RefusedApartmentsDecided 10 November 2022

Lands at Broombridge Industrial Estate and Dublin Industrial Estate bounded by Broombridge Road, Royal Canal and Royal Canal Way, Dublin 11

Demolition of industrial buildings for a mixed-use scheme of 304 apartments, a hotel, offices, and retail.

4865/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 16 September 2022

Reference: 4865/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 16 September 2022

Summary

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The proposed development involves the demolition of several warehouse, factory, and office buildings across Broombridge and Dublin Industrial Estates. It will be replaced by a mixed-use scheme of 4 blocks ranging from 2 to 16 storeys, containing 304 apartments, a hotel, offices, retail units, and a creche.

Apartmentsregenerationhoteldemolitionmixed use

Residential units: 304
Storeys: 16

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission comprising the following buildings : colorman premises: (i) colorman , unit 1 broombridge industrial estate, broombridge road, dublin 11, d11 xo64, (ii) unnamed building to south of unite 1 (no eircode), (iii) units 13-14 (no eircode); (iv) unit 17 broombridge industrial estate, broombridge road, dublin 11, d11 rx54, (v) unit 6 boyne road, dublin industrial estate, dublin 11, d11 xd25, (vi) unit nos. 72 & 73, d11 xn29 & d11 ay67 moyle road, dublin industrial estate, dublin
The development will consist of : (i) the demolition of all existing warehouse/factory/office buildings and all associated ancillary outbuildings and structures located on-site and the removal of the existing vehicular entrance via broombridge road; (ii) the construction of a mixed-use development comprising 14 no. Retail /commercial units (2,899.66sq. M), a hotel (9,084.24sq. M), a creche (343.5sq. M. ), office/remote working/co-working space (44,334.85sq. M. ) and 304 no. Residential apartments (71 no. One-bedroom, 130 no. Two bedroom & 103 no. Three bedroom) within 4 no. Principle blocks (blocks a-d) ranging in height from 2-16 storeys over basement level parking/plant area. Block a comprises a 12 storey over basement level (basement
Building which includes 4 no. Retail/commercial units at ground floor level and office space from first to eleventh floor level; block b comprises a 2-10 storey over basement level (basement
Building which includes 7 no. Retail/commercial units at ground floor level with office space also included from ground to ninth floor level; block c comprises a 8-11 storey over basement level (basement
Building which includes 18 no. Residential apartments 3 no. Retail units and a creche at ground floor level with an additional 286 no. Apartment s unit from first to tenth floor levels. Each apartment will benefit from access to private amenity space in the form of a balcony on all elevations and communal amenity space at surface level. Block d comprises a 16 storey over basement level (basement
Building which includes a hotel (100 no. Rooms - inclusive of a double/triple/family rooms) from ground to sixth floor level and thirteenth to fifteenth floor level with restaurant, bar, reception area and ancillary services room at ground floor level and gym, meeting, conference room and staff rooms at first floor level and recreational areas (spa/pool/gamesroom/multi-purpose hall) at thirteenth to fifteenth floor level. Block d will also include office space from seventh to twelfth floor level. The entire basement level (basement 1 & 2), will comprise a total of 296 no. Carparking spaces (inclusive of 16 no. Accessible spaces), 44 no. Motorcycle parking spaces, 848 no. Bicycle parking spaces and 30 no. Cargo bicycle parking spaces to serve the overall development together with plant, storage, refuse storage and ancillary rooms. Basement 1 is accessed via broombridge road and basement 2 is accessed via boyne/moyle road, (iii) provision of a new undercroft vehicular/pedestrian/cycle access from broombridge road, new pedestrian and cycle connections onto broombridge road through the western site boundary, new pedestrian connection onto the royal canal through the southern site boundary, a covered street providing an east-west connection through the site and continued use of the existing vehicular/pedestrian/cycle access from boyne road to the east; (iv) bicycle parking (192 no. Visitor spaces) will be provided at surface level and a taxi area (for drop-off/pick-up) will be provided to the front of block d; (v) all associated site and infrastructural works, including foul and surface water drainage; hard and soft landscaping, refuse stores and plant rooms, internal footpaths and roads, lighting, signage esb substations; public and communal opens space, necessary to facilitate the development. The application is accompanies by two site layout plans, the first of which incorporates the emerging preferred route for the future luas green line extension along the western boundary of the site, the second shows the proposed development without the future luas route included

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z6: Employment/EnterpriseSI

“To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
123 Broombridge Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Feb 2025	€590,000	213 m
126 Broombridge Rd, Carra, Dublin 7	Jul 2025	€465,000	231 m
293 Bannow Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Dec 2025	€359,000	239 m
120 Broombridge Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Dec 2025	€535,500	250 m
382 Carnlough Road, Cabra, Dublin 7	May 2025	€390,000	303 m
225 Bannow Road, Cabra, Dublin 7	Apr 2026	€430,000	354 m
170 Killala Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Nov 2025	€361,000	374 m
88 Broombridge Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Nov 2025	€427,000	393 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

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Application received16 September 2022
Decision due10 November 2022
Decision issued10 November 2022
Appeal submitted9 December 2022
Appeal decided9 January 2024

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