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Dublin City Council · WEB1156/26

236 - 238 Harold's Cross Road, Dublin D6WRF44

  1. 26 Jan 2026Received
  2. 20 Mar 2026Refuse permission
  3. 15 Apr 2026Appealed
  4. 21 Aug 2026Appeal: Refused
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Status
Appeal decided — refused
Decision
Refuse permission · 20 Mar 2026
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
754 m²
Appeal
ACP 501171 · Refused

What’s proposed

Hermitage Property Group intends to apply for planning permission at 236 - 238 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin D6W RF44. The development will consist of (i) the demolition of the existing Lyster’s Bar, (ii) the construction of a 5-storey new building comprising 40-bed student accommodation with ground floor commercial space, (iii) two external rear bin stores, (iv) external rear bicycle storage for 12 cycles, (v) internal basement cycle store for 40 cycles plus 12 foldable cycles, (vi) hard and soft external rear landscaping, (vii) fourth floor 74 square metre roof terrace, (viii) front and rear facing windows at all levels, (ix) side facing windows at ground to fourth floor of extended rear leg (x) solar panels at roof level, and all associated site works. The site is accessed via Harold's Cross Road and Mountain View Avenue. The development site is attached to buildings south and north facing Harold's Cross road, and north on Mountain View .Avenue

WEB1156/26 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for hermitage Property Group intends to apply for planning permission at 236 - 238 Harold’s, received on 26 Jan 2026; permission was refused on 20 Mar 2026.

Planning details

Reference
WEB1156/26
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Appeal decided — refused · register status “Decision Appealed
Received
26 Jan 2026
Observations close
2 Mar 2026 (closed 196 days ago)
Decision due
20 Mar 2026 · decided 20 Mar 2026
Decision
Refuse permission on 20 Mar 2026
Proposed development
Hermitage Property Group intends to apply for planning permission at 236 - 238 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin D6W RF44. The development will consist of (i) the demolition of the existing Lyster’s Bar, (ii) the construction of a 5-storey new building comprising 40-bed student accommodation with ground floor commercial space, (iii) two external rear bin stores, (iv) external rear bicycle storage for 12 cycles, (v) internal basement cycle store for 40 cycles plus 12 foldable cycles, (vi) hard and soft external rear landscaping, (vii) fourth floor 74 square metre roof terrace, (viii) front and rear facing windows at all levels, (ix) side facing windows at ground to fourth floor of extended rear leg (x) solar panels at roof level, and all associated site works. The site is accessed via Harold's Cross Road and Mountain View Avenue. The development site is attached to buildings south and north facing Harold's Cross road, and north on Mountain View .Avenue
As published by the register.
Site area
754 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
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Appeal

ACP 501171 · Planning Appeal · decided · Refused 21 Aug 2026
received by the Commission 15 Apr 2026 · inspector's report · board order

Commencement

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    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

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 2
      Watercourse; R149494

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 84065). 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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