Kennelsfort Road Lower, Palmerstown, Dublin 20
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SHD3ABP-302521-18 is a planning application for shd3-application to abp at Kennelsfort Road Lower, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, received by South Dublin County Council on 7 Sept 2018 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Residential development consisting of 303 apartment units with ancillary facilities including gym, community/recreational rooms and crèche. The demolition of all existing structures on site and the construction of a residential and mixed-use development of 303 apartments (26 studios, 125 1-beds, 133 2-beds, and 19 3-beds) with a crèche facility, a gym, a community/sports hall, a concierge office, and a community room, in 2 no. blocks, to be provided as follows: Block A containing a total of 191 apartments comprising of 19 studios, 102 1-beds, 61 2-beds, and 9 3-beds, in a building ranging from 6-8 storeys over basement, with 2 communal roof gardens (1 at sixth floor level and 1 at seventh floor level), and all apartments provided with private balconies/terraces; Block B containing a total of 112 apartments comprising of 7 studios, 23 1-beds, 72 2-beds, and 10 3-beds, in a building ranging from 4-8 storeys over basement, with 2 communal roof gardens (1 at sixth floor level and 1 at seventh floor level), and all apartments provided with private balconies/terraces; Block B also provides a crèche facility, a gym, a concierge office, and a community room at ground floor level (with mezzanine level within the gym and community room) and a community/sports hall at basement level. The development also includes the construction of a basement providing 269 car parking spaces, 22 motorcycle spaces, 262 bicycle spaces, and a plant room and bin stores. The proposal also incorporates 5 car parking spaces and 44 bicycle spaces at surface level; upgrades and modifications to the vehicular access onto Kennelsfort Road Lower; 1 ESB sub-station; landscaping including upgrades to public realm; public lighting; boundary treatments; and all associated engineering and site works necessary to facilitate the development. The council refused permission on 17 Dec 2018. The five-week observation window closed on 12 Oct 2018. The site is zoned M2 — major town centre under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 303 units. Within 500 m there are 59 other decided applications in the last five years and 10 appeals.
Proposal
Residential development consisting of 303 apartment units with ancillary facilities including gym, community/recreational rooms and crèche. The demolition of all existing structures on site and the construction of a residential and mixed-use development of 303 apartments (26 studios, 125 1-beds, 133 2-beds, and 19 3-beds) with a crèche facility, a gym, a community/sports hall, a concierge office, and a community room, in 2 no. blocks, to be provided as follows: Block A containing a total of 191 apartments comprising of 19 studios, 102 1-beds, 61 2-beds, and 9 3-beds, in a building ranging from 6-8 storeys over basement, with 2 communal roof gardens (1 at sixth floor level and 1 at seventh floor level), and all apartments provided with private balconies/terraces; Block B containing a total of 112 apartments comprising of 7 studios, 23 1-beds, 72 2-beds, and 10 3-beds, in a building ranging from 4-8 storeys over basement, with 2 communal roof gardens (1 at sixth floor level and 1 at seventh floor level), and all apartments provided with private balconies/terraces; Block B also provides a crèche facility, a gym, a concierge office, and a community room at ground floor level (with mezzanine level within the gym and community room) and a community/sports hall at basement level. The development also includes the construction of a basement providing 269 car parking spaces, 22 motorcycle spaces, 262 bicycle spaces, and a plant room and bin stores. The proposal also incorporates 5 car parking spaces and 44 bicycle spaces at surface level; upgrades and modifications to the vehicular access onto Kennelsfort Road Lower; 1 ESB sub-station; landscaping including upgrades to public realm; public lighting; boundary treatments; and all associated engineering and site works necessary to facilitate the development.
- Status
- —
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 17 Dec 2018
- Units
- 303
- Site (from polygon)
- 1.27 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 7 Sept 2018New applicationObservation window closed 12 Oct 2018
- 17 Dec 2018DecisionAppeal window closed 23 Jan 2019
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
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 · 6
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 118949). 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/54849.
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