WithdrawnApartmentsDecided 27 July 2021

Site of c. 0.4496 hectares, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Amendments to a permitted residential scheme, reducing basement size, parking spaces, and commercial units.

2502/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 30 March 2021

Reference: 2502/21
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 30 March 2021

Summary

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This application seeks amendments to a previously permitted residential development. The changes include reconfiguring and reducing the split-level basement floor area, reducing car parking spaces from 81 to 25, and replacing two permitted retail/medical suites with a single smaller suite.

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Floor area: 2,014 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development to amend a permitted residential scheme (reg. Ref. 3870/18 (an bord pleanala ref. Abp-304700-19)) on a site of c. 0.4496 hectares at lands comprising a property previously known as both no. 54 glasnevin hill and "ardmore" with lands adjacent thereto (now vacant motor vehicle showroom and ancillary lands), no. 38 glasnevin hill, no. 52 glasnevin hill, lands to the rear of nos. 48, 50 and 52 glasnevin hill, and the properties previously known as nos. 40 and 42 glasnevin village, dublin
The proposed development will consist of: the reconfiguration of the permitted split-level basement (reducing from a gross floor area of 5,260 sqm to 2,014 sqm) resulting in the reduction of car parking spaces provided from 81 no. Spaces (permitted) to 25 no. Car parking spaces (22 no. Residential spaces (incl. 2 no. Universally-accessible spaces and 2 no. Car-club spaces); and 3 no. Commercial spaces (incl. 1 no. Universally-accessible space)); amendments at lower basement level to provide for the replacement of the 2 no. Permitted retail/medical suites (287 sqm in total) with 1 no. Retail/medical suite (127 sqm) in block 1; amendment of the permitted concierge/meeting room facility at lower basement level to provide for a concierge/post room, with a change in floor area from 98 sqm to 74 sqm in block 1; reduction in area of permitted retail/medical unit (103 sqm) at upper basement level to 97 sqm in block 1; amendment of permitted residents' gym (272 sqm) at upper basement level to provide for residents' lounge (348 sqm); reconfiguration of permitted residents' storage (77 sqm) and plant (96 sqm) at lower basement level and upper basement level, respectively, to provide increased provision of storage facilities (129 sqm) at upper basement level and a reduced plant provision (63 sqm) at lower basement level; amendment of permitted cycle parking space provision from 238 no spaces at basement (175 no. Residential spaces and 63 no. Medical/retail spaces) to 187 no. (108 no. Residential spaces at basement level, 69 no. Residential spaces at podium-level and 10 no. On-street spaces to serve the retail/medical units); amendments to the permitted podium level, including the provision of covered bin store (29.25 sqm) and amendments to landscape and site lighting design; provision of direct stair access from lower basement level to the communal open area at podium level; and all other associated site excavation, and infrastructural and site development works, both above and below ground. The gross floor area of the development will reduce from 12,762 sqm to 9,516 sqm. No changes are proposed to the height of the permitted scheme or no. Of apartment units (71 no. Permitted)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z3: Neighbourhood CentresDC

“To provide for and improve neighbourhood facilities.”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
18 River Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9	Jun 2025	€195,000	65 m
33-101 Millfield View, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevinprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€31,426,991	72 m
10 River Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin	May 2025	€293,500	85 m
9 River Gardens, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin	Jul 2025	€363,500	85 m
5 River Gardens, Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin Dublin 9	Apr 2026	€230,000	85 m
9 River Gardens, Greenshillprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€378,370	85 m
19 Glasnevin Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 9	May 2025	€580,000	94 m
54 River Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9	Sept 2025	€240,000	131 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

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Application received30 March 2021
Decision due24 May 2021
Decision issued27 July 2021

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