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Dublin City Council · 4477/19

Gowan Motors Compound Site

This is Gowan Motors Compound Site — 43 homes, up to 5 storeys, by 1 Merrion Land Limited. Read the scheme page →

  1. 15 Nov 2019Received
  2. 18 Jun 2020Grant permission
  3. 15 Jul 2020Appealed
  4. 18 Jan 2021Appeal: Granted with conditions
  5. 18 Jan 2021Final grant
  6. 29 Sept 2021Commenced
Status
Commenced
Decision
Grant permission · 18 Jun 2020
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
2,856 m²
Appeal
ACP 307591 · Granted with conditions
Free report

What’s proposed

The development will consist of the following: Demolition of the existing buildings on site including numbers 169, 171, the shed at 173, 175 and 177 Merrion Road (c. 289sqm) and construction of 2 no. apartment blocks ranging in height from 2 storeys up to 5 storeys with a total of 43 no. dwelling units comprising: 15 no. 1-bedroom apartments, 18 no. 2-bedroom apartments and 10 no. 3-bedroom apartments with associated north/south/east/west facing balconies/terraces. The development will also include the provision of a communal open space area at ground floor level and 43 no. car parking spaces at basement level. All associated site development works, services provision, cycle parking, bin stores, plant stores, open space, vehicular/pedestrian access, landscaping and boundary treatment works

4477/19 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the development will consist of the following: Demolition of the existing buildings on, received on 15 Nov 2019; permission was granted on 18 Jun 2020.

Planning details

Reference
4477/19
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Appeal Decided”
Received
15 Nov 2019
Observations close
20 Dec 2019 (closed 2478 days ago)
Decision due
19 Jun 2020 · decided 18 Jun 2020
Decision
Grant permission on 18 Jun 2020
Proposed development
The development will consist of the following: Demolition of the existing buildings on site including numbers 169, 171, the shed at 173, 175 and 177 Merrion Road (c. 289sqm) and construction of 2 no. apartment blocks ranging in height from 2 storeys up to 5 storeys with a total of 43 no. dwelling units comprising: 15 no. 1-bedroom apartments, 18 no. 2-bedroom apartments and 10 no. 3-bedroom apartments with associated north/south/east/west facing balconies/terraces. The development will also include the provision of a communal open space area at ground floor level and 43 no. car parking spaces at basement level. All associated site development works, services provision, cycle parking, bin stores, plant stores, open space, vehicular/pedestrian access, landscaping and boundary treatment works
As published by the register.
Site area
2,856 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

ACP 307591 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted with conditions 18 Jan 2021
received by the Commission 15 Jul 2020 · inspector's report · board order

Commencement

  • Short commencement notice CN0081781DC
    29 Sept 2021169-177 Merrion Road, Dublin, Dublin 4, D04 A6F8matched by ref_exact

Zoning at the site

Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

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.

S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

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
    South Dublin Bay
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Special Area of Conservation · 1
    South Dublin Bay SAC
  • Recorded monument · 6
    Castle - tower house; House - 18th century; Armorial plaque
  • Special Protection Area · 1
    South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary SPA

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86613). 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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