The Drake Inn
25 apartments7 storeysFinglas, Dublin City Council
Approved Jul 2023; no start notice yet.
Also known as 59/60 Main Street.
- 19 Apr 2023Received
- 12 Jun 2023Approved
- 20 Jul 2023Final approval
- 20 Jul 2028Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved No start yet
- Decision
- Approved · 12 Jun 2023
- Size
- 25 apartments · up to 7 storeys
- Uses
- residential, apartments, retail, mixed
- Site
- 884 m²
Building progress councils’ figures, Q2 2026
25 homes permitted; building has not started (Q2 2026).
completed · under construction · not started · 0 houses and 25 apartments permitted
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Permitted | Under construction | Completed | Completed share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q3 2025 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q4 2025 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q1 2026 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q2 2026 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
The scheme
The proposal involves the demolition of the existing commercial building at the former Drake Inn site in Finglas. A new seven-storey mixed-use building is planned, featuring a retail unit, a gastropub, and 25 apartments. The development includes communal roof terraces and basement facilities for bicycle parking and services.
it replaces a local landmark with a seven-storey mixed-use building
What the register says
The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing two-storey over part basement (three storey), terraced, commercial building and the construction of a six-storey over full basement (seven storey) terraced mixed-use building consisting of 1 no. retail unit and 1 no. gastropub/restaurant at ground floor level, and a total of 25 no. apartments over five floors (8 no. one beds, 11 no. two beds and 6 no. three beds) with balconies to the south, east and west elevations, and communal roof terraces, all over a basement comprising 74 no. bicycle parking spaces, bin stores, plant room, and stores and ancillary service areas for the commercial unit, 10 no. bicycle parking spaces at ground floor level for staff, and 6 no. external bicycle parking spaces for visitors (adjoining Jamestown Road), and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development
Summary from the register record.
Planning timeline 4 steps
- 19 Apr 2023Application lodged — Standard
- 12 Jun 2023Council decision — Grant
- 20 Jul 2023Final approval
- 2 Sept 2028Approval runs out (estimate)
The site 884 m²
Boundary of The Drake Inn as the Dublin councils map it in the housing pipeline.
Planning applications inside the site 3 applications in the last 10 years
- GrantedThe Drake Inn, 59-60 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 (located at the junction, of Main Street and Jamestown Road, and bounded by 61 Main Street to the west,, 66 Main Street to the west, and 5 Jamestown Road to the north).
- GrantedA site formaly known as The Drake Inn, 59/60 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11 (located at the junction of Main Street and Jamestown Road, and bounded by 61 Main Street to the west, 66 Main Street to the west, and 5 Jamestown Road to the north)
- RefusedSite formerly known as The Drake Inn, 59-60 Main Street, Finglas, Dublin 11
Appeals inside the site 1 with An Coimisiún Pleanála
Other big developments nearby within 2 km
- Charlestown Place and St. Margaret's Road · 1.4 km away
- Charlestown Place · 1.4 km away
- Units B01 & B02 · 1.5 km away
- Tolka Industrial Park · 71 homes · 9 storeys · 1.5 km away
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