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Dublin City Council · WEB1660/26

Unit 3 Botanic Business Centre, Botanic Road, Dublin 9, (bounded by Iona Crescent to the east and Former John Player's Factory to the west [Protected Structure])

  1. 20 Mar 2026Received
  2. 24 Mar 2026Application declared invalid
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Application declared invalid · 24 Mar 2026
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
1,733 m²

What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, Botanic Business Centre Unlimited Company, intend to apply for permission for development at Unit 3 Botanic Business Centre, Botanic Road, Dublin 9, D09 TV05 (bounded by Iona Crescent to the east; and Former John Player's Factory to the west [Protected Structure]). The development will consist of the proposed change of use of this single storey light industrial/warehouse unit with ancillary offices at ground floor level and stores at mezzanine level to a car storage facility with ancillary offices at ground floor level (the stair access to the existing mezzanine level will be closed/blocked off); internal modifications to facilitate this use including upgrade works to provide additional office rooms, meeting room, and staff facilities including kitchen, showers, locker and changing rooms; proposed widening and associated upgrade works to the unit's existing external northwestern access ramp; 9 no. proposed external bicycle spaces to the immediate south of the unit (i.e. 4 no. covered Sheffield stands and 1 no. cargo bicycle space); reconfiguration of the existing southeastern car parking spaces to include 1 no. EV charging space and widening of 1 no. existing car parking space to provide 1 no. EV charging/accessibility space; and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development. Planning permission for this change of use is being sought for a temporary period of 7 years

WEB1660/26 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for pROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, Botanic Business Centre Unlimited Company, intend to apply for, received on 20 Mar 2026; the council declared it invalid on 24 Mar 2026.

Planning details

Reference
WEB1660/26
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Decision Notice Issued
Received
20 Mar 2026
Observations close
24 Apr 2026 (closed 143 days ago)
Decision due
14 May 2026 · decided 24 Mar 2026
Decision
Application declared invalid on 24 Mar 2026
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, Botanic Business Centre Unlimited Company, intend to apply for permission for development at Unit 3 Botanic Business Centre, Botanic Road, Dublin 9, D09 TV05 (bounded by Iona Crescent to the east; and Former John Player's Factory to the west [Protected Structure]). The development will consist of the proposed change of use of this single storey light industrial/warehouse unit with ancillary offices at ground floor level and stores at mezzanine level to a car storage facility with ancillary offices at ground floor level (the stair access to the existing mezzanine level will be closed/blocked off); internal modifications to facilitate this use including upgrade works to provide additional office rooms, meeting room, and staff facilities including kitchen, showers, locker and changing rooms; proposed widening and associated upgrade works to the unit's existing external northwestern access ramp; 9 no. proposed external bicycle spaces to the immediate south of the unit (i.e. 4 no. covered Sheffield stands and 1 no. cargo bicycle space); reconfiguration of the existing southeastern car parking spaces to include 1 no. EV charging space and widening of 1 no. existing car parking space to provide 1 no. EV charging/accessibility space; and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development. Planning permission for this change of use is being sought for a temporary period of 7 years
As published by the register.
Site area
1,733 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

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Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    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.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 3
      Lithographic Web Press Limited; Lithographic Web Press Limited (Bray); Rentsch Dublin Limited
    • NIAH-recorded building · 2
      gates/railings/walls; factory
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 2
      Ritual site - holy well; R149648

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86552). 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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