Site north and south of and including the Camac River, that includes No. 6 Kilmainham Lane and adjacent lands and the former Irish Cone and Wafer factory, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
- 3 Jun 2025Received
- 25 Jul 2025Refuse permission
- 20 Aug 2025Appealed
- 13 Jan 2026Appeal: Refused
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 25 Jul 2025
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Units
- 65
- Site
- 2,485 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 323444 · Refused
What’s proposed
We, Halexmain Enterprises Ltd, intend to apply for planning permission for the development at the site north and south of and including the Camac River, that includes No. 6 Kilmainham Lane and adjacent lands and the former Irish Cone and Wafer factory, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. The proposed development will consist of the following: a) Demolition of the existing two storey dwelling, two sheds and the Irish Cone and Wafer Factory; b) Construction of a 6-storey residential building (Block A) on the north part of the site, containing a total of 35 No. apartments comprising of 13No. 1-Bed Apartments, 12 No. 2-Bed Apartments, 6 No. 2-Bed Duplex Apartments, 4 No. 3-Bed Duplex Apartments, communal amenity space on fifth floor and roof level and 1no. substation at upper ground floor level; c) Construction of a 7-storey residential building (Block B) on the south part of the site that will reduce to 3-storey to Shannon Terrace side, containing a total of 30 No. apartments comprising of 19No. 1-Bed Apartments, 9 No. 2-Bed Apartments and 2 No. 2-Bed Duplex Apartments; communal amenity spaces on the ground level and third floor level; d) Construction of a pedestrian bridge over the river Camac and of a pedestrian stair located on the north-west side on Kilmainham Lane, to connect the two parts of the site. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the development will be served through Kilmainham Lane and Shannon Terrace. All with associated site works, bicycle store, bin store, landscaping, public open space, communal open space and services
WEB2243/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for we, Halexmain Enterprises Ltd, intend to apply for planning permission for the, received on 3 Jun 2025; permission was refused on 25 Jul 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB2243/25
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 3 Jun 2025
- Observations close
- 8 Jul 2025 (closed 433 days ago)
- Decision due
- 28 Jul 2025 · decided 25 Jul 2025
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 25 Jul 2025
- Proposed development
- We, Halexmain Enterprises Ltd, intend to apply for planning permission for the development at the site north and south of and including the Camac River, that includes No. 6 Kilmainham Lane and adjacent lands and the former Irish Cone and Wafer factory, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. The proposed development will consist of the following: a) Demolition of the existing two storey dwelling, two sheds and the Irish Cone and Wafer Factory; b) Construction of a 6-storey residential building (Block A) on the north part of the site, containing a total of 35 No. apartments comprising of 13No. 1-Bed Apartments, 12 No. 2-Bed Apartments, 6 No. 2-Bed Duplex Apartments, 4 No. 3-Bed Duplex Apartments, communal amenity space on fifth floor and roof level and 1no. substation at upper ground floor level; c) Construction of a 7-storey residential building (Block B) on the south part of the site that will reduce to 3-storey to Shannon Terrace side, containing a total of 30 No. apartments comprising of 19No. 1-Bed Apartments, 9 No. 2-Bed Apartments and 2 No. 2-Bed Duplex Apartments; communal amenity spaces on the ground level and third floor level; d) Construction of a pedestrian bridge over the river Camac and of a pedestrian stair located on the north-west side on Kilmainham Lane, to connect the two parts of the site. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the development will be served through Kilmainham Lane and Shannon Terrace. All with associated site works, bicycle store, bin store, landscaping, public open space, communal open space and servicesAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2,485 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
Full planning report for 53.34139, -6.30275
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z11: Waterways Protection: To protect and improve canal, coastal and river amenities.
Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
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 · 11
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 13
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87872). 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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