Lands adjacent to St. Francis of Assisi Church Priorswood and including the former Parochial House, Clonshaugh Avenue, Priorswood, Dublin 17
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WEB1594/26 is a planning application for permission at Lands adjacent to St. Francis of Assisi Church Priorswood and including the former Parochial House, Clonshaugh Avenue, Priorswood, Dublin 17, received by Dublin City Council on 13 Mar 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The application site comprises two separate land parcels consisting generally of a parcel east of St. Francis of Assisi Church, including the former Parochial House, located at the corner of Clonshaugh Avenue and Clonshaugh Drive, and a parcel west of St. Francis of Assisi Church fronting onto Clonshaugh Avenue. The site also includes part of the lands to the north of St. Francis of Assisi Church, which is subject to a concurrent application under WEB1429/26. The development will consist of demolition of the former Parochial House (a habitable house) and associated buildings (approx. 214 sqm in total), all associated site clearance works, and construction of 90 no. 1 bed apartment units in two apartment blocks to provide purpose-built accommodation for Older Persons only. The proposed development comprises of a separate Apartment Block on each of the land parcels either side of St. Francis of Assisi Church, as follows: • Block A is located to the west of the Church and ranges in height from 3 to 5 storeys, and accommodates 44 no. one-bed apartments all with a south or west facing terrace or balcony. A community room of 93 sqm is provided at ground floor level and external communal open space is provided by way of a central courtyard of 394 sqm and a fourth floor roof terrace of 250 sqm. 1 no. accessible car parking space is proposed to the front of Block A accessed via Clonshaugh Avenue. 40 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 16 no. short stay visitor spaces) are proposed to serve Block A. • Block B is located to the east of the Church and ranges in height from 3 to 4 storeys, and accommodates 46 no. 1 bed apartments all with an east or south facing terrace or balcony. Communal open space of 236 sqm at ground floor level and 256 sqm at first floor (podium) level is provided within the central courtyard, with an additional 304 sqm provided as a roof terrace at third floor level. Block B includes a partial undercroft parking area, accessed via a new entrance from Clonshaugh Drive, with 22 no. car parking spaces. 50 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 12 no. short stay visitor spaces) are proposed to serve Block B. The development also provides for refuse bin stores, ESB sub-stations and switch rooms at ground floor, hard- and soft landscaping (including new boundary treatments), underground services (including on lands subject to concurrent application WEB1429/26), and all other associated site development works and services above and below ground. No decision has been made yet; the council's decision is due by 6 Aug 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 17 Apr 2026. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. The scheme is for 90 units. Within 500 m there are 39 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
The application site comprises two separate land parcels consisting generally of a parcel east of St. Francis of Assisi Church, including the former Parochial House, located at the corner of Clonshaugh Avenue and Clonshaugh Drive, and a parcel west of St. Francis of Assisi Church fronting onto Clonshaugh Avenue. The site also includes part of the lands to the north of St. Francis of Assisi Church, which is subject to a concurrent application under WEB1429/26. The development will consist of demolition of the former Parochial House (a habitable house) and associated buildings (approx. 214 sqm in total), all associated site clearance works, and construction of 90 no. 1 bed apartment units in two apartment blocks to provide purpose-built accommodation for Older Persons only. The proposed development comprises of a separate Apartment Block on each of the land parcels either side of St. Francis of Assisi Church, as follows: • Block A is located to the west of the Church and ranges in height from 3 to 5 storeys, and accommodates 44 no. one-bed apartments all with a south or west facing terrace or balcony. A community room of 93 sqm is provided at ground floor level and external communal open space is provided by way of a central courtyard of 394 sqm and a fourth floor roof terrace of 250 sqm. 1 no. accessible car parking space is proposed to the front of Block A accessed via Clonshaugh Avenue. 40 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 16 no. short stay visitor spaces) are proposed to serve Block A. • Block B is located to the east of the Church and ranges in height from 3 to 4 storeys, and accommodates 46 no. 1 bed apartments all with an east or south facing terrace or balcony. Communal open space of 236 sqm at ground floor level and 256 sqm at first floor (podium) level is provided within the central courtyard, with an additional 304 sqm provided as a roof terrace at third floor level. Block B includes a partial undercroft parking area, accessed via a new entrance from Clonshaugh Drive, with 22 no. car parking spaces. 50 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 12 no. short stay visitor spaces) are proposed to serve Block B. The development also provides for refuse bin stores, ESB sub-stations and switch rooms at ground floor, hard- and soft landscaping (including new boundary treatments), underground services (including on lands subject to concurrent application WEB1429/26), and all other associated site development works and services above and below ground.
- Status
- Registered Application
- Decision
- Pending
- Units
- 90
- Site (from polygon)
- 2,827 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 13 Mar 2026New applicationObservation window closed 17 Apr 2026
- 7 May 2026Further information requested
- 10 Jul 2026Further information received
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z3 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z3: Neighbourhood Centres: To provide for and improve neighbourhood 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.
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.
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No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86762). 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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