RefusedApartmentsDecided 12 March 2024

The Speaker Connolly Tavern, Firhouse Road and Ballycullen Avenue, Dublin 24, D24 E400

Demolition of the Speaker Connolly pub to build 85 apartments and ground floor commercial units.

SD23A/0240 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 13 February 2024

Reference: SD23A/0240
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 13 February 2024

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of the existing public house and ancillary structures. In its place, a 5 to 6-storey block will be built containing 85 apartments, a new public house, a restaurant, a healthcare unit, a cafe, and two micro-enterprise units.

Apartmentsdemolitionapartmentspub redevelopmentmixed use

Residential units: 85
Storeys: 6
Floor area: 8,813 m²

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of the speaker connolly public house including the part single part two storey public house, and ancillary stores and structures (c. 411sqm), on a development site of 0.323 hectares (overall site area 0.332 ha). The proposed development with a total gross floor area of c. 8,813 sq. M will consist of 85 residential units and associated balconies for all units in one block ranging in height from 5 to 6 storeys in height over round floor and part basement, comprising: 36 one bed apartments, 48 two bed apartments, one studio apartment. The development will also consist of non-residential uses at ground floor level (c. 596 sq. M), including: 1 no. Public house (c. 143 sq. M), 1 no. Restaurant (c. 169 sq. M) 1 no. Health care unit (c. 91.8 sq. M), 1 no. Cafe (c. 55.4 sq. M) 2 no. Micro enterprise units (c. 93.6 sq. M and 43.4 sq. M, respectively). The existing basement will be used as a plant room (c. 110.5 sq. M), vehicular access to the site will be from the existing vehicular access on ballycullen avenue, the proposal works include alterations to the existing access and public footpath, including the provision of enhanced pedestrian infrastructure. The development will also consist of the provision of communal open space (c. 653 sq. M) at podium level and related play areas; public open space (c. 300 sq. M) including hard and soft landscaping, internal access road including a vehicular link between ballycullen avenue and the firhouse shopping centre, boundary treatment, street furniture, car parking along the internal access road (11 spaces in total including 1 accessible space), below podium car parking (32 no. Spaces in total, including 4 accessible spaces); electric vehicle charging points (9 no of spaces); bicycle parking (155 long stay and 58 short stay spaces); esb substation, piped infrastructural services and connections to existing public services; ducting; plant; waste management provision; suds measures including green/blue roofs; stormwater management; signage; public lighting; solar panels as well as telecommunications infrastructure including 18 no. Antennas enclosed in 9 no. Shrouds and 6 no. Transmission dishes, together with all associated equipment and all ancillary site development and excavation works above and below ground.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

DCDC

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

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

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
Apt 20, Killininny Court, Ballycullen Avenot full market price	Jul 2025	€220,000	85 m
3 Killininny Court, Firhouse Rd, Firhouse Dublin 24	May 2025	€250,000	85 m
38 Killininny Court, Ballycullen Ave, Firhouse Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€247,500	145 m
19 Kilakee Walk, Firhouse, Dublin 24	May 2025	€359,625	206 m
Larkrise, Firhouse Rd, Dublin	Aug 2025	€850,000	262 m
37 Killakee Avenue, Firhouse, Dublin 24	Sept 2025	€380,000	306 m
59 Woodlawn Park Dr, Firhouse, Dublin 24not full market price	Feb 2026	€200,000	319 m
49 Woodlawn Park Grove, Firhouse, Dublin	Jul 2025	€550,000	334 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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Application received13 February 2024
Decision due12 March 2024
Decision issued12 March 2024

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