'Former Des Kelly Site' a site of 0.262Ha. bounded by 364-374 North Circular Road, Royal Canal Bank, and 168-169 Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7
- 3 Jun 2022Received
- 8 Feb 2023Grant permission
- 7 Mar 2023Appealed
- 29 Jul 2024Appeal: Granted with conditions
- 13 Aug 2024Final grant
- 5 Feb 2025Commenced
- Status
- Commenced
- Decision
- Grant permission · 8 Feb 2023
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 2,567 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 315984 · Granted with conditions
What’s proposed
The development will consist of 28 no. car parking spaces (13 spaces for retail, 13 spaces for residential and 2 club car spaces (2 spaces of the allocation will be e-charging), 186 no. cycle spaces and bin stores and collection areas at lower ground level, 2 no. retail units with a total of 1,950 sq. m at ground floor level, coffee shop of 40 sq. m. facing Royal Canal Bank at lower ground level, 80 no. apartments (19 studios, 19 one bed, 41 two bed and 1 three bedroom apartments) overhead in upper floor development. With the exception of no. 168 Phibsborough Road, which is to be retained, the application proposes to demolish all the existing buildings on the site. The new buildings to North Circular Road shall be 6 storey in height (ground floor retail with apartments on upper floor) with an 8 storey apartment building at the corner of North Circular Road and Royal Canal bank with an 8 storey section above park level are proposed. Within, the site, the apartment buildings will surround a central amenity open space for residents. It is proposed to demolish 169 Phibsborough Road ad replace with a three storey building with vehicular entrance at ground floor level giving access to lower ground level parking and services. PV panels on the roof and c. 975 sq. m green roofs to be incorporated. A substation is also proposed together with all ancillary services
4145/22 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the development will consist of 28 no. car parking spaces (13 spaces for retail, 13, received on 3 Jun 2022; permission was granted on 8 Feb 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 4145/22
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 3 Jun 2022
- Observations close
- 8 Jul 2022 (closed 1529 days ago)
- Decision due
- 8 Feb 2023 · decided 8 Feb 2023
- Decision
- Grant permission on 8 Feb 2023
- Proposed development
- The development will consist of 28 no. car parking spaces (13 spaces for retail, 13 spaces for residential and 2 club car spaces (2 spaces of the allocation will be e-charging), 186 no. cycle spaces and bin stores and collection areas at lower ground level, 2 no. retail units with a total of 1,950 sq. m at ground floor level, coffee shop of 40 sq. m. facing Royal Canal Bank at lower ground level, 80 no. apartments (19 studios, 19 one bed, 41 two bed and 1 three bedroom apartments) overhead in upper floor development. With the exception of no. 168 Phibsborough Road, which is to be retained, the application proposes to demolish all the existing buildings on the site. The new buildings to North Circular Road shall be 6 storey in height (ground floor retail with apartments on upper floor) with an 8 storey apartment building at the corner of North Circular Road and Royal Canal bank with an 8 storey section above park level are proposed. Within, the site, the apartment buildings will surround a central amenity open space for residents. It is proposed to demolish 169 Phibsborough Road ad replace with a three storey building with vehicular entrance at ground floor level giving access to lower ground level parking and services. PV panels on the roof and c. 975 sq. m green roofs to be incorporated. A substation is also proposed together with all ancillary servicesAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2,567 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
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Appeal
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0012026DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
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
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 26
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87720). 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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