Lidl Drumcondra Store, 25/27, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Decided on appeal: granted.
- 1 Aug 2025Received
- 25 Sept 2025Refuse retention permission
- 14 Oct 2025Appealed
- 5 Feb 2026Appeal: Approved
- 5 Feb 2026Final approval
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Refuse retention permission · 25 Sept 2025
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Retention Permission
- Site
- 2,677 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 500068 · Approved
What’s proposed
RETENTION: We, Phoenix Tower Ireland III Limited are applying for Retention Permission to retain 17 no. antennas (3 no. 2.1m antennas, 6 no. 2m Antenna, 5 no. 0.5m Antenna, & 3 no. 0.7m Antenna) and 2 no. 0.3m transmission dishes on separate ballast mounted supporting poles together with 3 no. equipment cabinets, radio equipment, cabling and associated site works all located on the rooftop Lidl Drumcondra Store, 25/27 Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB2808/25
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 1 Aug 2025
- Decision due
- 25 Sept 2025 · decided 25 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Refuse retention permission on 25 Sept 2025
- Site area
- 2,677 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Phoenix Tower Ireland III Limited council register
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- Open155 Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 V1W1
- Open6 Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 H6K8
- Open40 O'Daly Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 EY47
- Open60, Tolka Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3, D03 W967
- Withdrawn60 Tolka Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3, D03W967
- Open12A, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn155, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn12 A Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 09, D09 PX54
Show all 44
- Open44, Home Farm Park, Home Park Road, Dublin 9, D09 R2K0
- Open43 Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.
- Awaiting decisionlands at the former carmelite convent of the incarnation (protected structure ref. 3238), hampton, grace park road and griffith avenue, drumcondra, dublin 9
- Awaiting decision132_134, Kennedys Public House, Lower Drumcondra Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Awaiting decision14 Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09K6C1
- Withdrawn14, Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9
- Awaiting decision42, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 R1X0
- Granted224, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N8R6
- Granted36, Home Farm Road, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn224 Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N8R6
- Awaiting decision233 Richmond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3, D03 ED39
- WithdrawnLands at the former Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation (PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF. 3238),Hampton, Grace Park Road and Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- WithdrawnLANDS AT THE FORMER CARMELITE CONVENT OF THE INCARNATION (PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF. 3238), HAMPTON, GRACE PARK ROAD AND GRIFFITH AVENUE, DRUMCONDRA, DUBLIN 9
- Withdrawn36 Home Farm Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 09, D09K2E6
- WithdrawnLANDS AT THE FORMER CARMELITE CONVENT OF THE INCARNATION (PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF. 3238), HAMPTON, GRACE PARK ROAD AND GRIFFITH AVENUE, DRUMCONDRA, DUBLIN 9
- WithdrawnLANDS AT THE FORMER CARMELITE CONVENT OF THE INCARNATION (PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF. 3238), HAMPTON, GRACE PARK ROAD AND GRIFFITH AVENUE, DRUMCONDRA, DUBLIN 9
- Withdrawn21 Homefarm Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 H6T1
- Awaiting decision43 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn43 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- GrantedNo. 12, Clare Road, Dublin 9
- Granted17, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 T9P1
- Withdrawn17, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Appealed47, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 A8P0
- Appealed37, Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn37 Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9, Dublin 9, D09 Y2N9
- Commenced85, Walsh Road, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn85, Walsh Road, Dublin 9
- Appeal decidedRear of 45A, Home Farm Road and Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 V065
- Withdrawn45A Home Farm Road and Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- WithdrawnRear of 45a Home Farm Road and Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 VO65
- Awaiting decision11 Millmount Place, Dublin 9, D09T3H0
- Withdrawn11, Millmount Place, Dublin 9
- Granted11 Valentia Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn11 Valentia Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn11, Millmount Place, Dublin 9
- Commenced21 Church Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 A4T2
- Withdrawn21 Church Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 09, D09A4T2
- Granted71, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Granted77, Home Farm Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9,D09 XE44
- CommencedGraceland 35 Clonturk Park, Dublin 9
- Granted44, Home Farm Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced25 Richmond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn44 Home Farm Park, Drumcondra, Dublin, D09R2K0
- Appeal decided2A Ormond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09EH60 with entrance off the existing access lane from Ormond
- Withdrawn2A Ormond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09EH60
- Commenced69 Hardiman Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 X9X9
