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Dublin City Council · 4704/22 · Permission

The Bottom of the Hill Bar

48 apartments5 storeysFinglas, Dublin City Council

Also known as Main Street & Ballygall Road.

  1. 22 Aug 2022Received
  2. 14 Oct 2022Refuse permission
  3. 10 Nov 2022Appealed
  4. 29 Feb 2024Appeal: Approved with conditions
  5. 29 Feb 2024Final approval
Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Refuse permission · 14 Oct 2022
Size
48 apartments · up to 5 storeys
Uses
residential, apartments, retail, mixed
Site
1,934 m²
Appeal
ACP 315080 · Approved with conditions

Building progress councils’ figures, Q2 2026

48 homes permitted; building has not started (Q2 2026).

48
homes proposed
48
homes permitted
0
homes started on site
0
homes completed

completed · under construction · not started · 0 houses and 48 apartments permitted

Quarter by quarter
QuarterPermittedUnder constructionCompletedCompleted share
Q2 20254800
Q3 20254800
Q4 20254800
Q1 20264800
Q2 20264800

The scheme

The proposal involves the demolition of an existing two-storey building to construct a five-storey mixed-use development. The scheme includes 48 apartments, a hospitality unit, and a retail unit at the site of The Bottom of the Hill Bar in Finglas. The development also provides for public and communal open spaces, car parking, and bicycle parking.

it proposes a 48-unit residential and commercial development

What the register says

Planning Permission 1) to demolish an existing 2-storey building containing a bar, restaurant, bookmakers and takeaway and 2) for the construction of a new commercial/residential mixed use development, consisting of a 5-storey over part-basement structure containing 240 sq.m hospitality/commercial unit at ground level with a 142 sq.m basement, a 140 sq.m retail unit also at ground floor level, 48 no. apartments over 4 storeys, with balconies (3 no. 3-bed, 31 no. 2-bed, 14 no. 1-bed units), public and communal open space at first floor plaza level, communal open space at fourth floor level, pedestrian access at Main Street and Ballygall Road, a total of 31 car parking spaces and 106 bicycle parking spaces at ground level, vehicular access from Main Street and vehicular exit onto Ballygall Road, waste storage, ancillary site development works, associated services and landscaping, all at The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, adjacent to a protected structure (RPS no. 4850 in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022)

Summary from the register record.

Planning timeline 6 steps

  • 22 Aug 2022
    Application lodged — Standard
  • 14 Oct 2022
    Council decision — Refuse
  • 10 Nov 2022
    Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála — ABP-315080-22
  • 29 Feb 2024
    Commission decision — Granted
  • 29 Feb 2024
    Final approval
  • 13 Apr 2029
    Approval runs out (estimate)

The site 1,934 m²

Boundary of The Bottom of the Hill Bar 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

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