69D, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8
- 16 Mar 2023Received
- 26 Oct 2023Refuse permission
- 22 Nov 2023Appealed
- 8 Jan 2025Appeal: Granted with conditions
- 8 Jan 2025Final grant
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 26 Oct 2023
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 2,884 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 318518 · Granted with conditions
What’s proposed
The site is situated to the south and west of White Swan Business Centre, to the south east of properties on Elford Terrace and to the north and east of existing residential properties and back land sites on /accessed from Donore Avenue. The proposed development consists of the construction of a part two to part six storey residential and commercial development comprising 2 commercial units, with a gross floor area (GFA) of 256.4 sq.m and 247 sq.m (for Class 1- Shop or Class 2-Office / Professional Services or Class 8- Medical Centre or Class 11 - Gym or Restaurant/Café, including ancillary takeaway use), at ground floor level and 68 no. apartments from ground to fifth floor level. The 68 no. apartments comprise of 2 no. studio units, 32 no. 1 bed units, 31no. 2 bed units and 3 no. 3 bed units. Balconies and private terraces are provided for all apartments (to the north-eastern, north-western, south- eastern and south-western elevations of the proposed building). The proposal includes external communal open space areas and terraces at ground and fourth floor level. The proposal includes 23 no. car parking spaces, 106 no. residential bicycle spaces, 12 no. commercial bicycle spaces, 36 no. visitor bicycle spaces and 1 no. motorcycle parking space at surface level. Plant rooms, a water storage area, a bin store, and an ESB substation are proposed at ground floor level. The proposal includes vehicular and pedestrian / cyclist access from Donore Avenue, associated improvements to Donore Avenue (which includes alterations to the existing footpaths,which are external to the planning application site boundary and subject to agreement with the Planning Authority), connections to foul and surface water drainage, signage zones, hard and soft landscaping, and all associated and ancillary works
3400/23 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the site is situated to the south and west of White Swan Business Centre, to the south, received on 16 Mar 2023; permission was refused on 26 Oct 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 3400/23
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 16 Mar 2023
- Observations close
- 20 Apr 2023 (closed 1243 days ago)
- Decision due
- 26 Oct 2023 · decided 26 Oct 2023
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 26 Oct 2023
- Proposed development
- The site is situated to the south and west of White Swan Business Centre, to the south east of properties on Elford Terrace and to the north and east of existing residential properties and back land sites on /accessed from Donore Avenue. The proposed development consists of the construction of a part two to part six storey residential and commercial development comprising 2 commercial units, with a gross floor area (GFA) of 256.4 sq.m and 247 sq.m (for Class 1- Shop or Class 2-Office / Professional Services or Class 8- Medical Centre or Class 11 - Gym or Restaurant/Café, including ancillary takeaway use), at ground floor level and 68 no. apartments from ground to fifth floor level. The 68 no. apartments comprise of 2 no. studio units, 32 no. 1 bed units, 31no. 2 bed units and 3 no. 3 bed units. Balconies and private terraces are provided for all apartments (to the north-eastern, north-western, south- eastern and south-western elevations of the proposed building). The proposal includes external communal open space areas and terraces at ground and fourth floor level. The proposal includes 23 no. car parking spaces, 106 no. residential bicycle spaces, 12 no. commercial bicycle spaces, 36 no. visitor bicycle spaces and 1 no. motorcycle parking space at surface level. Plant rooms, a water storage area, a bin store, and an ESB substation are proposed at ground floor level. The proposal includes vehicular and pedestrian / cyclist access from Donore Avenue, associated improvements to Donore Avenue (which includes alterations to the existing footpaths,which are external to the planning application site boundary and subject to agreement with the Planning Authority), connections to foul and surface water drainage, signage zones, hard and soft landscaping, and all associated and ancillary worksAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2,884 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
Full planning report for 53.33233, -6.28254
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z2 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z10: Inner Suburban and inner City Sustainable Mixed-Uses: To consolidate and facilitate the development of inner city and inner suburban sites for mixed-uses.
A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here.
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.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 13
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 3
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86709). 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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