Kestrel House, 157 Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12, D12 NN8A
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4280/23 is a planning application for permission at Kestrel House, 157 Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12, D12 NN8A, received by Dublin City Council on 9 Aug 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of : (i) demolition of the existing two storey over basement building (licensed public house and ancillary off-licence); (ii) construction of a part-four, part-six, part-seven and part-eight-storey mixed-use development consisting of the following : (a) 52 no. apartments (23 no. one-bed apartments and 29 no. two-bed apartments) from first to seventh floor level, each served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace and having shared access to 354.5sq.m of external communal amenity space provided via roof terraces at the fourth and sixth floor levels; (b) provision of 3 no. retail units (total of 149.7sq.m) and a public house (total of 368.2sq.m) at ground floor level; (c) provision of refuse storage, a plant room ESB substation/switch room, 96 no. secure bicycle parking spaces, 1 no. accessible bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. cargo bicycle at ground floor level; (d) erection of 6 no. antennas and 6 no. link dishes mounted on ballast support poles and associated diplexers, remote radio units and lighting finials on a steel mounting support platform together with 2no. outdoor cabinets and stepovers and associated equipment at the roof top; (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of landscaping, green roof, rooflights, solar panels, visitor bicycle parking spaces (40 no.) and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development. The council refused permission on 2 Oct 2023. The five-week observation window closed on 13 Sept 2023. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 318355 on 11 Feb 2025 (refuse). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. The scheme is for 52 units. Within 500 m there are 134 other decided applications in the last five years and 8 appeals.
Proposal
The development will consist of : (i) demolition of the existing two storey over basement building (licensed public house and ancillary off-licence); (ii) construction of a part-four, part-six, part-seven and part-eight-storey mixed-use development consisting of the following : (a) 52 no. apartments (23 no. one-bed apartments and 29 no. two-bed apartments) from first to seventh floor level, each served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace and having shared access to 354.5sq.m of external communal amenity space provided via roof terraces at the fourth and sixth floor levels; (b) provision of 3 no. retail units (total of 149.7sq.m) and a public house (total of 368.2sq.m) at ground floor level; (c) provision of refuse storage, a plant room ESB substation/switch room, 96 no. secure bicycle parking spaces, 1 no. accessible bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. cargo bicycle at ground floor level; (d) erection of 6 no. antennas and 6 no. link dishes mounted on ballast support poles and associated diplexers, remote radio units and lighting finials on a steel mounting support platform together with 2no. outdoor cabinets and stepovers and associated equipment at the roof top; (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of landscaping, green roof, rooflights, solar panels, visitor bicycle parking spaces (40 no.) and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 2 Oct 2023
- Units
- 52
- Site (from polygon)
- 1,214 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 9 Aug 2023New applicationObservation window closed 13 Sept 2023
- 2 Oct 2023DecisionAppeal window closed 31 Oct 2023
- 1 Nov 2023Appeal lodged
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z3 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z3: Neighbourhood Centres: To provide for and improve neighbourhood facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- EPA-licensed facility · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 85030). 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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