Lidl Drumcondra Store, 25/27, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
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WEB2808/25 is a planning application for retention permission at Lidl Drumcondra Store, 25/27, Drumcondra Road Upper, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, received by Dublin City Council on 1 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council refused permission on 25 Sept 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Sept 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 500068 on 5 Feb 2026 (grant). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 141 other decided applications in the last five years and 13 appeals.
Proposal
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.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Refuse retention permission on 25 Sept 2025
- Final grant
- 5 Feb 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 2,677 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 1 Aug 2025New applicationObservation window closed 5 Sept 2025
- 25 Sept 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 23 Oct 2025
- 15 Oct 2025Appeal lodged

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Appeal
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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.
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.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 13
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 5
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86746). 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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