74-Apartment Mixed-Use Development, Old Kilmainham Road

Application details

Planning reference

3406/23

Council

Dublin City Council

Proposal description

Permission for development at a site of c.0.212ha. at 40 Old Kilmainham Road, Dublin 8. The site is bounded to the south by Old Kilmainham Road, to the east by 39 Old Kilmainham Road, to the west by 41 Old Kilmainham Road and rear/side properties of 2, 3 and 4 Lady's Lane and 3 and 5 Millbrook Terrace and to the north by Rowerstown Lane. The development will consist of the following: • Demolition of all existing commercial buildings on site including former car showroom, garage, warehouse and offices (c.1,095sqm floor area); • Construction of a mixed-use development arranged in two blocks across 6-8 storeys comprising the following: 1no. ground floor commercial unit fronting Old KIlmainham (c.170sqm floor area) and 74 no. apartments consisting of 35 no. 1 bed units, 38 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. 3 bed units ranging in size from c.46sqm to c.102sqm floor area each; • North, south, east and west facing private terraces and balconies throughout; • Ancillary and plant areas at ground floor level including bin and bicycle storage, switch rooms, generator, water tank storage and ESB substation; • Circulation areas throughout and stair/lift cores in Blocks A and B; • Associated plant and photovoltaic panels at roof level; • The total floor area of the proposal is c.6,235sqm; • Removal of the existing bridge and replacement with a new footbridge over the River Camac; • A new public access route serving pedestrians and cyclists connecting Old Kilmainham Road to the south with Rowerstown Lane to the north via the new bridge; • Vehicular access serving delivery, service and emergency vehicles from Old Kilmainham Road; • Improvements and widening of the public footpath along Old Kilmainham Road; • All associated site development works, service provision, drainage works, diversion of the existing combined sewer, public and communal open space and landscaping and boundary treatment works.

Location / address

Lands at the Former Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation, Hampton, Grace Park Road, and Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

20 Mar 2023

Council decision

REFUSE PERMISSION

Council decision date

14 Mar 2024

Final grant date

12 Jun 2025

Appeal lodged

10 Apr 2024

Appeal decision

Grant Permissions with Conditions

Appeal decision date

12 Jun 2025