Mount Carmel Park, Firhouse, Dublin 24
Decided on appeal.
- 11 Nov 2015Received
- 6 Jan 2016Refuse permission
- 2 Feb 2016Appealed
- 2 Jun 2016Appeal: Refused
- 4 Jun 2016Approval runs out
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 6 Jan 2016
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Units
- 72
- Site
- 2.37 ha
- Appeal
- ACP 246101 · Refused
What’s proposed
Residential development consisting of 72 dwelling units including vehicular access from Firhouse Road, all associated site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, 106 car parking spaces, landscaping and public open space, boundary walls and fences, roads, cyclepaths and footpaths all on a site area of appoximately 2.3 hectares. The site is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (RPS reference 284). The development consists of 22 no. 2 storey 2 bed and 3 bed semi-detached houses, 8 corner blocks comprising 24 no. 3 storey 2 bed apartment units with balconies and 8 no. 2 storey 3 bed duplex units and 2 blocks comprising 18 no. 3 storey 1 bed& 2 bed apartments as follows: (a) 18 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (House Type B); (b) 4 no. 2 bed semi-detached houses (House Type A); (c) 24 no. 2 bed corner apartments (Apartment Type 02, 03, 04); (D) 8 no. 3 bed corner duplex units (Apartment Type 01); (e) 6 no. 1 bed apartments (Apartment Type 02); (f) 12 no. 2 bed apartments (Apartment Type 01,03,04). The proposal also includes the provision of approximately 0.7 hectares of land to the north of the subject site boundary to be transferred into public ownership as part of the Dodder Valley public open space. All this on a site adjacent to the Carmel of the Assumption Convent, Firhouse Road and to the west of the residential development at Mount Carmel Park, Dublin 24
Planning details
- Reference
- SD15A/0336
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused · register status “Appeal decided”
- Received
- 11 Nov 2015
- Observations close
- 16 Dec 2015 (closed 3948 days ago)
- Decision due
- 14 Jan 2016 · decided 6 Jan 2016
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 6 Jan 2016
- Proposed development
- Residential development consisting of 72 dwelling units including vehicular access from Firhouse Road, all associated site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, 106 car parking spaces, landscaping and public open space, boundary walls and fences, roads, cyclepaths and footpaths all on a site area of appoximately 2.3 hectares. The site is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (RPS reference 284). The development consists of 22 no. 2 storey 2 bed and 3 bed semi-detached houses, 8 corner blocks comprising 24 no. 3 storey 2 bed apartment units with balconies and 8 no. 2 storey 3 bed duplex units and 2 blocks comprising 18 no. 3 storey 1 bed& 2 bed apartments as follows: (a) 18 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (House Type B); (b) 4 no. 2 bed semi-detached houses (House Type A); (c) 24 no. 2 bed corner apartments (Apartment Type 02, 03, 04); (D) 8 no. 3 bed corner duplex units (Apartment Type 01); (e) 6 no. 1 bed apartments (Apartment Type 02); (f) 12 no. 2 bed apartments (Apartment Type 01,03,04). The proposal also includes the provision of approximately 0.7 hectares of land to the north of the subject site boundary to be transferred into public ownership as part of the Dodder Valley public open space. All this on a site adjacent to the Carmel of the Assumption Convent, Firhouse Road and to the west of the residential development at Mount Carmel Park, Dublin 24As published by the register.
- Site area
- 2.37 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 40 · 500 m · 5 years
- Open75, Monalea Grove, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24 K1W3
- Granted1a, Monalea Park, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- GrantedNo. 2 Firhouse Road and the former Morton’s The Firhouse Inn, Firhouse Road, Dublin 24, The site is also bound by Mount Carmel Park to the east
- Granted8, Monalea Park, Firhouse, D24HF62
- Granted8, Woodlawn Park Drive, Dublin 24, D24 F7PR
- OpenProposed Social and Affordable Mixed Tenure Housing Development, on SDCC land at Castlefield Avenue, Old Knocklyon Road, Dublin 16.
