RefusedApartmentsDecided 14 March 2024

Lands at the Former Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation, Hampton, Grace Park Road, and Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9

Revisions to a permitted development in Drumcondra to replace a planned nursing home with 99 apartments in a 6-storey block.

3406/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 March 2023

Reference: 3406/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 20 March 2023

Summary

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The applicant seeks permission to amend a previously approved development at the former Carmelite Convent. The proposal omits a permitted 4-storey nursing home to allow for an extension and height increase of Block B from 4 to 6 storeys, providing 99 apartments instead of the 20 originally permitted.

Apartmentsapartmentsprotected structureresidential

Residential units: 99
Storeys: 6

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure rps ref: 3238 : permission is sought for revisions to the granted residential development reg. Ref. 4105/15 (an bord pleanala ref. Pl29n. 246430) as extended under reg. Ref. 4105/15/x1. Permission is sought to omit the granted 4-storey 69 no. Bedroom nursing home to facilitate alterations and an extension to the previously permitted block b. Alterations include an increase in height of permitted apartment block b from 4-storeys to 6-storeys (five storey with sixth floor set back) over basement, with associated internal and external elevational and layout changes providing for a residential development comprising 99 no. Apartments (41 no. One beds and 58 no. Two beds) each with associated balcony, to all elevations, in lieu of the permitted 20 no. Apartments (1 no. One bed, 18 no. Two bed and 1 no. Three bed units) and the 69 no. Bedroom nursing home. The proposed development will include revisions to the permitted basement car park to now provide 72 no. Car parking spaces (with 9 no. Visitor spaces, 3 no. Disabled parking spaces and 14 no. Electric vehicle charging points), 3 no. Motorbike parking spaces and 212 no. Bicycle parking spaces (200 no. At basement level and 12 no. At surface level). Access to the basement level has been altered with vehicular access now proposed along the western boundary of block b and pedestrian access to the northwest. Access to the proposed block b is from grace park road as permitted under ref. 4105/15. Planning permission is also sought to move the permitted esb substation to the north of previously approved in addition to all ancillary site, landscaping and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z1: Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
67 Grace Park Terrace, Drumcondra, Dublin 9	May 2026	€845,000	146 m
165 Griffith Ave, Drumcondra, Dublin 9	Jun 2025	€945,000	192 m
39 Grace Park Rd, Drumcondra, Dublin 9	May 2025	€835,000	199 m
62 Annadale Dr, Drumcondra, Dublin 9	Apr 2026	€777,000	245 m
7 Griffith Walk, Drumcondra, Dublin 9	Mar 2026	€448,500	248 m
60 Annadale Dr, Marino, Dublin 9	Jul 2025	€520,000	259 m
107 Block A, Hampton Lodge, Grace Park Rd Dublin 9	Dec 2025	€420,000	261 m
Apt 221 Block A, Hampton Lodge, Grace Park Rd Dublin 9	Jul 2025	€400,000	283 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received20 March 2023
Decision due15 March 2024
Decision issued14 March 2024
Appeal submitted10 April 2024
Appeal decided12 June 2025
Permission expiry26 July 2030

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