaping and car-parking. Applicant: Maplewood Developments.
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Location: site within the northern part of the triangular block bounded by Pembroke Road, Shelbourne Road, Lansdowne Road and the former vet college site at Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, of approximately 2.8 hectares. The site accommodates the former Jury's Hotel, Towers Hotel, Berkeley Court Hotel and Berkeley Court Apartments. Proposed development: 536 residential units, retail, bar, restaurant and foodcourt, office, embassy, hotel, media related, cultural, crèche, and fitness centre with associated facilities. Total gross floor area of 188,102sq m (2.025 million sq ft). Demolish Berkeley Court Apartments. The development will be in eight blocks (buildings A, B, C, D, E, F/G, H and J). Buildings B, C, D, E, F/G, H and J will range from 10 to 18 storeys with a landmark building (A) rising to a height of 37 storeys. Provision of 1,316 car-parking spaces and 1,230 cycle-parking spaces. Applicant: JDPHC and BCPHC.
Location: 1A First Avenue, Sarsfield Road, Dublin 10. Proposed development: demolish single storey extension for six-storey building of 12 apartments (six two-beds and six one-beds) with car-parking and site works. Applicant: Thomas and Kathleen Barry.
Location: Walled Gardens, Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 (protected structure). Proposed development: reconstruct single storey horticultural buildings for public exhibition use, reconstruct horticultural greenhouses and conservatory, re-open blocked gateway and erect arched head to a large gateway. Applicant: Commissioners of Public Works.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 489 & 490 Bluebell Avenue, Bluebell, Dublin 12. Proposed development: demolish two dwellings for 80 residential units (10 one-beds, 59 two-beds and 11 three-beds) and a crèche. Provision of 80 car-parking spaces, site works and landscaping. Applicant: JTJ Consortium.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Diswellstown House, Diswellstown, Dublin 15. Proposed development: 156 residential units (96 apartments in four four-storey blocks, 47 four-bed dwellings, convert outbuildings into six two-bed units, and seven three-bed units within walled garden) and a crèche. Site works and landscaping. Applicant: RQB (Diswellstown) Ltd.
