A selective guide to planning in your area
An Bord Pleanála
APPEALS
Location: Burlington Hotel and Burlington House, Sussex Road, Burlington Road, Dublin 4. Proposed development: redevelop site for 185 residential units; 33,340sq m (358,868sq ft) of commercial, office, crèche, restaurant/wine bar, and leisure centre space; and site works. Applicant: Glasbay Ltd. Appellant(s): Marion K OBrien, Burleigh Management Ltd, Wendy Hederman and Brendan Cassidy, Derry and Gemma Hussey and others, Patrick Delaney and Lorraine Compton and others, An Taisce, Glasbay Ltd, K OBoyle and P OReilly.
Location: site at junction of Appian Way and Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 6. Proposed development: nine residential units in a five-storey building with all site works. Applicant: Ashwalk Ltd. Appellant(s): Mary Bourke.
Location: Kestrel House, Clanwilliam Place, Dublin 2. Proposed development: demolish majority of offices for eight-and-a-half storey retail/commercial office building with site works. Applicant: Bruce Shaw Partnership. Appellant(s): Seosamh and Colm Cahill, Bruce Shaw Partnership, Primero Ltd, Horwath Bastow Charleton.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: ESB Building, Fleet Street, Dublin 2. Proposed development: demolish building for office and retail building of six to eight storeys over basement with site works. Applicant: Aztec Properties (New Ross) Ltd (with revised conditions).
Location: Old Belvedere RFC, Angelsea Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. Proposed development: redevelopment works comprising partial demolitions, new structures and site works. Applicant: Old Belvedere RFC (with conditions).
Location: Tivoli Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Proposed development: terrace of six houses abutting Royal Terrace House (protected structure) and to the rear of Cottage Home (protected structure) and site works. Applicant: Kembara Properties Ltd (with revised conditions).
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: Tallanstown, Co Louth. Proposed development: 104 residential units, childcare facility and site works. Applicant: Lavelle and McAlinden.
Location: Malahide Road, Swords, Co Dublin. Proposed development: demolish cottage and outbuildings for five-storey scheme of three retail units, medical consultancy and 12 apartments. Applicant: Michael Bailey.
Location: Greenfield Road, Sutton, Dublin 13. Proposed development: 111 homes, crèche and site works. Applicant: Parsis Ltd.
Location: 19 Templeville Park, Templeogue, Dublin 6W. Proposed development: demolish house and garage for 14 dwellings with 14 car-parking spaces, new pedestrian and vehicular access, entrance gates and site works. Applicant: Templeville Partnership.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
APPLICATIONS
Location: Knockree, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Proposed development: demolish dwelling and outbuildings for 21 three-storey five-bed units with 42 car-parking spaces, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Rockridge Developments Ltd.
Location: Ard, Cartref and Foxley, Old Bray Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18. Proposed development: 127 apartments and duplexes in four buildings with underground parking for 139 cars and surface parking for 35 cars. Block 1: two storeys with 34 residential units. Block 2: three and part four storeys with 27 units. Block 3: five storeys with 42 units. Block 4: four storeys with 24 units. The development includes a wellness centre. The houses, Cartref and Ards, and associated outhouses are to be demolished while Foxley is to be retained. Applicant: The CARDS Partnership.
Location: former Solus factory at Corke Abbey, Bray, Co Dublin. Proposed development: apartment scheme (60 units) in two blocks up to five storeys with 79 car-parking spaces, new vehicular access from road to north, new boundary walls and railings, and site works. Applicant: Sequel Properties Ltd.
Dublin City Council
APPLICATIONS
Location: Block A, B and C Bank of Ireland HQ (protected structure), Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2. Proposed development: reconfigure and extend Blocks A, B and C to provide additional 15,939sq m (171,566sq ft) of space, including atrium (excluding an additional 1,443sq m/15,532sq ft of financial service and office floorspace at basement level two over lower ground floor level) to comprise an overall gross floor area of 37,295sq m (401,440sq ft). This is all over 11,529sq m (124,097sq ft) of basement space. Addition of two floors to Blocks A and C, and one additional floor over Block B, increasing Block A from nine to 11 storeys, Block C from four to six storeys and Block B from five to six storeys. Eight-storey extension to the northern facade of Block A comprising 5,420sq m (58,340sq ft) of office space. Change of use of 29sq m (312sq ft) of offices to financial services space. Provision of 555sq m (5,974sq ft) of café space; 585sq m (6,297sq ft) of retail space; 2,242sq m (24,133sq ft) of office and gallery space at lower ground floor level of Block A; 773sq m (8,320sq ft) of basement office space; new glazed atrium of 1,180sq m (12,701sq ft) to connect the three blocks to be from six to nine storeys and include gallery/exhibition space, reception areas and gardens; site works and landscaping. Applicant: Quinlan Baggot Ltd and Savstar Ltd.
Location: lands at Leeson Lane and Quinns Lane, Dublin 2. Proposed development: hotel from two to eight storeys with alterations to the former Nurses Homes and the former dispensary building on site. Relocate former dispensary building from junction of Leeson Lane and Quinns Lane. Two new buildings of seven and eight storeys along north-western and south-eastern boundary of the site to combine with the former nurses home and the former dispensary building to form a new hotel. Works to the former nurses home include an additional floor; removal/addition of doors and windows to the elevations; replace roof with new floor; replace rear section of building with new element. New hotel to comprise one reception/foyer area, lounge, bar, breakfast room, 290 bedrooms at first to seventh floors, 36 car-parking spaces at basement level, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Holbien Developments Ltd.
