The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
- 22 Aug 2022Received
- 14 Oct 2022Refuse permission
- 10 Nov 2022Appealed
- 29 Feb 2024Appeal: Granted with conditions
- 29 Feb 2024Final grant
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 14 Oct 2022
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 1,934 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 315080 · Granted with conditions
What’s proposed
Planning Permission 1) to demolish an existing 2-storey building containing a bar, restaurant, bookmakers and takeaway and 2) for the construction of a new commercial/residential mixed use development, consisting of a 5-storey over part-basement structure containing 240 sq.m hospitality/commercial unit at ground level with a 142 sq.m basement, a 140 sq.m retail unit also at ground floor level, 48 no. apartments over 4 storeys, with balconies (3 no. 3-bed, 31 no. 2-bed, 14 no. 1-bed units), public and communal open space at first floor plaza level, communal open space at fourth floor level, pedestrian access at Main Street and Ballygall Road, a total of 31 car parking spaces and 106 bicycle parking spaces at ground level, vehicular access from Main Street and vehicular exit onto Ballygall Road, waste storage, ancillary site development works, associated services and landscaping, all at The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, adjacent to a protected structure (RPS no. 4850 in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022)
4704/22 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning Permission 1) to demolish an existing 2-storey building containing a bar, received on 22 Aug 2022; permission was refused on 14 Oct 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 4704/22
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 22 Aug 2022
- Observations close
- 26 Sept 2022 (closed 1449 days ago)
- Decision due
- 14 Oct 2022 · decided 14 Oct 2022
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 14 Oct 2022
- Proposed development
- Planning Permission 1) to demolish an existing 2-storey building containing a bar, restaurant, bookmakers and takeaway and 2) for the construction of a new commercial/residential mixed use development, consisting of a 5-storey over part-basement structure containing 240 sq.m hospitality/commercial unit at ground level with a 142 sq.m basement, a 140 sq.m retail unit also at ground floor level, 48 no. apartments over 4 storeys, with balconies (3 no. 3-bed, 31 no. 2-bed, 14 no. 1-bed units), public and communal open space at first floor plaza level, communal open space at fourth floor level, pedestrian access at Main Street and Ballygall Road, a total of 31 car parking spaces and 106 bicycle parking spaces at ground level, vehicular access from Main Street and vehicular exit onto Ballygall Road, waste storage, ancillary site development works, associated services and landscaping, all at The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, adjacent to a protected structure (RPS no. 4850 in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022)As published by the register.
- Site area
- 1,934 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
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
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
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 3
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 10
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86487). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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