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Dublin City Council · 3873/24 · Permission

Meridian Court Building on the corner of Spindrift Avenue and Magellan Crescent, Royal Canal Park, Pelletstown, Dublin 15

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Council received 18 Jun 2024We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (816 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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3873/24 is a planning application for permission at Meridian Court Building on the corner of Spindrift Avenue and Magellan Crescent, Royal Canal Park, Pelletstown, Dublin 15, received by Dublin City Council on 18 Jun 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of change of use from office to residential use to provide 29 no. apartments (7 no. 1-bed, 16 no. 2-bed and 6 no. 3-bed units), accommodated on the 1st to 6th floors of existing vacant space over an existing vacant ground floor retail unit in a mixed-use building known as Meridian Court. Associated bicycle parking, waste storage and plant rooms will be provided in an existing single storey shared basement. The development includes refurbishment to the exiting shared central courtyard space. All apartment units to have new private balconies or terraces, locate on south, east and west building elevations. The development will include modifications to exiting facades with existing openings resized, partial recladding, additional balconies added and an overall reduction of window area. The existing ground floor retail unit will remain unchanged. The council granted permission on 2 Dec 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Jul 2024. A commencement notice (SN0011730DC) was lodged on 19 Dec 2024, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 40 other decided applications in the last five years and 5 appeals.

Appeal window closes 8 Jan 2025 closed 613 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (2 Dec 2024) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

The development will consist of change of use from office to residential use to provide 29 no. apartments (7 no. 1-bed, 16 no. 2-bed and 6 no. 3-bed units), accommodated on the 1st to 6th floors of existing vacant space over an existing vacant ground floor retail unit in a mixed-use building known as Meridian Court. Associated bicycle parking, waste storage and plant rooms will be provided in an existing single storey shared basement. The development includes refurbishment to the exiting shared central courtyard space. All apartment units to have new private balconies or terraces, locate on south, east and west building elevations. The development will include modifications to exiting facades with existing openings resized, partial recladding, additional balconies added and an overall reduction of window area. The existing ground floor retail unit will remain unchanged.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 2 Dec 2024
Final grant
31 Jan 2025
Site (from polygon)
2,097 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 18 Jun 2024
    New application
    Observation window closed 23 Jul 2024
  • 12 Aug 2024
    Further information requested
  • 5 Nov 2024
    Further information received
  • 2 Dec 2024
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 8 Jan 2025

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Commencement

  • Seven day notice SN0011730DC
    19 Dec 2024Royal Canal Park, Pelletstown, Dublin, Dublin 15, D15 N9EXmatched by ref_exact

Zoning at the site

Zone Z3 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M3 — Neighbourhood centre

Z3: Neighbourhood Centres: To provide for and improve neighbourhood 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.

Designations within 250 m

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

  • EPA-licensed facility · 1
    Toruro Enterprises Limited
  • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
    Royal Canal
  • NIAH-recorded building · 2
    8th Lock, Royal Canal; Cardiff's Bridge
  • Radon risk area · 4
    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; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 3
    Bridge; Burial ground; R149673

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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88224). 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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