Site at the former Player Wills site, South Circular Road, St. Catherines's Avenue and Donore Avenue, Dublin 8
Changes to the permitted basement of the Player Wills development to consolidate parking and plant areas into a single level.
3406/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 2 October 2025
- Reference
- 3406/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 2 October 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe applicant is seeking amendments to the previously approved basement under Block PW2. The proposal involves omitting the basement -2 level and consolidating parking, cycle parking, and plant areas into a single basement -1 level of approximately 7,234 square metres. This will reduce the overall car parking provision by 91 spaces.
- Floor area
- 7,234 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- The proposed development consists of amendments to the permitted basement under block pw2 only, as permitted under abp-308917-20 (dcc ref: shd0031/20). The proposed amendments include: omission of permitted basement
- 2 level and consolidation of parking, cycle parking, plant and servicing areas into an enlarged basement
- 1 level. This consolidation includes for removal of previously permitted 81 no. Car parking spaces identified for adjacent future development lands (and permitted as storage) and
- No car parking spaces for the permitted development. This results in a single basement
- 1 level of c. 7,234 sq. M which will include 864 no. Cycle parking spaces, 148 no. Car parking spaces (138 resident spaces including 13 accessible spaces, and 10 car-club spaces), plant areas, waste stores, access cores to apartments above, residents' storage areas and e-scooter parking. The proposed amendments relate to the permitted basement under block pw2 only and no amendments are proposed to any permitted above ground elements of block pw2 or elements of the wider permitted scheme including block pw1 which relates to the former player wills factory (a protected structure, rps ref: 8796)
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.”
National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses
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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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 South Circular Rd, Rialto, Dublin 8 | Oct 2025 | €785,000 | 157 m |
| 57 Donore Ave, Dublin 8, Dublin | Jul 2025 | €790,000 | 158 m |
| 37 Hamilton St, Dublin 8, Dublin | Sept 2025 | €1,065,000 | 183 m |
| 6 Ashley Hall 253 South Circular Rd, Dublin 8, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €320,000 | 186 m |
| Apt 5, Ashley Hall, 253 South Circular Rd Dublin 8 | Jun 2026 | €325,000 | 186 m |
| 12 Ashley Hall, 251 253 South Circular Rd, Dublin 8 | Jan 2026 | €340,000 | 186 m |
| 273 South Circular Rd, Dublin 8, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €900,000 | 226 m |
| 10 Hamilton St, South Circular Road, Dublin | Apr 2026 | €815,000 | 248 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received2 October 2025
- Decision due16 April 2026
- Decision issued15 April 2026
- Permission expiry5 July 2031
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