Speaker Connolly Public House
85 apartments6 storeysSeabren Developments LimitedFirhouse Road and Ballycullen Avenue, South Dublin County Council
Also known as The Speaker Connolly Tavern.
- 13 Feb 2024Received
- 12 Mar 2024Refuse permission
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 12 Mar 2024
- Size
- 85 apartments · up to 6 storeys
- Uses
- residential, apartments, retail, mixed
- Applicant
- Seabren Developments Limited
- Site
- 3,352 m²
The scheme
Seabren Developments Limited proposes the demolition of the Speaker Connolly Public House on Firhouse Road and Ballycullen Avenue. The application seeks to construct 85 residential units in a single block ranging from 5 to 6 storeys in height. The development also includes ground floor commercial units such as a public house, restaurant, cafe, and health care unit.
it involves the demolition of a public house to provide 85 residential units
What the register says
Demolition of the Speaker Connolly Public House including the part single part two storey public house, and ancillary stores and structures (c. 411sqm), on a development site of 0.323 Hectares (overall site area 0.332 Ha). The proposed development with a total gross floor area of c. 8,813 sq.m will consist of 85 residential units and associated balconies for all units in one block ranging in height from 5 to 6 storeys in height over round floor and part basement, comprising: 36 One Bed Apartments, 48 Two Bed Apartments, One Studio Apartment. The development will also consist of non-residential uses at ground floor level (c. 596 sq.m), including: 1 no. Public House (c. 143 sq.m), 1 no. Restaurant (c. 169 sq.m) 1 no. Health Care Unit (c. 91.8 sq.m), 1 no. Cafe (c. 55.4 sq.m) 2 no. Micro Enterprise Units (c. 93.6 sq.m and 43.4 sq.m, respectively). The existing basement will be used as a plant room (c. 110.5 sq.m), Vehicular access to the site will be from the existing vehicular access on Ballycullen Avenue, the proposal works include alterations to the existing access and public footpath, including the provision of enhanced pedestrian infrastructure. The development will also consist of the provision of communal open space (c. 653 sq.m) at podium level and related play areas; public open space (c. 300 sq.m) including hard and soft landscaping, internal access road including a vehicular link between Ballycullen Avenue and the Firhouse Shopping Centre, boundary treatment, street furniture, car parking along the internal access road (11 spaces in total including 1 accessible space), below podium car parking (32 no. spaces in total, including 4 accessible spaces); electric vehicle charging points (9 no of spaces); bicycle parking (155 long stay and 58 short stay spaces); ESB substation, piped infrastructural services and connections to existing public services; ducting; plant; waste management provision; SuDS measures including Green/Blue roofs; stormwater management; signage; public lighting; solar panels as well as telecommunications infrastructure including 18 no. antennas enclosed in 9 no. shrouds and 6 no. transmission dishes, together with all associated equipment and all ancillary site development and excavation works above and below ground
On this list because it is 50 homes or more. Name and summary derived from the register record on 22 Sept 2026; the facts are the council's.
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