RefusedApartmentsDecided 31 August 2021

Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5, D05 C7X8 On The Site Of The Old ‘Novum’ Building, Part Of The Estate Known As The Artane Business Park, Located East Of The Butterly Business Park And West Of The Access Roadway Through The Estate

Demolition of a business park building for a mixed-use development including build-to-rent apartments, a hotel, and offices.

3115/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 7 July 2021

Reference: 3115/21
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 7 July 2021

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The proposed development involves the demolition of an existing single-storey building to construct a mixed-use scheme across two blocks. It will feature build-to-rent apartments with communal amenities and roof gardens, a hotel, office space, and enterprise units.

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Development description

Planning permission for a mixed use development comprising a build-to-rent (btr) residential development, a hotel, office / enterprise space and enterprise units at a site circa 0.4073ha located and accessed from the kilmore road, artane, dublin 5, d05 c7x8 on the site of the old ‘novum’ building, part of the estate known as the artane business park, located east of the butterly business park and west of the access roadway through the estate. The development consists of the demolition of the existing single storey building (circa 2,752sqm) and sections of boundary walls (some subject to agreement with adjoining landowners); the construction of two building blocks a&b (block a to the south and block b the north), defining and separated by an urban square, block a (comprising of a hotel, enterprise units, btr apartments with associated communal residential amenities, with 2 no. Roof gardens; at 2nd floor podium level and 5th floor rooftop level) and block b (comprising of enterprise units, office/enterprise units, btr apartments with associated communal residential amenities and roof garden; 5th floor rooftop level, further detailed below; with a total gross floor area of circa 10,323sqm. Block a is a 2, 5 + 7 storey building, it faces kilmore road (to the south), the access road (to the east), the boundary of the butterly business park (to the west) and is designed as two blocks linked by a two storey podium with landscaped roof garden. The southern part of block a comprises a 77 bedroom hotel, including a ground floor restaurant (circa 187sqm) with associated external dining area and ground floor colonnade to the south west, café/bar (circa 83sqm), 4 no. First floor meeting rooms (circa 210sqm), gym and business center facilities (with shared usage by btr residential units), 77 bedrooms over second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors, plant/services room at seventh floor (roof level), with solar panels at 7th and 5th floor roof levels and extensive green roof at 2nd floor, all with a gross floor area of 3,950sqm the northern part of block a also includes a 2 storey podium with roof garden, ground floor colonnade to 3 no. Ground floor enterprise units with gross floor area of 194sqm, refuse areas, bicycle parking, a one-way vehicular and a pedestrian route under the block from the urban square, turning to link to the eastern access road, with car parking at ground and first floors, with associated car lift access from urban square, 20 no. Apartments btr over second, third and fourth floors (8 no. 1 bed units; 12 no. 2 bed units), all with balconies or terraces facing north, south and west), second floor associated community room (circa 37sqm), and external landscaped semi-private deck area, (circa 457sqm), fifth floor community room (circa 18sqm) and landscaped rooftop garden area, circa 267sqm, and extensive green roof, all with a gross floor area of 3,330sqm. Block b includes ground floor colonnade to 2 no. Ground floor enterprise units (circa 323sqm, refuse areas, secure bicycle parking, btr concierge/reception, first floor office / enterprise unit (circa 471sqm), btr common room (circa 85sqm), 21 no. Apartments over second, third and fourth floors (9 no. 1 bed units; 12 no. 2 bed units), all with balconies or terraces facing north, south and west), fifth floor community room (circa 18sqm) and landscaped rooftop garden area, circa 267sqm, and extensive green roof, all with a gross floor area of 3,043sqm. The development includes 4 no. Refuse stores, 3 no. Bicycle stores, 100 no. Cycle parking spaces, 48 no. Car parking spaces, including 3 no. Car club parking spaces, 2 no. Set down area for hotel, 1 no. Loading bay, 2 no. Car lift waiting spaces, community amenity open space at second floor podium level to block a (circa 457sqm), and at roof level / fifth floor of blocks a and b (circa 534sqm), boundary treatments and all associated site works including sustainable urban drainage systems, green roof systems, waste management areas, roof plant, associated hard and soft landscaping, and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above ground including boundary treatments and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply). Access to the scheme will be via kilmore road.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban VillagesDC

“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
124 Timbermill Apts, Block B, Artane	Apr 2025	€340,000	55 m
133 Timber Mills, Artane, Dublin 5	Apr 2026	€375,000	56 m
148 The Timbermills, Block B, Kilmore Rd Artane	Aug 2025	€325,000	68 m
80 Timbermills, Artane, Dublin 5not full market price	Jun 2025	€345,000	75 m
94 Timber Mills, Artane Dublin 5, Dublin	Jun 2025	€335,000	87 m
101 Timber Mills, Kilmore Rd, Artane	Sept 2025	€335,000	87 m
72 Timber Mills, Kilmore Rd, Artane Dublin 5	Nov 2025	€370,000	95 m
68 Timber Mills, Kilmore Rd, Artane Dublin 5	May 2025	€340,000	95 m

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Key dates

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Application received7 July 2021
Decision due31 August 2021
Decision issued31 August 2021
Appeal submitted29 September 2021
Appeal decided21 September 2022

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