Former Donnybrook Laundry
44 apartments4 storeysPembroke Partnership LtdDonnybrook Road, Dublin City Council
Also known as The Crescent.
- 4 Mar 2019Received
- 22 Aug 2019Grant permission
- 18 Sept 2019Appealed
- 29 Jan 2020Appeal: Granted with conditions
- 29 Jan 2020Final grant
- 7 Mar 2023Commenced
- Status
- Commenced
- Decision
- Grant permission · 22 Aug 2019
- Size
- 44 apartments · up to 4 storeys
- Uses
- residential, apartments
- Applicant
- Pembroke Partnership Ltd
- Site
- 2,608 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 305475 · Granted with conditions
- On site
- Commencement notice CN0098264DC · 7 Mar 2023
Building progress as the Dublin councils report it, Q2 2025
48 homes permitted; building has not started (Q2 2025).
completed · under construction · not started · 4 houses and 44 apartments permitted
The scheme
Pembroke Partnership Ltd proposes a residential development at the site of the former Donnybrook Laundry and No. 17 The Crescent in Dublin 4. The scheme involves the construction of three new blocks and the refurbishment of an existing building to provide 44 apartments. The project includes basement parking, a roof garden, and associated site works while retaining a protected chimney stack.
it involves the redevelopment of a protected structure site
What the register says
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development on a site of approximately 0.26 hectares at the site of the former Donnybrook Laundry at the Crescent, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 R856 and No. 17 The Crescent, Donnybrook Road, Dublin 4, D04 A6Y7. (A Protected Structure is located within the site: a chimney stack (RPS Ref. 8713) under the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022). The site is principally bounded by: the residential development 'Donnybrook Manor' and other terrace dwellings to the north; 'The Crescent' laneway (formerly known as Church Lane) a graveyard and Donnybrook Garda Station to the east; and by the lands associated with St. Mary's Convent to the south and west. The development will consist of the demolition of structures on site (1.166 sq.m gross floor area) other than: the chimney stack (Protected Structure RPS 8713; a two-storey building located at the south-eastern corner of the site identified as Building 03 on the Architects' drawings) (390 sq. m gross floor area); and No. 17 The Crescent, Donnybrook Road, Dublin 4, D04 A6Y7 (an existing two-storey terraced dwelling) (115 sq.m gross floor area). The development will also consist of the construction of a residential scheme arranged in 3 No. new three-four storey blocks with habitable attic accommodation (identified at Buildings 01, 02 and 04 on the Architects' drawings (3,966 sq.m gross floor area) over basement (1,910 sq. m) and within the refurbished and adapted existing Building 03 (659 sq.m gross floor area) (with interventions to Building 03 including: provision of openings within the eastern, southern and western elevations to provide new windows and access points; and provision of a new roof) providing 44 no. apartments (comprising 11 no. one-bedroom apartments, 27 no. two-bedroom apartments, 5 no. two-bedroom duplex apartments and 1 no. three-bedroom duplex apartment). The proposed development will also consist of the provision of: ancillary floor areas over all floor levels (ancillary space includes areas such as circulation cores (lifts and stairs) and plant areas throughout the building, etc.); a central atrium (including circulation areas at all floor levels) with a glazed roof; a roof garden on Building 02 (153 sq.m); private (including terraces and balconies), communal and public open space areas; residents' storage facilities; waste storage facilities; vehicular and pedestrian access / egress and associated circulation routes (including a ramp to basement level; 46 no. car parking spaces (including 3 no. accessible spaces) at basement level; 80 no. bicycle spaces; 2 no. motorbike spaces; electric vehicle changing points; an ESB substation and switchroom; boundary treatments (including sections of new boundary wall); the widening and improvement of the existing vehicular entrance to the property from The Crescent; revised car parking arrangement and landscape design to the front of No. 17 The Crescent; provision of artwork; lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; the provision of Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDs); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including changes in level and associated retaining features, boundary treatment and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply)
On this list because it is 20 homes or more on the Dublin councils' housing pipeline. Name and summary derived from the register record on 27 Sept 2026; the facts are the council's.
Planning timeline 6 steps
- 3 Apr 2019Application lodged — Standard
- 22 Aug 2019Council decision — Grant
- 24 Sept 2019Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála — ABP-305475-20
- 29 Jan 2020Commission decision — Granted
- 29 Jan 2020Final grant of permission
- 13 Mar 2025Permission expires (estimate) — Estimated permission expiry
The site 2,608 m²
Boundary of Former Donnybrook Laundry as the Dublin councils map it in the housing pipeline.
Planning applications inside the site 4 applications in the last 10 years
Appeals inside the site 1 with An Coimisiún Pleanála
Full planning report for 53.32106, -6.23663
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
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