Muldowney's Pub, Main Street, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
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SD22A/0096 is a planning application for permission at Muldowney's Pub, Main Street, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 21 Mar 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Demolition of some of the existing structures on site to include a portion of an existing rubble wall; the rear extension of an existing cottage; existing structures, storerooms, and sheds to the west and north of Muldowney's Pub; the reconfiguration, renovation, and extension of the existing cottages on site to provide for 2 two bedroom units; the reconfiguration and renovation of Muldowney's Pub and storage yard; the construction of 21 residential units within 2 three storey blocks to the rear and side of Muldowney's Pub as follows: Block A will provide 6 one bedroom units, giving a total of 6 apartments in this building; Block B will provide for a mix of 3 one bedroom and 12 two bedroom units, giving a total of 15 units within this Block; private open space will be provided in the form of balconies with communal open space provided in the centre of the site. The development will also include the provision of a pedestrian access from Main Street and a pedestrian and vehicular access via the existing car-park entrance to the rear of Muldowney's Pub; Provision of 32 carparking spaces and 44 bicycle spaces, all ancillary hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, ESB sub-station, signage, bin and bike stores and all engineering and site development works necessary to facilitate the development. The council granted permission on 17 Apr 2023. The five-week observation window closed on 25 Apr 2023. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 317122 on 15 May 2023 (invalid). A commencement notice (CN0132088SD) was lodged on 18 Aug 2025, so works have started on site. The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 21 units. Within 500 m there are 49 other decided applications in the last five years and 6 appeals.
Proposal
Demolition of some of the existing structures on site to include a portion of an existing rubble wall; the rear extension of an existing cottage; existing structures, storerooms, and sheds to the west and north of Muldowney's Pub; the reconfiguration, renovation, and extension of the existing cottages on site to provide for 2 two bedroom units; the reconfiguration and renovation of Muldowney's Pub and storage yard; the construction of 21 residential units within 2 three storey blocks to the rear and side of Muldowney's Pub as follows: Block A will provide 6 one bedroom units, giving a total of 6 apartments in this building; Block B will provide for a mix of 3 one bedroom and 12 two bedroom units, giving a total of 15 units within this Block; private open space will be provided in the form of balconies with communal open space provided in the centre of the site. The development will also include the provision of a pedestrian access from Main Street and a pedestrian and vehicular access via the existing car-park entrance to the rear of Muldowney's Pub; Provision of 32 carparking spaces and 44 bicycle spaces, all ancillary hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, ESB sub-station, signage, bin and bike stores and all engineering and site development works necessary to facilitate the development.
- Status
- Final Grant
- Decision
- Grant permission on 17 Apr 2023
- Final grant
- 23 May 2023
- Units
- 21
- Floor area
- 811 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 5,891 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 30 May 2022Further information requested
- 7 Mar 2023Further information received
- 21 Mar 2023New applicationObservation window closed 25 Apr 2023
- 17 Apr 2023DecisionAppeal window closed 15 May 2023
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Appeal
Commencement
- Commencement notice CN0132088SD
- Commencement notice CN0131449SD
Zoning at the site
OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
VC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
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
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 12
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 7
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 119690). 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/62178.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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