D22A/0255: Permission for a residential development. The proposed development will provide for (a) the demolition of the existing two-storey retail and office dwelling (1,170 sqm) with 27 existing car spaces and surface site curtilage, (b) the construction of 64 no. apartment units in the form of a 5-6 storey apartment blocks (5,525 sqm) over basement (1,135 sqm), (c) the provision of a ground floor retail/café unit (105 sqm) fronting Dundrum Road, and (d) Public Realm upgrades to Dundrum Road. The development shall provide for 32no. 1 bed apartment units and 32 no. 2 bed apartment units all with balconies facing North, South, East and West. Communal open space is provided in the form of a centrally located landscaped courtyard (499 sqm) that includes 85 sqm of play area for children and a woodland riverbank of 570 sqm. A south facing communal roof terrace (45 sqm) is located at fifth-floor level. The development will also comprise repositioning and upgrade to the vehicular access from the Dundrum Road to Frankfort Road and the provision of a loading bay at Frankfort Road. The proposed development shall also provide for 33 no. car parking spaces at basement level with 62 sqm of Plant, 31 sqm of Bin storage, ESB, Switch Room and 84 no. secure Sheffield bicycle spaces, (71 no. interior residential spaces, 3no. interior visitor spaces & 10no. exterior visitor spaces), accessed from Frankfort Road at Ground Level; sedum roofs; solar photovoltaic panels; lighting; boundary treatments; public space; hard and soft landscaping including tidy of river corridor planting; and all other associated site works above and below ground associated with the proposed development.
Site of approx. 0.24 ha on lands at Frankfort Centre, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14
DecisionRefuse permission
Decided29 March 2023
Application typePermission
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Planners ReportSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_planners_report_fi.pdf / Document 3482294Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_planners_report.pdf / Document 4614412Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1015.pdf / Document 3473029Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1019.pdf / Document 3473033Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1020.pdf / Document 3473034Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1021.pdf / Document 3473035Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1022.pdf / Document 3473036Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1023.pdf / Document 3473037Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1024.pdf / Document 3473038Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1025.pdf / Document 3473039Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1026.pdf / Document 3473040Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1027.pdf / Document 3473041Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1028.pdf / Document 3473042Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1029.pdf / Document 3473043Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1060.pdf / Document 3473074Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1063.pdf / Document 3473077Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 220421103018-1064.pdf / Document 3473078Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_Frankfort_Centre,_Dundrum_Road,_Dublin_14_JBC_20220503_FI.docx / Document 3475377Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A-0255_Frankfort_Centre.docx / Document 3476913Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A0255_Frankfort_Centre,_Dundrum_Road.docx / Document 3480734Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / EM13169_-_D22A-0255-Frankfort_Centre_Dundrum_Road_(003).docx / Document 3481185Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / Bio_referral_-_Frankfort.docx / Document 3481626Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / ES_PR_D22A_0255_FI_-_Frankfort_Centre.docx / Document 4607498Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_Frankfort_Centre,_Dundrum_Road,_Dublin_14_JBC_20230215_CFI.docx / Document 4607831Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A0255_FI_EHO_Report_28.02.2023.pdf / Document 4609657Source PDF
- ReportsSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A0255_FI_Frankfort_Centre,_Dundrum_Road.docx / Document 4612443Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_ABP_316470_23_1st_Party_Submission_.pdf / Document 4619197Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1001.pdf / Document 4619352Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1003.pdf / Document 4619354Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1004.pdf / Document 4619355Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1006.pdf / Document 4619357Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1008.pdf / Document 4619359Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1009.pdf / Document 4619360Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1011.pdf / Document 4619362Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1012.pdf / Document 4619363Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1015.pdf / Document 4619366Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1016.pdf / Document 4619367Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1018.pdf / Document 4619369Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1019.pdf / Document 4619370Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1002.pdf / Document 4619532Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1005.pdf / Document 4619533Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1010.pdf / Document 4619535Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1013.pdf / Document 4619536Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1014.pdf / Document 4619537Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1017.pdf / Document 4619538Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1000.pdf / Document 4619592Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / 230502084003-1007.pdf / Document 4619620Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_ABP_316470_23_No_Comment_Letter_to_the_Bord_.pdf / Document 4621405Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_ABP_316470_23_Requesting_Documents_.pdf / Document 4627381Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A_0255_ABP_316470_23_Sending_Documents_.pdf / Document 4627382Source PDF
- AppealSource: planningapi.agileapplications.ie / D22A0255 Request for documents.pdf.pdf / Document 5518148Source PDF
Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- D03A/0891Detached bungalow and a detached dormer bungalow to side / 0.1 km away / 06 November 2003Refused
- D08A/1139Permission is sought for 3 detached dwelling houses / 0.1 km away / 04 December 2008Refused
- D08A/04473 no. detached dwelling houses in the garden to the southern side of "St. Malo / 0.1 km away / 13 June 2008Refused
- D15A/0640Permission for the erection of a free-standing pole-mounted sign to forecourt / 0.1 km away / 26 November 2015Refused
- D08A/1064Demolition of single storey clinic side extension, conversion of ground floor cl / 0.1 km away / 13 November 2008Refused
- D09A/0833Permission is sought for provision of 5 no. car parking spaces / 0.1 km away / 14 April 2010Refused
- ABP31293522Permission for development at this site (approximately 0.79 ha, or 7,944 sq.m in area) at Sommerville House, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14. The proposed development will consist of: Demolition of all structures on the site and site clearance works. The construction of 2 no. apartment blocks (Blocks A and B) providing 111 no. apartments in total (comprising 3 no. studios, 51 no. one bedroom units, 46 no. 2 bedroom / 4 person units and 11 no. 2 bedroom / 3 person units. Block A (Western block, fronting Dundrum Road) comprises a 6-storey block (5 levels over lower ground level / semi-basement) stepping down to the east to 4-storeys in height. Block B (Eastern block, towards the rear (east) of the site) is of part 2-, and part 3-storey height. The proposed development has a total gross floor area of 10,291 sq.m and provides; internal communal ancillary residential services / amenities to include a post room at lower ground floor level within Block A; a shared amenity / lounge (17.5 sq.m) and a storage room (11.8 sq.m) at second floor level within Block B. A semi-basement / lower ground floor level is provided in Block A that will be accessed via a vehicular ramped access/egress onto/off Sommerville Road to the north. This semi-basement provides two refuse stores; 39 no. car parking spaces (of which 10 no. spaces are fitted for Electric Vehicles and including 3 no. car club spaces); secure bicycle parking / storage in the form of 82 no. double stacked bicycle storage spaces providing 164 no. residents cycle parking spaces; 2 no. cargo bike storage areas; 3 no. motorcycle spaces; plant room (75 sq.m) and an ESB substation/switch room. At ground / surface level provision is made for 2 no. disabled car parking spaces (both fitted for Electric Vehicles) together with 56 no. short stay bicycle storage spaces in the form of 28 no. Sheffield stands and a further 3 no. Sheffield stands providing 6 no. long stay bicycle spaces plus 2 no cargo storage bike spaces. An enclosed bin store is also provided at surface level to the north of Block B. Communal Outdoor Amenity space is provided for residents in the form of rooftop terraces located at 2nd floor level within Block A and B, respectively (totalling 360 sq.m in area), and communal courtyard spaces at ground floor level between blocks (totalling 1,563 sq.m in area). Private amenity spaces are proposed in the form of patios / terraces at lower ground and ground floor levels with balconies serving apartments at the upper levels. Hard and soft landscaping works are proposed at ground floor level which includes the provision of footpaths; fire tender access and an informal play area for children. Provision of 4 no. rooftop telecommunications antennae (Block A) and an associated base station / cabinet that will be located within a designated comms room (approximately 13.6 sq.m) that is situated at lower ground floor level within Block A. Works proposed to the existing Sommerville and Dundrum Road junction include the provision of an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing (including dropped kerbs and tactile paving) and reduced junction radii to 6.0m. Works proposed at the site access road from Sommerville Road include the provision an uncontrolled pedestrian (to include dropped kerbs and tactile paving). The application, may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of An Bord Pleanála and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.sommervilleshd.ie / 0.1 km away / 23 August 2024Refused
- D10A/0183Planning permission to demolish existing house and outbuildings and construct / 0.1 km away / 02 June 2010Refused