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Dublin City Council · 4115/24 · Permission

Inchicore Railway Works, Inchicore, Dublin 8, D08 K6Y3

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Council received 2 Aug 2024We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (771 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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4115/24 is a planning application for permission at Inchicore Railway Works, Inchicore, Dublin 8, D08 K6Y3, received by Dublin City Council on 2 Aug 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE : Permission for construction of a Specialist Railway Simulator Training Building to support Driver training for the planned DART expansion Project (DEP). This will be in the form of a Modular Construction 2 storey building within the existing Inchicore Railway Works which has remained in railway operations for almost 180 years. The proposed works to take place at larnród Eireann, Inchicore Works, Dublin 8. D08 K6Y3 The proposed building is within the Curtilage of a protected structure (Dublin City Council Development Plan 2022-2028, RPS No. 8855). The council granted permission on 25 Sept 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 6 Sept 2024. A commencement notice (CN0131195DC) was lodged on 21 Jul 2025, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 76 other decided applications in the last five years and 12 appeals.

Appeal window closes 23 Oct 2024 closed 689 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (25 Sept 2024) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

PROTECTED STRUCTURE : Permission for construction of a Specialist Railway Simulator Training Building to support Driver training for the planned DART expansion Project (DEP). This will be in the form of a Modular Construction 2 storey building within the existing Inchicore Railway Works which has remained in railway operations for almost 180 years. The proposed works to take place at larnród Eireann, Inchicore Works, Dublin 8. D08 K6Y3 The proposed building is within the Curtilage of a protected structure (Dublin City Council Development Plan 2022-2028, RPS No. 8855).

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 25 Sept 2024
Final grant
14 Nov 2024
Location precision
point (coords_point)

Timeline

  • 2 Aug 2024
    New application
    Observation window closed 6 Sept 2024
  • 25 Sept 2024
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 23 Oct 2024

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Commencement

  • Commencement notice CN0131195DC
    21 Jul 2025Inchicore Works, Inchicore Parade, Dublin 8, D08 K6Y3, Dublin 8matched by ref_exact

Zoning at the site

Zone Z6 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

C2.1 — Economic development and employment

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.

Designations within 250 m

No OPW flood extent nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 17
    Inchicore Railway Works; Inchicore Railway Works; Inchicore Railway Works
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 83997). 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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