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Dublin City Council · 2818/20

25/27, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9

  1. 5 Jun 2020Received
  2. 15 Jan 2021Grant permission and rete
  3. 11 Feb 2021Appealed
  4. 23 Feb 2021Appeal: Withdrawn
  5. 8 Mar 2021Final grant
Status
Appeal decided — withdrawn
Decision
Grant permission and rete · 15 Jan 2021
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
2,677 m²
Appeal
ACP 309421 · Withdrawn
Free report

What’s proposed

PERMISSION & RETENTION: Retention permission and permission on lands located at 25/27 Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 for: Retention of development as built with amendments pursuant to planning permission PA Ref: 3811/11 and ABP Ref: PL29N.240376 and as extended by 3811/11/x1 (parent permission). The amendments set out below cross reference to the submitted plans. The amendments include the following: (1) At ground floor: inclusion of mechanical plant area and ancillary structures in the rear yard (north western elevation of the building); (2) At ground floor: Replacement of and reconfiguration parking spaces with ESB substation and switch room; relocation of the goods lift/stairs; inclusion of a goods received lobby and mechanical plant room. Conversion of two parking spaces to Electrical Vehicle parking. Total parking spaces is 33 compared to previously permitted 37 spaces; (3) At ground floor: Reconfiguration of parking spaces and reconfiguration of the ground floor of the building; changing the overall shape of the ground floor, areas and layout of the restaurant, coffee shop, entrance points, lift core and travellator; the gross area of the ground floor including the additional floor space in amendment (2) increases from 548sqms to 563sqms; (4) At first floor: internal reconfiguration of the sales space of the supermarket area including: relocation of the storage area and off sales space to create a more uniform sales space; relocation of goods lift to the revised storage area and removal of the void above the ground floor. The gross floor area increases from 2,090sqms to 2,103sqms. (5) At roof level, inclusion of new plant deck and mechanical plant and roof ladder; (6) Internal reconfiguration of the office space and removal of balcony. The gross floor area reduces from 737sqms to 713sqms; (7) Replacement of saw tooth window layout with window flush against the facade; (8) At roof level of the offices the retention of AOV (smoke ventilation system) in accordance with Building Regulations; (9) At roof level of the supermarket the retention of AOV (smoke ventilation system) in accordance with Building Regulations; (10) Correction of the ground level of the project and its increase by 125mm to align with the public road level; (11) Increase in first floor and second floor levels by 800mm and 860mm respectively; (12) Increase in roof height of the supermarket by 1.6 metres; and increase in the roof of the offices by 1.3 metres. The overall height of the building increases from 28.5 metres to 29.8 metres. (13) Revised elevations and materials in accordance with the conditions in the parent permission: (14) Signage: including 4 internally illuminated LIDL signs (2.5m x 2.5m); one located at the north eastern elevation; one at the south western elevation; and, two located at the south eastern facade. Directional signage at the vehicle entrance and exit of the development (south eastern elevation) Type 4, (2.0m x 0.5m) and Type 5, (4.0m x 0.6m); and, a Type 6 sign, (4.0m x 0.9m). There is one Type 4 sign (2.0m x 0.5m) on the south western elevation below the LIDL sign. (15) Amendments to the ground floor, north eastern and north western elevations of the building; including two access doors to the ground floor ESB substation and switch room and removal of mesh screening for better ventilation of car park area (this opening sits behind the boundary wall of the hotel); (16) Amendments to the south western elevation leaving the ground floor elevation open for ventilation of car park area. This area sits behind the boundary wall with DCU campus; (17) Replacement of three windows in the office floor with one window and one access door to the mechanical plant deck on the north western elevation. (18) Retention permission for the plaza finishes at the front (south eastern elevation) of the building; security bollards; and, (19) Planning permission for the inclusion of bicycle parking stand on the plaza at the south eastern elevation of the building

2818/20 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for pERMISSION & RETENTION: Retention permission and permission on lands located at 25/27, received on 5 Jun 2020; permission was granted on 15 Jan 2021.

