Eir, Sommerville, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14WF24
Proposal to store small medical supply packages on site for distribution to Dublin hospitals via drone delivery.
REF12324 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 11 October 2024
- Reference
- REF12324
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Section 5
- Received
- 11 October 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal involves storing medical items, including ingestible cameras, sutures, and surgical tools, at the Eir site in Dundrum. These items will be distributed to Dublin hospitals via a drone delivery service operating between 9am and 5pm, with a maximum of 20 deliveries per day.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
The storage of small medical supply packages on site for later distribution to a number of hospitals in the dublin area via drone delivery service. Medical items including medtronics ingestible camera, pillcam, sutures, surgical tools and heart valve repair products will be stored on site for later distribution to hospitals. Each delivery weighs a maximum 1.05kg, and there will be a maximum of 20 no. Deliveries per day and will be in operation between the hours of 9am-5pm only.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities”
Objective set by the COUNTY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Rosemount Est, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Jun 2026 | €710,000 | 84 m |
| Apartment 18, Creevagh House, Dundrum Road | Sept 2025 | €415,000 | 115 m |
| Apartment 14, Creevagh House, Dundrum Road | Dec 2025 | €448,000 | 115 m |
| 26 Rosemount Est, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Nov 2025 | €548,000 | 135 m |
| 1 Ophaly Court, Dundrum, Dublin 14not full market price | Jan 2026 | €386,667 | 175 m |
| 7 Ophaly Court, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Mar 2026 | €720,000 | 175 m |
| 10 Ophaly Court, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Jun 2025 | €637,000 | 178 m |
| 20 Ophaly Court, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Aug 2025 | €737,000 | 196 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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
Timeline
- Application received11 October 2024
- Decision due7 November 2024
- Decision issued7 November 2024
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Demolition of all structures on the site and site clearance works. The construction of 2 no. apartment blocks…
Sommerville House, Dundrum Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14
LRD26A/0536/WEBDún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 17 Jun 2026Apartments
- GrantedAt this site
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Sommerville House, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14
D09A/0614Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 12 Apr 2010Demolition
- RefusedAt this site
Permission for development at this site (approximately 0.79 ha, or 7,944 sq.m in area) at Sommerville House,…
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ABP31293522Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 7 Mar 2022Apartments
- Part granted, part refused80 m away
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D08B/0042Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 28 Jan 2008Extension
- Invalid80 m away
Full planning permission for the following to the existing two storey fully serviced detached house. Full…
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D24A/0100/WEBDún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 22 Feb 2024Extension
- Refused80 m away
Full planning permission is sought to demolish the rear and side wall and internal walls to accommodate the…
1, Larchfield, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14RW32
D24A/0106/WEBDún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 23 Feb 2024Extension
- Granted90 m away
Retention of paving to front garden and the formation of a vehicular entrance and construction of gate piers
13, Rosemount Estate, Dundrum, Dublin 14
D03A/0977Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 14 Oct 2003Retention
- Granted100 m away
Permission for a single storey extension to the side and front of existing dwelling also alterations to front…
16 Rosemount, Dundrum, Dublin 14
D15A/0470Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 22 Jul 2015Extension
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