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Lansdowne Gate Apartments, Long Mile Road, Dublin 12

Retrofitting of an air-source heat pump system to serve 280 apartments on Long Mile Road.

WEB5621/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 29 October 2025

Reference
WEB5621/25
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Permission
Received
29 October 2025

Summary

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The development consists of retrofitting the existing heat network at Lansdowne Gate Apartments with an air-source heat pump system. Works include constructing a fenced compound to house a commercial heat pump, buffer vessel, and pump house, alongside associated pipework and cabling.

Energyheat pumpretrofitgreen energy
Residential units
280
Floor area
111 m²

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Official record

Development description

Lansdowne valley owners’ management clg intend to apply for permission for development at lansdowne gate apartments, long mile road, drimnagh, dublin 12 (site area c. 1.75 ha). The proposed development will consist of: retrofitting the existing heat network with an air-source heat pump system (ashp) (total gross floor area c. 111 sqm) to connect to the existing heat network which serves 280 no. Residential units. The proposed development will comprise of the removal of existing vegetation (c. 22.3 sqm) to the north of block d; and the construction of an ashp compound on a structural concrete pad with plinths, enclosed by a mesh panel fence and secured with gate access consisting of a commercial 120 / 75 kw low noise heat pump, a buffer vessel / thermal store, a shunt pump (installed within a small pump house) and main circulation pump (installed within the existing boiler room); the installation of associated pipework, sensors, cabling and instrumentation to connect to the existing heat network; the provision of low level lighting and all ancillary site development and excavation works above and below ground.

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
AddressDatePriceDistance
119 Mangerton Rd, Drimnagh, Dublin 12Mar 2026€425,000165 m
47 Slievebloom Park, Long Mile Rd, Drimnagh Dublin 12Dec 2025€472,500167 m
Apt 2c, Lansdowne Valley, Slievebloom Rd Dublin 12Mar 2025€262,000168 m
87 Mangerton Raod, DrimnaghJan 2010€182,556224 m
85 Mangerton Rd, Drimnagh, Dublin 12Apr 2025€230,000226 m
120 Mangerton Rd, Drimnagh, DublinApr 2025€380,000252 m
203 Brandon Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12May 2025€443,000275 m
98 Mangerton Rd, Drimnagh, Dublin 12Jul 2025€200,000304 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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  1. Application received29 October 2025
  2. Decision due9 January 2026
  3. Decision issued9 January 2026
  4. Permission expiry27 March 2031

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