Part granted, part refusedRetentionDecided 16 April 2025

The Goat, Lower Kilmacud Road, Dublin 14, D14PY56

Retention of fencing, outdoor dining structures, a pizza kitchen, and a shipping container café at The Goat pub.

D25A/0139/WEB · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 21 February 2025

Reference: D25A/0139/WEB
Authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission for Retention
Received: 21 February 2025

Summary

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Retention permission is sought for shiplap fencing and temporary structures totalling 140 sq m, including an 'Après Ski' seating area, a refrigerated storage unit, a pizza kitchen, and a shed. Temporary retention is also sought for a 15 sq m shipping container operating as a coffee kiosk.

Retentionpubretentioncafeoutdoor dining

Floor area: 200 m²

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Official record

Development description

The development for which retention permission for development is sought consists of the provision of shiplap fencing affixed to the existing taney road wooden fence. The development for which a three-year extension of duration of a temporary retention permission for development is sought consists of a development of some 140 sq m consisting of the following structures: some 89 sq m of a structure identified as ‘après ski’ that provides seating, with an ancillary bar area (expanded from the previously-permitted 89 sq m by 41 sq m, now totalling 130 sq m, and enclosing a previously-permitted external beer garden); a single storey refrigerated storage unit between ‘après ski’ and the taney road site boundary (4 sq m); a pizza kitchen (trading as “fired up pizza”) (c. 43 sq m); a shed type structure (c. 4 sq m) located to the rear of the pizza kitchen; and a tarmacked surface (c. 184 sq m). The development for which a temporary retention permission for development is sought consists of a development of some 60 sq m consisting of the provision of the following structures: a repurposed shipping container (c. 15 sq m) that operates as a café/coffee shop (coffee kiosk); timber covering and fence in front of the pizza kitchen service area; outdoor seating at the coffee kiosk; a tarpaulin suspended on upright supports to the front of the coffee kiosk; an upright outdoor television screen facing ‘après ski’ from across the private road into the car park; extension of the previously-temporary permitted ‘après ski’ structure by 41 sq m (from 89 sq m to 130 sq m); sculptures (a life-size gorilla, a life-size giraffe calf and an eiffel tower replica); four signs (comprising an illuminated rooftop “pizza” sign, and wall-mounted associated signage including menus); a c. 1.4m high timber fence, located in front of the coffee kiosk, and a 2.44 m high timber fence located to the side of the coffee kiosk; and a dining pod (4 sq m) at the coffee kiosk.

Land-use zoning

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Objective NCDC

“NC To protect, provide for and-or improve mixed-use neighbourhood centre 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
102 Taney Rd, Goatstown, Dublin 14	Apr 2025	€935,000	48 m
11 Birchfield Lawn, Goatstown, Dublin 14	May 2025	€655,000	64 m
1 Taney Grove, Goatstown, Dublin 14	Mar 2025	€730,000	76 m
10 Birchfield Lawn, Goatstown, Dublin 14	May 2025	€795,000	96 m
14 Taney Crescent, Goatstown, Dublin 14	Apr 2026	€925,000	113 m
22 Taney Crescent, Dundrum, Dublin 14	Jun 2025	€780,000	140 m
80 Tanry Rd Goatstown, Dublin 14, Dublin	Sept 2025	€1,330,000	143 m
80 Taney Rd, Goatstown, Dublin	Sept 2025	€1,330,000	143 m

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Key dates

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Application received21 February 2025
Decision due17 April 2025
Decision issued16 April 2025

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