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Dublin City Council · 3193/22 · Permission

Kestrel House

42 apartments6 storeysDouble E Investments Ltdwith frontage to Cromwellsfort Road and Bunting Road, Dublin City Council

  1. 1 Feb 2022Received
  2. 21 Jun 2022Grant permission
  3. 18 Jul 2022Appealed
  4. 27 Mar 2024Appeal: Granted with conditions
  5. 27 Mar 2024Final grant
Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Grant permission · 21 Jun 2022
Size
42 apartments · up to 6 storeys
Uses
apartments, retail, mixed
Applicant
Double E Investments Ltd
Site
1,552 m²
Appeal
ACP 314103 · Granted with conditions

Building progress as the Dublin councils report it, Q2 2026

42 under construction of 42 permitted homes (Q2 2026).

42
homes proposed
42
homes permitted
42
homes started on site
0
homes completed

completed · under construction · not started · 0 houses and 42 apartments permitted

Quarter by quarter
QuarterPermittedUnder constructionCompletedCompleted share
Q2 202542420
Q3 202542420
Q4 202542420
Q1 202642420
Q2 202642420

The scheme

Double E Investments Ltd proposes the demolition of the existing Kestrel House public house at 157 Walkinstown Road. The development consists of a part 4, 5 and 6 storey mixed-use building containing 42 apartments, three retail units and a new public house. The scheme includes basement car parking, bicycle storage and telecommunications infrastructure at roof level.

it involves the construction of 42 apartments and a mixed-use development

What the register says

Planning permission is sought for the development comprising: (i) demolition of the existing two storey building (licensed public house and ancillary off-licence); (ii) construction of a part 4, 5 and 6 storey (over basement) mixed use development consisting of the following: (a) 42 no. apartments, comprising of 19 no. one-bed apartments and 23 no. two-bed apartments (accessed from Bunting Road). Each unit will have access to private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace and 381.6 sqm of external communal amenity space provided at 4th and 5th floor levels; (b) 3 no. retail units at ground floor level totally 146sqm (accessed from Walkinstown Road and Bunting Road); (c) a 384sqm public house at ground floor level (accessed from Walkinstown Road, Cromwellsfort Road and Bunting Road). The development is served by refuse storage; a plant room; an ESB substation; 99 no. bicycle parking spaces, including 1 no. accessible space and 2 no. cargo bicycle spaces located internally at ground floor level and 39 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces located externally; (iii) extended excavation of existing basement to provide for 16 no. car parking spaces (including 1 no. limited mobility parking space). Vehicular access to the basement will be provided via a vehicle lift accessible via Bunting Road; (iv) provision of telecommunications infrastructure at roof level comprising (a) 6 no. 5G antennas and 6 no. hexaband antennas. Each antenna will be enclosed within shrouds (2.8m in height above parapet). A total of 6 no. shrouds will be provided, each containing 1 no. 5G antenna, 1 no hexaband (2G/3G/4G) antenna; (b) 6 no. 0.3m microwave link dishes on 3 no. steel support poles (2m in height above the lift shaft overrun); (c) all associated equipment. (v) landscaping and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development

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 7 steps

  • 1 Feb 2022
    Application lodged — Standard
  • 21 Jun 2022
    Council decision — Grant
  • 19 Jul 2022
    Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála — ABP-314103-22
  • 27 Mar 2024
    Commission decision — Granted
  • 27 Mar 2024
    Final grant of permission
  • Q2 2024
    Building started — Activity on site
  • 10 May 2029
    Permission expires (estimate) — Estimated permission expiry

The site 1,552 m²

Boundary of Kestrel House 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 4 with An Coimisiún Pleanála

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