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Dublin City Council · 3394/25 · Permission

Site at the former Player Wills site , South Circular Road , St. Catherines's Avenue and Donore Avenue , Dublin 8

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Council received 19 Sept 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (358 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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3394/25 is a planning application for permission at Site at the former Player Wills site , South Circular Road , St. Catherines's Avenue and Donore Avenue , Dublin 8, received by Dublin City Council on 19 Sept 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The proposed development consists of amendments to the permitted basement under Block PW2 only as permitted under ABP0308197-20 (DCC REF : SHD 0031/20). The proposed amendments include : Omission of permitted basement -2 level and consolidation of parking , cycle parking plant and servicing areas into an enlarged basement -1 level . This consolidation includes for removal of previously permitted 81 no. car parking spaces identified for adjacent future development lands (and permitted storage) and 10 no. car parking spaces for the permitted development. This results in a single basement minus one level of c.7234 sqm which will include 880 no. cycle parking spaces, 148 no. car parking spaces, (138 resident spaces including 13 accessable spaces and 10 car-club spaces). Plant areas, waste stores, access cores to apartments above, resident storage areas and escooter parking. The proposed amendments relate to the permitted basement under Block PW2 only and no amendments are proposed to any permitted above ground elements of Block PW2 or elements of the wider permitted scheme including Block PW1 which relates to the former Player Wills factory (Protected Structure, RPS 8796). The council declared the application invalid on 25 Sept 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 24 Oct 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 150 other decided applications in the last five years and 28 appeals.

Observations close 24 Oct 2025 closed 323 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (19 Sept 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
Site report

Proposal

The proposed development consists of amendments to the permitted basement under Block PW2 only as permitted under ABP0308197-20 (DCC REF : SHD 0031/20). The proposed amendments include : Omission of permitted basement -2 level and consolidation of parking , cycle parking plant and servicing areas into an enlarged basement -1 level . This consolidation includes for removal of previously permitted 81 no. car parking spaces identified for adjacent future development lands (and permitted storage) and 10 no. car parking spaces for the permitted development. This results in a single basement minus one level of c.7234 sqm which will include 880 no. cycle parking spaces, 148 no. car parking spaces, (138 resident spaces including 13 accessable spaces and 10 car-club spaces). Plant areas, waste stores, access cores to apartments above, resident storage areas and escooter parking. The proposed amendments relate to the permitted basement under Block PW2 only and no amendments are proposed to any permitted above ground elements of Block PW2 or elements of the wider permitted scheme including Block PW1 which relates to the former Player Wills factory (Protected Structure, RPS 8796).

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared invalid on 25 Sept 2025
Site (from polygon)
7,374 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 19 Sept 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 24 Oct 2025
  • 25 Sept 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 23 Oct 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z14 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    R3 — Rural cluster

    Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs): To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.

    A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

    Designations within 250 m

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
      Grand Canal
    • NIAH-recorded building · 9
      Parnell Bridge; Dolphin Villa; factory
    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 2
      Castle - unclassified; R178303

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87176). 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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