Location: lands to the rear of 59-69 Drumcondra Road Lower, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. Proposed development: two residential blocks from three to four storeys with 24 units in total. Block on western boundary will be three storeys and have 11 apartments. Block on eastern boundary will be four storeys and have 13 units. Provision of 33 car-parking spaces, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Sean OCallaghan.
Location: site of the former Presentation Convent, Terenure Road West, Dublin 6W. Proposed development: 47 dwellings (14 two-bed and one three-bed apartments and 32 four-bed terraced houses). The 15 apartments are in a three-storey block and the 32 houses will be three-storeys. Provision of 86 surface car-parking spaces, public open space, landscaping and site works. Applicant: Kimpton Vale Ltd.
Location: site known as the Odeon Bar and Grill (site of the former Harcourt Street railway station), 57 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (protected structure). Proposed development: new two-storey over basement level free-standing glass-clad kiosk structure to comprise retail use at ground floor level, coffee shop/seating area at first floor level with associated services and storage at basement level. The structure will be 182.1sq m (1,960sq ft) and be at the northern end of the car-park/storage area to the north of the Odeon building. The structure will be accessed from Harcourt Street and have sliding windows at first floor level in the west-facing elevation on Harcourt Street; service door in the south-facing side wall accessing the service yard to the south. The proposal will also include: repaving remaining section of the enclosed car-park/storage area at the north side of the premises; alterations to the remaining car-park/storage areas and site boundary onto Harcourt Street; the northern end of the buildings front steps onto Harcourt Street to be cut back and detailed to match arrangement at southern end of steps; site works and landscaping. Applicant: Kivaway Ltd.
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Gresham Hotel, rear 19, 20/22, 23 and 24 Upper O'Connell Street and 1-7 Cathal Brugha Street, T Wing and Lavery Wing and bounded by O'Connell Street, Cathal Brugha Street, Thomas Lane, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. Proposed development: demolish substandard structures at either side of the T Wing behind 19 and 23 Upper O'Connell Street. Remove plant rooms at roof level to 20/22 Upper OConnell Street. Renew windows in protected structures as per previous permission (application 5974/04). New sub-basement water storage facilities; additional meeting rooms, restaurant area and new back-of-house facilities at basement level. Relocate restaurant and new shop on Cathal Brugha Street together with new function room, relocation of kitchens, extension to foyer bar, new entrance from Thomas Lane and relocation of sub-station, all on ground floor level. Meeting rooms in lieu of offices, day spa and fitness area, together with a courtyard garden at first floor level. Total of 179 new bedrooms; executive lounge and roof garden at seventh floor; new function/conference facility in double height glazed structure; six additional passenger lifts and five additional service lifts; new escape stairs, circulation areas and renewal of services. Applicant: Precinct Investments Ltd.
DECISION TO REFUSE
Location: 17-19 Moore Lane (fronting onto Parnell Street), Dublin 1. Proposed development: 16-storey scheme of 6,657.1sq m (71,656sq ft) with 542.6sq m (5,840sq ft) of retail and 4,413sq m (47,501sq ft) of office space on first to 15th floor with rooftop plant. Applicant: Keelgrove Properties Ltd.
South Dublin
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: Finnstown House, Lucan, Co Dublin. Proposed development: single storey extension to be linked to the diningroom at ground floor level and demolish single storey projection to extension. Applicant: HSS Developments.
Fingal
DECISION TO GRANT
Location: site in Stapolin townland, Grange Road, Baldoyle, Dublin 13. Proposed development: 489 residential units, crèche, underground and surface car-parking, civic park, landscaping and site works. Six multi-storey urban courtyard blocks. Two sectors of terraced dwellings and apartments, and one sector with three apartment blocks from four to six storeys. The 489 residential units comprises: 67 three-storey four-bed terraced houses; 40 two-storey two-bed terraced houses; 60 three-bed and 60 one-bed terrace duplex units (three storey); 72 two-bed and eight three-bed corner duplex over duplex units (four-storey). The scheme also contains 182 apartments (143 two-beds, 34 two-storey two-bed duplexes and five three-beds) in three blocks. Applicant: Helsingor Ltd.
Wicklow County Council
APPLICATIONS
Location: site at Tinahask Upper, Arklow, Co Wicklow, east of the Dublin-Wexford railway line. Proposed development: 75 houses (17 three-beds and 58 four-beds) from two to three storeys. Site works, infrastructure and landscaping. Applicant: Gannon Homes Ltd.
Location: Kilmurray South and Kilmurray North, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow. Proposed development: interpretative and tourist information centre, arts and crafts building and alterations and extensions to garden centre building with associated external areas. Demolish outbuildings and close road entrance off N11. Applicant: P Sexton.
Kildare County Council
APPLICATIONS
Location: Newtown, Maynooth, Co Kildare. Proposed development: 32 apartments over three floors (24 two-beds, six one-beds and two three-beds), medical centre and pharmacy at ground floor level, and nine retail units fronting onto Meadowbrook and Beaufield Road. Alterations to the pub and restaurant, Newtown Inn, consisting of: add 118sq m (1,270sq ft) of new restaurant area at first floor level over the pub; new entrance to first floor restaurant from Beaufield Road; alterations to the pub adjoining Beaufield Road to include revised elevations and the addition of 15sq m (161sq ft) of new area and other modifications to pub interior. Provision of 80 car-parking spaces at basement level and 17 at surface level. Demolish two retail units in the Beaufield Shopping Centre and part demolition of the pub. Applicant: Newtown Inn and Restaurant Ltd.
