ESB Depot at Parnell Avenue, Dublin 12
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3513/19 is a planning application for permission at ESB Depot at Parnell Avenue, Dublin 12, received by Dublin City Council on 16 Jul 2019 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development consists of the demolition of the remaining buildings on site, the construction of a 55 unit residential development (6 studios, 8 one-bed units and 41 two-bed units), over an underground car parking area for 57 cars. The basement includes plantrooms, bike spaces (82) and waste storage facilities. The form of development consists of two blocks of development, both 4-storeys with a step down to 3-storeys. Block A contains 33 units and Block B with 22 units, a landscaped communal open space (400 sq.m) between the blocks and visitor car and bike spaces at surface level. The existing entrance will be modified to facilitate the extending of the footpath on Parnell Avenue to give access to the site. An ESB substation and switch room will be located on the ground floor of Block B. The council granted permission on 21 Nov 2019. The five-week observation window closed on 20 Aug 2019. A commencement notice (SN0006278DC) was lodged on 12 Jul 2021, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. The scheme is for 55 units. Within 500 m there are 112 other decided applications in the last five years and 18 appeals.
Proposal
The development consists of the demolition of the remaining buildings on site, the construction of a 55 unit residential development (6 studios, 8 one-bed units and 41 two-bed units), over an underground car parking area for 57 cars. The basement includes plantrooms, bike spaces (82) and waste storage facilities. The form of development consists of two blocks of development, both 4-storeys with a step down to 3-storeys. Block A contains 33 units and Block B with 22 units, a landscaped communal open space (400 sq.m) between the blocks and visitor car and bike spaces at surface level. The existing entrance will be modified to facilitate the extending of the footpath on Parnell Avenue to give access to the site. An ESB substation and switch room will be located on the ground floor of Block B.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Grant permission on 21 Nov 2019
- Final grant
- 7 Jan 2020
- Units
- 55
- Site (from polygon)
- 4,622 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 16 Jul 2019New applicationObservation window closed 20 Aug 2019
- 9 Sept 2019Further information requested
- 25 Oct 2019Further information received
- 21 Nov 2019DecisionAppeal window closed 19 Dec 2019
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0006278DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z6: Employment/Enterprise: To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use 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.
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
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 20
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 6
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87606). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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