RefusedApartmentsDecided 29 April 2022

62-66 Faussagh Avenue, Dublin 7, DO7 KH60

Demolition of a former pub to build a four-storey building with a supermarket and 24 apartments.

3455/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 7 March 2022

Reference: 3455/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 7 March 2022

Summary

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The development proposes the demolition of the former 'Cabra House' public house. In its place, a new four-storey building will be constructed, featuring a 535 sqm licensed supermarket on the ground floor and 24 apartments on the upper floors, along with communal open spaces and 8 resident car parking spaces.

Apartmentsdemolitionsupermarketapartmentsredevelopment

Residential units: 24
Storeys: 4
Floor area: 2,421 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development for a residential and retail development at ac. 0.16 ha site located at nos. 62-66 faussagh avenue, dublin 7, do7 kh60, (formerly ‘the cabra house’) and the adjoining unnamed laneway to the rear and to the west, extending to faussagh avenue. The development will principally consist of: the demolition of the part-one, part-two storey detached former licenced public house (950 sq m); the construction of a four storey building with roof access (total gross floor area of 2,421 sq m); (comprising a licensed supermarket of 535 sq m at ground floor; with 24 no. Apartments (12 no. 1-bed units and 12 no. 2-bed units, with balconies or terraces on the north, south, east and west elevations and to the internal courtyard). The development will also consist of: communal open spaces at first floor level (87 sq m) and roof level of the southern block (155 sq m); circulation spaces; esb substation and switch room; plant rooms; waste storage areas; bicycle, cargo bike and motorbike parking; 8 no. Resident car parking spaces at the rear accessed via the laneway; pv panels at roof level, sustainable urban drainage systems (including green roof and attenuation tanks); associated hard and soft landscaping; all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including changes in level, boundary treatments, including the provision of a replacement rear gate; and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply). The development will also consist of: alterations to the layout of the unnamed laneway to the rear and west including the removal of the existing gate at the entrance; revision to surface layout and road markings. Access to the scheme will be via faussagh avenue and the laneway to the rear.

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
43 Liscannor Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Sept 2025	€558,545	58 m
138 Dingle Road, Cabra, Dublin 7	Sept 2025	€420,000	63 m
95 Faussagh Ave, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Apr 2026	€355,000	75 m
106 Killala Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Mar 2026	€479,000	93 m
105 Dunmanus Rd, Cabra, Dublin 7	May 2026	€190,000	93 m
83 Dunmanus Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Jun 2025	€483,773	141 m
93 Kilala Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Oct 2025	€425,000	149 m
1 Broombridge Rd, Dublin 7, Dublin	Feb 2026	€467,000	152 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received7 March 2022
Decision due29 April 2022
Decision issued29 April 2022
Appeal submitted27 May 2022

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