- OpenKnocklyon to Ballyboden Active and Sustainable Travel Scheme
- Appeal decidedLands at Castlefield Avenue, Knocklyon adjoining Mimosa Castlefield Ave, Dublin 16, D16 R2F3
Show all 40
- CommencedSally Park Nursing Home, Sally Park Close, Templeogue, Dublin 24, D24CC90
- Commenced65, Woodlawn Park Drive, Firhouse, D24VH2R
- Withdrawn65, Woodlawn Park Drive, Firhouse, D24 VH2R
- Granted131, Monalea Grove, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24H1K7
- Granted55, Woodlawn Park Avenue, Dublin, D24 ENY0
- Commenced1, Monalea Park, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- Withdrawn84, Monalea Grove, Dublin 24, D24 F2P9
- RefusedLands adjacent to Carmel of the Assumption Convent, Firhouse Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- Granted318, Glenview Lawns, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 RXP3
- Withdrawn84, Monalea Grove, Dublin 24, D24 F2P9
- Granted51, Monalea Wood, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24 R9YN
- WithdrawnLands adjacent to Carmel of the Assumption Convent, Firhouse Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- WithdrawnLands adjacent to Carmel of the Assumption Convent, Firhouse Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- OtherCastlefield Avenue, Old Knocklyon Road, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
- CommencedSt. Bernadette's, Firhouse Road, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24CC9E
- GrantedHillside, Old Knocklyon Road,, Dublin 16, D16X7R8
- Commenced18, Delaford Grove, Dublin 16
- Appeal decidedLands at Castlefield Avenue, Knocklyon adjoining Mimosa Castlefield Avenue, Dublin 16, D16 R2F3
- Granted1, Monalea Park, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- WithdrawnConvent Cottage, Firhouse Road, Dublin 24
- WithdrawnLands at Castlefield Ave, Knocklyon adj. 5 Knocklyon Rd & Mimosa, Castlefield Ave, D16
- Commenced36 Woodlawn Park Drive, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24 TH6D
- CommencedNo. 2 Firhouse Road and the former Morton’s The Firhouse Inn, Firhouse Road, Dublin 24
- Commenced144, Monalea Grove, Dublin 24
- Granted54, Woodlawn Park Drive, Dublin 24
- Commenced5, Delaford Drive, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
- OpenD24 Neighbourhood
- Granted4, Mount Carmel Park, Knocklyon, Dublin 24, D24 RH64
- RefusedMortons, The Firhouse Inn, Firhouse Road, Dublin 24, D24 YYR4
- Granted139, Monalea Grove, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- WithdrawnLands at Castlefield Avenue, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
- GrantedGlenview Lawns, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Homes nearby
- For sale2 Homeville Court, Knocklyon, Dublin 16, D16 Y276
- For saleApartment 32, Tymon Farm, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 RP21
- For sale60 Monalea Grove, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24 VE8A
- For sale78 Woodlawn Park Avenue, Firhouse, Dublin 24
- For sale32 Delaford Drive, Knocklyon, Dublin 16, D16 C9Y2
- For sale12 Knockfield Manor, Knocklyon Road, Knocklyon, Dublin 16, D16 Y6E4
- For sale180 Woodlawn Park Grove, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24 HC9Y
- For sale235 Glenview Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 KRT6
- For sale44 Knocklyon Green, Knocklyon, Dublin 16, D16 KW20
- For sale46 Carrigwood, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24 XK2W
- For sale143 Castle Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 R8PN
- For saleApartment 22, Killininny Court, Firhouse Road, Dublin 24, D24 Y293
Development land nearby
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- Permitted, not started · 100 homes granted 10 Aug 2026, expires 09 Aug 2031 — 2 Firhouse Road and Former Morton's The Firhouse Inn (0.1 km)
- Permitted, not started · 55 homes granted 11 Aug 2025, expires 11 Aug 2030 — Speaker Connolly Tavern (0.7 km)
- Permitted, not started · 11 homes granted 04 May 2018, expires 02 Jul 2031 — Vista Montana (0.8 km)
- Residential land off Mount Carmel Park, Firhouse (0.1 km)
- Public land off Mount Carmel Park, Firhouse Tallaght, Dublin 24 (0.2 km)
Appeal
Zoning
Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Protections nearby 250 m
Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 6
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 3
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary
SD15A/0336 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for residential development consisting of 72 dwelling units including vehicular access from, received on 11 Nov 2015; permission was refused on 6 Jan 2016.