Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedApartmentsDecided 30 April 2024

Site of Union Café and, Kennedy`s Public House, bounded by Deerpark Road, North Avenue and Wilson Road, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Extension of duration sought to demolish the Union Café and build a new pub/restaurant and 50 apartments in Mount Merrion.

D17A/0951/E · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 7 March 2024

Reference
D17A/0951/E
Authority
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Extension Of Duration Of Permission
Received
7 March 2024

Summary

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This application seeks to extend the permission to demolish the existing 4-storey building. It will be replaced with a 3-storey public house and restaurant, alongside two 4-storey apartment blocks containing 50 apartments in total. The development includes two levels of basement parking.

Apartmentsdemolitionapartmentsrestaurantbasement
Residential units
50
Storeys
4
Floor area
6,407 m²

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Development description

Permission for demolition of the existing 4 storey building of 1593 sqm and its replacement with a 1164 sqm two-storey, public house/restaurant with terraces and set-back penthouse (3 storeys in all) and 2 no. Three-storey apartment building and additional set back penthouses (4 storeys in all), of area 2724 sqm and 2519 sqm respectively, with balconies, retractable awnings, green roofs and photovoltaic panels, each containing 25 no. Apartments (11 no. 1 bedroom, 30 no. 2 bedroom and 9 no. 3 bedroom in total); together with two levels of basement carparking accessed from the existing entrance off wilson road, (the existing deerpark road vehicular entrance to be closed off), to have 119 car spaces, 12 motorbike spaces, a goods loading bay / plant / sub-station / attenuation tanks / refuse storage; individual residents' storage rooms and 66 bicycle spaces; 11no. Street-level cycle parking spaces, associated communal and public open space landscaping, including a public terraced area.

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received7 March 2024
  2. Decision due1 May 2024
  3. Decision issued30 April 2024

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