GrantedApartmentsDecided 6 September 2005

No's 1 And 2, Demesne View, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Demolition of a warehouse to build 19 apartments and a cafe bar with basement parking.

SD05A/0065 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 10 August 2005

Reference: SD05A/0065
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 10 August 2005
Residential units: 19
Floor area: 3091 m²

Summary

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The development involves the demolition of an existing warehouse building. It proposes the construction of 19 residential units, consisting of apartments and penthouses, alongside a cafe bar and a basement car park. Revised plans include a reduction in the cafe bar size and an increase in the number of residential units.

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Official record

Development description

Significant additional information and revised plans in relation to the application have been submitted including an archaeological assessment, an historic fabric and conservation report, photo montages and contextual 3d images, details to surface water runoff and foul drainage and details of a warning light system to control vehicular access to basement car park; the size of the cafe bar has been reduced from 681.9m2 to 345.6m2; the extent of glazed porch to the front of the existing building has been reduced; the number of residential units has been increased by 3 no. To 19 no. In total: the additional 3 no. 1 bed apartments are housed in the existing building at the front of the site; 3 no. 2 bed apartments have been reduced to 3 no. 1 bed units in proposed building to rear of the site. Permission for (a) the demolition of the existing warehouse building and the erection of: 16 no. Residential units, comprising, 2 no. Two bed penthouse units, 2 no. One bed penthouse units, 6 no. Two bed apartments and 6 no. One bed apartments fronting onto shared courtyards/landscaped areas: all apartments have private balconies or terraces; the residential building reads as a 2-storey block with the penthouse located in the roof space with accompanying dormer windows and roof lights: the gross floor area of proposed residential development is 1341m2; the maximum ridge height is 10.4m, parapet height 6.35m, and eaves height 5.2m, all over ground level: (b) the change of use by way of the conversion and extension of the existing two storey over lower ground floor residential and part retail building into a cafe bar: the existing floor area is 554.5m2; the proposed floor area is 894.5m2; the extension is as follows: demolition of flat roofed extension to front at lower ground / ground floor levels, and replacement with a glazed structure, with the erection of terraces either side, the demolition of a two storey extension to the rear and the erection of a two storey glazed structure; part lower ground floor excavation to form storage areas: (c) 46 no. Car parking spaces are provided at basement level to the rear; gross floor area of basement is 1410m2; access to the car park and the residential building is from existing entrance off demesne view; to include all ancillary site development works and landscaping.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

VCUC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

Objective set by the South Dublin 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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Dispensary Lane, Lucanprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€493,392	46 m
2 Dispensary Lane, Lucan Villageprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€503,055	54 m
3 Dispensary Lane, Lucanprice excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€524,299	55 m
4 Brookvale, Old Lucan Rd, Lucan	May 2026	€607,000	202 m
16 Mount Gandon, Lucan, Dublin	Aug 2025	€546,000	210 m
2 Brookvale, Lucan, Dublin	Feb 2025	€490,000	218 m
48 Sarsfield Park, Lucan, Co Dublin	Dec 2025	€420,000	218 m
3 Mount Gandon, Lucan Village, Dublin	Feb 2025	€586,950	231 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

Timeline

Application received10 August 2005
Further information requested22 March 2005
Further information received10 August 2005
Decision due6 September 2005
Decision issued6 September 2005
Grant issued20 October 2005
Permission expiry23 August 2005

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