Planning precedent report

Planning Permission is sought for construction of new single storey storeroom to rear garden area of existing facility, and associated site works at: The Down Syndrome Centre, Willowbrook House, Balheary Road, Castlefarm, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 R8C6. AI received 01/03/24 CAI/SAI received 02/05/24

Change of use of existing domestic dwelling house to office/commercial use and associated site works. AI received 26/05/21 AI deemed significant 02/06 *Awaiting revised public notices* Revised Notices received 24/06/21.

Convert existing retail unit to yoga studio with changing rooms and to

The development will consist of amendments to the grid connection infrastructure between the approved solar photovoltaic (“PV”) energy development on lands at Mainscourt, Ballyboghill, Co. Dublin and the ESB Mountgory 38kV Substation, Swords Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin permitted under Register Reference F22A/0365 comprising the laying of underground electricity cables in ducts and associated infrastructure within the margin of the R132 road and also beneath a portion of Balheary Park including under the Ward River by means of horizontal directional drilling. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Additional Information Received 29/10/2025 Clarification of Additional Information Received 13/02/2026

Single storey extensions to the side and rear

Planning permission is sought for: i) Demolition of the existing two-storey public house known as 'The Estuary'; ii) The construction of a part four-, part five-storey flat-roofed mixed-use building, comprising 39 no. apartments (25 no. 1-bed and 14 no. 2-bed units) arranged over ground to fourth floor levels, with the fourth floor set back from Balheary Road and North Street; iii) Provision of 1 no. ground-floor commercial/retail unit fronting Balheary Road; iv) All apartments will have direct access to an area of private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace and will have shared access to communal amenity space including a landscaped ground-level courtyard and a roof-level communal amenity garden; v) Provision of 94 no. secure bicycle spaces and 8 no. cargo bike spaces within an internal store, and 20 no. visitor bicycle spaces proposed within the courtyard at ground floor level; (vi) Provision of refuse storage, plant rooms and ESB substation at ground floor level; (vii) All ancillary works including landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDS drainage (including blue green roofs), and all associated site services, site infrastructure and associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.