Kestrel House, 157, Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12, D12NN8A (with frontage to Cromwellsfort Road and Bunting Road)
Demolition of a pub to build a mixed-use development up to eight storeys high, containing 52 apartments, retail units, and a new pub.
4189/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 July 2023
- Reference
- 4189/23
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 20 July 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe development proposes the demolition of the existing two-storey over basement licensed public house. In its place, a part-four to part-eight-storey building will be constructed, featuring 52 apartments, three retail units, and a ground-floor public house.
- Residential units
- 52
- Storeys
- 8
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Official record
Development description
The development will consist of: (i) demolition of the existing two storey over basement building (licensed public house and ancillary off-licence); (ii) construction of a part-four, part-six, part-seven and part-eight-storey mixed-use development consisting of the following: (a) 52 no. Apartments (23 no. One-bed apartments and 29 no. Two-bed apartments) from first to seventh floor level, each served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace and having shared access to 354.5sq. M of external communal amenity space provided via roof terraces at the fourth and sixth floor levels; (b) provision of 3 no. Retail units (total of 149.7sq. M) and a public house (total of 368.2sq. M) at ground floor level; (c) provision of refuse storage, a plant room, esb substation/switch room, 96 no. Secure bicycle parking spaces, 1 no. Accessible bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. Cargo bicycle at ground floor level; (d) erection of 6 no. Antennas and 6 no. Link dishes mounted on ballast support poles and associated diplexers, remote radio units and lighting finials on a steel mounting support platform together with 2no. Outdoor cabinets and stepovers and associated equipment at the rooftop; and, (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of landscaping, green roof, rooflights, solar panels, visitor bicycle parking spaces (40 no. ) and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Cromwells Fort Rd, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Aug 2025 | €565,000 | 68 m |
| 16 Cromwells Fort Rd, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Apr 2025 | €530,000 | 83 m |
| 138 Bunting Rd, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Jun 2026 | €478,000 | 106 m |
| 134 Bunting Rd, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Sept 2025 | €585,000 | 117 m |
| 5 Cherryfield Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | May 2025 | €550,000 | 120 m |
| 146 Walkinstown Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Jun 2025 | €525,000 | 146 m |
| 17 Cherryfield Rd, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Nov 2025 | €610,000 | 160 m |
| 142 Walkinstown Rd, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Nov 2025 | €655,000 | 173 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received20 July 2023
- Decision due13 September 2023
- Decision issued4 August 2023
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