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South Dublin County Council · SD078/0006

Firhouse Road, Dublin 24

  1. 2 Apr 2007Received
  2. 11 Jun 2007Part 8 approved by council
Status
Granted
Decision
Part 8 approved by council · 11 Jun 2007
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
Application Under Part 8
Site
28.98 ha
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What’s proposed

Quality Bus Corridor Phase 2: The Firhouse Road Quality Bus Corridor Phase 2 forms part of the QBC Network linking Tallaght to Firhouse Road and Ballycullen Road, and linking back to the Tallaght QBC at Templeogue Bridge. The scheme consists of 2.0 km of QBC with 3.5m wide bus lane in one direction along most of the route between the junctions with Old Bawn Road and Ballycullen Road, and is designed to be implemented in conjunction with the Firhouse Road Realignment Scheme which is currently under construction. The sections of bus lane are proposed as follows: westbound: c.1km between Old Bawn Road junction and Ballycullen Avenue and eastbound: c.1km between Ballycullen Avenue and Ballycullen Road Junction

SD078/0006 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for quality Bus Corridor Phase 2: The Firhouse Road Quality Bus Corridor Phase 2 forms part, received on 2 Apr 2007; permission was granted on 11 Jun 2007.

Planning details

Reference
SD078/0006
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Granted · register status “Unregistered application”
Received
2 Apr 2007
Observations close
8 May 2007 (closed 7075 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Part 8 approved by council on 11 Jun 2007
Proposed development
Quality Bus Corridor Phase 2: The Firhouse Road Quality Bus Corridor Phase 2 forms part of the QBC Network linking Tallaght to Firhouse Road and Ballycullen Road, and linking back to the Tallaght QBC at Templeogue Bridge. The scheme consists of 2.0 km of QBC with 3.5m wide bus lane in one direction along most of the route between the junctions with Old Bawn Road and Ballycullen Road, and is designed to be implemented in conjunction with the Firhouse Road Realignment Scheme which is currently under construction. The sections of bus lane are proposed as follows: westbound: c.1km between Old Bawn Road junction and Ballycullen Avenue and eastbound: c.1km between Ballycullen Avenue and Ballycullen Road Junction
As published by the register.
Site area
28.98 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    G1 — Open space with recreation

    OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities

    Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

    G3 — High amenity

    HA-DV: To protect and enhance the outstanding character and amenity of the Dodder Valley

    Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

    M3 — Neighbourhood centre

    LC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Local Centres

    A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.

    R2 — Existing residential

    RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity

    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.

    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
      Dodder Valley
    • NIAH-recorded building · 15
      Knocklyon Cross; Sally Park; Tymon South House
    • Radon risk area · 3
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 14
      Enclosure; Castle - tower house; Bridge

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 122096). 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. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/32372.

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