- Granted9 Millmount Place, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 K3C2
- Withdrawn9, Millmount Place, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced6 Sherkin Gardens, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- GrantedCorpus Christi G.N.S., Home Farm Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 K270
- Appeal decided44, Home Farm Road, Dublin 9
- Commenced6, Millmount Terrace, Drummcondra, Dublin 9, D09 E0E3
- Granted24, Home Farm Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 F8C9
- Withdrawn4, Bantry Road, Drumcondra , Dublin 9
- CommencedLands at the former Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation, Hampton, Grace Park Road and Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn24, Home Farm Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced31 Hardiman Road, Drumcondra Dublin 9, D09VY73
- Granted56, Home Farm Road, Dublin 9, D09 K0T8
- Withdrawn2A Ormond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 , D09 EH60
- Commenced24, Arran Road, Dublin 9
- GrantedLands at the former Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation, Hampton, Grace Park Road and Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced21, Valentia Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn21 Valentia Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 RW93
- Granted11 Arran Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 K3V8
- Withdrawn24, Home Farm Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 F8C9
- Withdrawn24, Home Farm Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 F8C9
- Commenced51 Church Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 X4Y8
- Withdrawn24, Home Farm Park, Drumcondara, Dublin 9, D09 F8C9
- Withdrawn51, Church Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn11, Arran Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 K3V8
- Granted101, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 PK31
- Withdrawn101, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Granted28, Arran Road, Dublin 9
- Granted42, Clonturk Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 X9W6
- Granted15, Windele Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 R9W3
- Granted4, Cian Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N5W9
- Withdrawn4 Cian Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N5W9
- Withdrawn42, Clonturk Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Granted110, Home Farm Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn110, Home Farm Road, Dublin 9, D09 K529
- Granted43 Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 R2P1
- Granted12 Sherkin Gardens, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn25/27, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 Y880
- Withdrawn77, Home Farm Road, Dublin 9
- Commenced49, Richmond Road, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn49, Richmond Road, Dublin 3
- CommencedDCU All Hallows College, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced1, Sherkin Gardens, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 K2E9
- Granted84 Upper Drumcondra Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 C2WO
- Withdrawn84, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- GrantedNo. 17 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 K0F2
- WithdrawnDCU All Hallows College, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced12, Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 KN70
- Granted15, The Village, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced16, Home Farm Park, Dublin 9
- Granted25-27 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 TY76
- Withdrawn15 The Village, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09H5P9
- Appeal decided20 Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09X9Y6
- Commenced4, Bantry Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced5 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09R2T8
- CommencedDrumcondra Church, Church Ave, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 VE04
- Withdrawn20 Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. D09X9Y6
- Withdrawn4, Bantry Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn5 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 R2T8
- Withdrawn4, Bantry Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 YH92
- Commenced41, Clonturk Park, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn20 Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. D09X9Y6
- Withdrawn5 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 R2T8
- Commenced29 Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 P7W1
- Commenced12, Sherkin Gardens, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn29, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Granted218, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9
- Granted65, Walsh Road, Dublin 9, D09 N4A6
- Appeal decided27, Hardiman Road, Dublin 9
- Commenced6, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn6, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced18, Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 K0W7
- Granted28, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 R6H6
- Commenced260, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09H7X6
- Withdrawn109, Church Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 R5R3
- Commenced37, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 R7P8
- Granted6, O'Neachtain Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 A9F3
- Granted1, Wellpark Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N2W8
- Withdrawn6, O'Neachtain Road, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn37, Ferguson Road, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn67, Hardiman Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 V4H5
- Commenced30, Ormond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 W6T3
- Commenced17, Clare Road, Dublin 9, D09KOF2
