Junction of Grangegorman Upper/Lower and Rathdown Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7
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WEB2979/25 is a planning application for permission at Junction of Grangegorman Upper/Lower and Rathdown Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7, received by Dublin City Council on 28 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The proposed development will consist of permanent works to the Grangegorman Upper, Grangegorman Lower and Rathdown Road junction and roadway. These works are similar to that previous permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 2834/18; ABP Ref. 302066 and will make permanent the interim measures put in place under GSDZ2835/18 at this location and comprise: 1. The permanent removal of existing one-way left turn slip lane from Grangegorman Lower to Grangegorman Upper; realignment of the T-junction with Rathdown Road / Grangegorman Lower; new raised table with 2 no. pedestrian crossings on Grangegorman Upper and associated new road surface treatment and road marking; provision of a new speed ramp on Grangegorman Lower north of Ivy Avenue and the replacement of an existing speed ramp on Rathdown Road. 2. The development also includes permanent removal of parking areas previously within the junction and creation of a new public space with 2 no. parking spaces for accessible vehicles, bicycle parking spaces and all associated landscape and site works (including surface treatment, bollards, demountable bollards, lighting and feature trees and planted areas). 3. All development shall take place within a total area of c. 2,170 sq.m and is located adjacent to the existing Grangegorman boundary wall (a Protected Structure). The council granted permission on 9 Feb 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Oct 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 128 other decided applications in the last five years and 12 appeals.
Proposal
The proposed development will consist of permanent works to the Grangegorman Upper, Grangegorman Lower and Rathdown Road junction and roadway. These works are similar to that previous permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 2834/18; ABP Ref. 302066 and will make permanent the interim measures put in place under GSDZ2835/18 at this location and comprise: 1. The permanent removal of existing one-way left turn slip lane from Grangegorman Lower to Grangegorman Upper; realignment of the T-junction with Rathdown Road / Grangegorman Lower; new raised table with 2 no. pedestrian crossings on Grangegorman Upper and associated new road surface treatment and road marking; provision of a new speed ramp on Grangegorman Lower north of Ivy Avenue and the replacement of an existing speed ramp on Rathdown Road. 2. The development also includes permanent removal of parking areas previously within the junction and creation of a new public space with 2 no. parking spaces for accessible vehicles, bicycle parking spaces and all associated landscape and site works (including surface treatment, bollards, demountable bollards, lighting and feature trees and planted areas). 3. All development shall take place within a total area of c. 2,170 sq.m and is located adjacent to the existing Grangegorman boundary wall (a Protected Structure).
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Grant permission on 9 Feb 2026
- Final grant
- 19 Mar 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 2,368 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 28 Aug 2025New applicationObservation window closed 2 Oct 2025
- 22 Oct 2025Further information requested
- 13 Jan 2026Further information received
- 9 Feb 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 9 Mar 2026
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z14 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas): To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.
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.
Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs): To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.
A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 33
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87898). 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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