Lands adjacent to Foxhunter Pub, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin
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SD20A/0259 is a planning application for permission at Lands adjacent to Foxhunter Pub, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 15 Oct 2020 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: (a) Formation of a new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian entrance off Hermitage Gardens to the west of the site and two pedestrian/cycle entrances to the north of the site off the N4; (b) construction of a semi-basemen/full basement car park for 97 cars, bin and bicycle storage and plantrooms, with two-way access ramp; (c) construction of a 1.2m high (approximately) raised podium over the car park area; (d) a four-storey above podium apartment block containing 15 apartments; (e) a three-storey apartment block (A) containing 21 apartments and a 15.12sq.m substation at ground floor; (f) a three-storey apartment block (B) containing 21 apartments; (g) a twenty storey above podium apartment building containing 104 apartments, entrance lobby, communal facilities including work stations, meeting rooms, laundry and office and external podium level terrace; (h) 328 bicycle parking places dispersed throughout, underground rainwater retention tanks; hard and soft landscaping, including planted communal gardens and play areas; pedestrian and cycle access/egress only will be retained off the N4; the mix of the apartments will be as follows: 37 studio apartments, 42 1-bed apartments, 8 2-bedroom (3 person) apartments, 70 2-bedroom (4 person) apartments, 4 3-bed apartments; total number of apartments proposed is 161; 67% of the apartments will be dual aspect and all will have balconies or private open space; all buildings will have roof plantrooms, green roofs and photovoltaic panels. The council refused permission on 9 Dec 2020. The five-week observation window closed on 19 Nov 2020. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 309196 on 21 Feb 2022 (refuse). The site is zoned C1.2 — retail warehousing under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 161 units. Within 500 m there are 36 other decided applications in the last five years and 2 appeals.
Proposal
(a) Formation of a new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian entrance off Hermitage Gardens to the west of the site and two pedestrian/cycle entrances to the north of the site off the N4; (b) construction of a semi-basemen/full basement car park for 97 cars, bin and bicycle storage and plantrooms, with two-way access ramp; (c) construction of a 1.2m high (approximately) raised podium over the car park area; (d) a four-storey above podium apartment block containing 15 apartments; (e) a three-storey apartment block (A) containing 21 apartments and a 15.12sq.m substation at ground floor; (f) a three-storey apartment block (B) containing 21 apartments; (g) a twenty storey above podium apartment building containing 104 apartments, entrance lobby, communal facilities including work stations, meeting rooms, laundry and office and external podium level terrace; (h) 328 bicycle parking places dispersed throughout, underground rainwater retention tanks; hard and soft landscaping, including planted communal gardens and play areas; pedestrian and cycle access/egress only will be retained off the N4; the mix of the apartments will be as follows: 37 studio apartments, 42 1-bed apartments, 8 2-bedroom (3 person) apartments, 70 2-bedroom (4 person) apartments, 4 3-bed apartments; total number of apartments proposed is 161; 67% of the apartments will be dual aspect and all will have balconies or private open space; all buildings will have roof plantrooms, green roofs and photovoltaic panels.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 9 Dec 2020
- Permission expires
- 12 Jul 2021
- Units
- 161
- Floor area
- 1.41 ha
- Site (from polygon)
- 6,427 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 15 Oct 2020New applicationObservation window closed 19 Nov 2020
- 9 Dec 2020DecisionAppeal window closed 15 Jan 2021
- 13 Jan 2021Appeal lodged
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Appeal
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
RW: To provide for and consolidate retail warehousing
Zoned for bulky-goods retail warehousing — large sheds, large car parks.
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.
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 119078). 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/59547.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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