- Commenced23, Valentia Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 XYF8
- Granted29, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 P7W1
- CommencedDominican Convent, 204 Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9
- Commenced57 Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 RH70
- Granted28 Joyce Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 P273
- Withdrawn57 Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 RH70
- Withdrawn23, Valentia Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 XYF8
- Appeal decidedLands at the Former Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation, Hampton, Grace Park Road, and Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Appeal decided5, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 R2T8
- Commenced13, Wellpark Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn5, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 R278
- Withdrawn13, Wellpark Avenue, Dublin 9 D09 Y2W1
- Commenced47, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn47, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn5, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 R2T8
- Granted62 Clonturk Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- CommencedGrace Park Wood, St. Joseph's, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced37, Clare Road, Drumconda, Dublin 9, D09 X3X5
- Appeal decidedGym at Units 1, 2 and 3B Whitehall Works, Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9
- Appeal decided215, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced212, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- WithdrawnGym at Units 1, 2 and 3B, Whitehall Works, Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9
- Commenced20, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Refused46, Drumcondra Road Upper (rear), Dublin 9
- Commenced33 Clare Road, Druncondra. Dublin 9
- Withdrawn46 Drumcondra Road Upper (rear), Dublin 9, D09 C5Y3
- Commenced235, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, D09 Y1X9
- Withdrawn20 Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Granted67 Hardiman Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 V4H5
- Withdrawn67, Hardiman Road, Drumcondra , Dublin 9, D09V4H5
- Commenced37, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 Y5R9
- Withdrawn20, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- RefusedGym at Unit 1, 2 & 3B Whitehall Works, Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9
- WithdrawnUnits 1, 2 and 3B, Whitehall Works, Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn46, Drumcondra Road Upper (rear), Dublin 9
- CommencedGrace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 WK0H, within the curtilage of a protected structure and "St. Joseph's"
- Withdrawn"St Joseph's", Grace Park Road, Dublin 9, D09 WK0H
- Granted45, Clonturk Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Granted49 Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 E2Y7
- CommencedLands at the former Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation, Hampton, Grace Park Road and Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn49 Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 E2Y7
- Withdrawn52, Joyce Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 X7W2.
- Withdrawn52, Joyce Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 X7W2
- Withdrawn46 Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9, D09 C5Y3.
- Commenced129, Ferguson Road, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn52, Joyce Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 X7W2
- Commenced19, Arran Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 D09 K2W6
- Withdrawn129, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced8, Windele Road, Dublin 9
- Withdrawn8, Windele Road, Dublin 9
- Granted20, Ferguson Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced6, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 F8X5
- Commenced219, Griffith Avenue, Whitehall, Dublin 9, D09 N6X9
- Commenced41, Walsh Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced68, Richmond Road, Dublin 3 D03 PH94
- Withdrawn68, Richmond Road, Dublin 3 D03 PH94
- Withdrawn41, Walsh Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
- Commenced11, Clare Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Homes nearby
- For saleApartment 6, Clonturk Court, Clonturk Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 EY80
- For sale15 College View, All Hallows, Drumcondra, D09 TW58
- For sale24 Church View, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 WF84
- For sale45 Home Farm Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 Y6R3
- For saleApartment 3, College View, All Hallows, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 EP65
- For saleApartment No. 2 All Hallows Green, Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 N7P2
Development land nearby
- Permission running out · 1614 homes granted 04 Nov 2021, expires 04 Nov 2026 — Holy Cross College (0.8 km)
- Permitted, not started · 46 homes granted 13 May 2025, expires 13 May 2030 — Turnpike Lane Development (0.9 km)
- Council selling land — Land to the rear of 144 Home Farm Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 (0.2 km)
- Residential land off Drumcondra Road Upper, Dublin 9 (0.1 km)
- Residential land off All Hallows Square, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9 (0.1 km)
Appeal
Zoning
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
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.
Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.
Protections nearby 250 m
- NIAH-recorded building · 13
- Recorded monument · 5
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary
WEB2808/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for RETENTION: We, Phoenix Tower Ireland III Limited are applying for Retention Permission, received on 1 Aug 2025; permission was refused on 25 Sept 2025.