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Dublin City Council · 4533/19

116-120 Drumcondra Road Upper

116, 118, 120, Drumcondra Road Upper, DUBLIN 9

This is 116-120 Drumcondra Road Upper — 122 homes, up to 5 storeys. Read the scheme page →

  1. 25 Nov 2019Received
  2. 29 May 2020Grant permission
  3. 25 Jun 2020Appealed
  4. 16 Nov 2020Appeal: Granted with conditions
  5. 16 Nov 2020Final grant
  6. 10 May 2023Commenced
Status
Commenced
Decision
Grant permission · 29 May 2020
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
1,951 m²
Appeal
ACP 307422 · Granted with conditions
Free report

What’s proposed

The development consists of the following: The demolition of all 3 no. 2 storey buildings on the subject site (c. 508m2 GFA) and the construction of purpose built professionally managed student accommodation development with 122 no. bed spaces in 17 no. clusters and 15 no. studios. The proposed development consists of a part - 4 storey block with a set back at 4th floor level (over part basement level) fronting onto Upper Drumcondra Road, a 2 storey internal link building and a block to the rear of the site consisting of 5 storeys. The total GFA of the proposed development is c. 3587m2 GFA. Permission is also sought for a management office, reception area, cafe, games room and leisure area, electrical substation and switch room at ground floor level. Laundry, plant, attenuation, storage and bin store areas are contained at basement level and communal areas are provided for residents throughout the development at each floor. Balconies are located on the east and west internal elevations, all facing onto a central landscaped courtyard/amenity space. There are 66 no. bicycle spaces to be provided. Services and fire tender access is also to be provided from Upper Drumcondra Road. Permission is also sought for all ancillary engineering works, hard and soft landscaping and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development. The proposed development is to be used for student accommodation or accommodation related to a Higher Education Institute only during the academic year and student accommodation or accommodation related to a Higher Education Institute or tourist/visitor accommodation only during academic holiday periods

4533/19 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the development consists of the following: The demolition of all 3 no. 2 storey, received on 25 Nov 2019; permission was granted on 29 May 2020.

Planning details

Reference
4533/19
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Appeal Decided”
Received
25 Nov 2019
Observations close
8 Jan 2020 (closed 2451 days ago)
Decision due
3 Jun 2020 · decided 29 May 2020
Decision
Grant permission on 29 May 2020
Proposed development
The development consists of the following: The demolition of all 3 no. 2 storey buildings on the subject site (c. 508m2 GFA) and the construction of purpose built professionally managed student accommodation development with 122 no. bed spaces in 17 no. clusters and 15 no. studios. The proposed development consists of a part - 4 storey block with a set back at 4th floor level (over part basement level) fronting onto Upper Drumcondra Road, a 2 storey internal link building and a block to the rear of the site consisting of 5 storeys. The total GFA of the proposed development is c. 3587m2 GFA. Permission is also sought for a management office, reception area, cafe, games room and leisure area, electrical substation and switch room at ground floor level. Laundry, plant, attenuation, storage and bin store areas are contained at basement level and communal areas are provided for residents throughout the development at each floor. Balconies are located on the east and west internal elevations, all facing onto a central landscaped courtyard/amenity space. There are 66 no. bicycle spaces to be provided. Services and fire tender access is also to be provided from Upper Drumcondra Road. Permission is also sought for all ancillary engineering works, hard and soft landscaping and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development. The proposed development is to be used for student accommodation or accommodation related to a Higher Education Institute only during the academic year and student accommodation or accommodation related to a Higher Education Institute or tourist/visitor accommodation only during academic holiday periods
As published by the register.
Site area
1,951 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 307422 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted with conditions 16 Nov 2020
received by the Commission 25 Jun 2020 · inspector's report · board order

Commencement

  • Seven day notice SN0008426DC
    10 May 2023DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, Dublin, Dublin 9, D09 W9H0matched by spatial
  • Seven day notice SN0008427DC
    10 May 2023DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, Dublin, Dublin 9, D09 T6P7matched by spatial
  • Seven day notice SN0008425DC
    10 May 2023DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, Dublin, Dublin 9, D09 V2H1matched by spatial

Zoning at the site

Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M3 — Neighbourhood centre

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.

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

No OPW flood extent nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 12
    Ivy House/Patrick Carthy & Sons Public Bar; post box; Church of St. John the Baptist
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 5
    House - 16th/17th century; Church; Graveyard

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87924). 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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