Planning details

Reference
2818/20
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Appeal decided — withdrawn · register status “Appeal Decided”
Received
5 Jun 2020
Observations close
10 Jul 2020 (closed 2270 days ago)
Decision due
15 Jan 2021 · decided 15 Jan 2021
Decision
Grant permission and rete on 15 Jan 2021
Proposed development
PERMISSION & RETENTION: Retention permission and permission on lands located at 25/27 Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 for: Retention of development as built with amendments pursuant to planning permission PA Ref: 3811/11 and ABP Ref: PL29N.240376 and as extended by 3811/11/x1 (parent permission). The amendments set out below cross reference to the submitted plans. The amendments include the following: (1) At ground floor: inclusion of mechanical plant area and ancillary structures in the rear yard (north western elevation of the building); (2) At ground floor: Replacement of and reconfiguration parking spaces with ESB substation and switch room; relocation of the goods lift/stairs; inclusion of a goods received lobby and mechanical plant room. Conversion of two parking spaces to Electrical Vehicle parking. Total parking spaces is 33 compared to previously permitted 37 spaces; (3) At ground floor: Reconfiguration of parking spaces and reconfiguration of the ground floor of the building; changing the overall shape of the ground floor, areas and layout of the restaurant, coffee shop, entrance points, lift core and travellator; the gross area of the ground floor including the additional floor space in amendment (2) increases from 548sqms to 563sqms; (4) At first floor: internal reconfiguration of the sales space of the supermarket area including: relocation of the storage area and off sales space to create a more uniform sales space; relocation of goods lift to the revised storage area and removal of the void above the ground floor. The gross floor area increases from 2,090sqms to 2,103sqms. (5) At roof level, inclusion of new plant deck and mechanical plant and roof ladder; (6) Internal reconfiguration of the office space and removal of balcony. The gross floor area reduces from 737sqms to 713sqms; (7) Replacement of saw tooth window layout with window flush against the facade; (8) At roof level of the offices the retention of AOV (smoke ventilation system) in accordance with Building Regulations; (9) At roof level of the supermarket the retention of AOV (smoke ventilation system) in accordance with Building Regulations; (10) Correction of the ground level of the project and its increase by 125mm to align with the public road level; (11) Increase in first floor and second floor levels by 800mm and 860mm respectively; (12) Increase in roof height of the supermarket by 1.6 metres; and increase in the roof of the offices by 1.3 metres. The overall height of the building increases from 28.5 metres to 29.8 metres. (13) Revised elevations and materials in accordance with the conditions in the parent permission: (14) Signage: including 4 internally illuminated LIDL signs (2.5m x 2.5m); one located at the north eastern elevation; one at the south western elevation; and, two located at the south eastern facade. Directional signage at the vehicle entrance and exit of the development (south eastern elevation) Type 4, (2.0m x 0.5m) and Type 5, (4.0m x 0.6m); and, a Type 6 sign, (4.0m x 0.9m). There is one Type 4 sign (2.0m x 0.5m) on the south western elevation below the LIDL sign. (15) Amendments to the ground floor, north eastern and north western elevations of the building; including two access doors to the ground floor ESB substation and switch room and removal of mesh screening for better ventilation of car park area (this opening sits behind the boundary wall of the hotel); (16) Amendments to the south western elevation leaving the ground floor elevation open for ventilation of car park area. This area sits behind the boundary wall with DCU campus; (17) Replacement of three windows in the office floor with one window and one access door to the mechanical plant deck on the north western elevation. (18) Retention permission for the plaza finishes at the front (south eastern elevation) of the building; security bollards; and, (19) Planning permission for the inclusion of bicycle parking stand on the plaza at the south eastern elevation of the building
As published by the register.
Site area
2,677 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Appeal

ACP 309421 · Planning Appeal · decided · Withdrawn 23 Feb 2021
received by the Commission 11 Feb 2021

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    M3 — Neighbourhood centre

    Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.

    A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.

    R2 — Existing residential

    Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.

    An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

    S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

    Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.

    Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 13
      Ivy House/Patrick Carthy & Sons Public Bar; post box; Church of St. John the Baptist
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 5
      House - 16th/17th century; Church; Graveyard

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86645). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.

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