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Highfield Grove, Oaklands Crescent Road and Saint Luke's Hospital service road together with the existing "Primrose Lodge" property at 28A Highfield Grove, all accessed off Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6

GRANT PERMISSION

Planning application 2010/19

Dublin - Dublin City Council

Proposed Development

Planning permission for a residential development at this site of c. 0.69 hectares, incorporating former Highfield plant nursery located off Highfield Grove, Oaklands Crescent Road and Saint Luke's Hospital service road together with the existing "Primrose Lodge" property at 28A Highfield Grove, all accessed off Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6. The site is bounded by the rear gardens of St. Kevin's Park to the south, Highfield Grove and Four Oaks to the north, Sunbury Park to the east and Saint Luke's Hospital to the west. The development will consist of: the demolition and removal of the existing derelict glass greenhouses and related structures (c. 4450sqm) on site with the existing 1.5 storey, 3 bed dwelling at 28A Highfield Grove to be retained and included as part of the proposal; the partial demolition of existing site boundaries to provide for a new pedestrian access and entrance gate on the north-west boundary of the site within the curtilage of the property at 28A Highfield Grove (and the creation of new boundary to this property) with vehicular access maintained off Oaklands Crescent and Saint Luke's Hospital service road to the west; the construction of 14 no. new dwellings comprising: 2 no. Type A (3 storey, 4 bed) end of terrace dwellings, 2 no. Type B (3 storey, 4 bed) end of terrace dwellings, 4 no. Type B (3 storey, 4 bed) terraced dwellings, 2no. Type C (3 storey, 4 bed) detached dwellings, 2 no. Type E (3 storey, 4 bed) semi-detached dwellings, 1 no. Type F (3 storey, 4 bed) detached dwelling and 1 no. Type G (2 storey, 3 bed) detached dwelling, all with in curtilage car parking; provision of public open space (totalling c.509sqm); and, all other site development works and site services above and below the ground required to facilitate the proposed development including visitor car parking, bike parking, bin storage, incidental open space, boundary treatments, landscaping and surface water attenuation facilities required to facilitate the proposed development.

Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    3 Jan 2019

  2. Further information requested

    27 Feb 2019

  3. Further information received

    1 Jul 2019

  4. Decision due

    26 Jul 2019

  5. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

    26 Jul 2019

  6. Appeal submitted

    20 Aug 2019

  7. Appeal decided: REFUSE PERMISSION

    17 Dec 2019

Application Details

Location
Highfield Grove, Oaklands Crescent Road and Saint Luke's Hospital service road together with the existing "Primrose Lodge" property at 28A Highfield Grove, all accessed off Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
Permission
Planning Authority
Dublin City Council
Site Area
6885.82 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
3 January 2019
Status
Appeal Decided
Decision
GRANT PERMISSION
Decision Date
26 July 2019

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ABP-305148-19
Decision
REFUSE PERMISSION
Submitted
20 August 2019
Decided
17 December 2019

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