The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
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4704/22 is a planning application for permission at The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, received by Dublin City Council on 22 Aug 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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). The council refused permission on 14 Oct 2022. The five-week observation window closed on 26 Sept 2022. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 315080 on 29 Feb 2024 (grant conditions). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 81 other decided applications in the last five years and 9 appeals.
Proposal
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).
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 14 Oct 2022
- Final grant
- 29 Feb 2024
- Site (from polygon)
- 1,934 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 22 Aug 2022New applicationObservation window closed 26 Sept 2022
- 14 Oct 2022DecisionAppeal window closed 11 Nov 2022
- 16 Nov 2022Appeal lodged
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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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