Changes sought to permitted 86-home scheme at 69D Donore Avenue, Dublin

In context

It is one of 141 housing scheme applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,573 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 17 June 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Dublin City Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

We, Lullymore Ventures Ltd, intend to apply for planning permission for amendments to the development permitted under ACP Ref.: 318518-23 (DCC Reg. Ref.: 3400/23) on a site at 69D Donore Avenue, Dublin 8. The site is situated to the south and west of White Swan Business Centre, to the south east of properties on Elford Terrace and to the north and east of existing residential properties and back land sites on / accessed from Donore Avenue. The proposed amendments to the permitted development consist of the following: •Alterations to the internal layout from ground to fifth floor level resulting in an increase in the total number of apartments from 67 no. units to 86 no. units. The proposed internal reconfiguration updates the overall unit mix to comprise 28 no. studios, 36 no. one-bed units, 18 no. two-bed (3 person) units, 1 no. two-bed (4 person) units and 3 no. three-bed units; •Alterations to the 2 no. permitted commercial units (for Class 1- Shop or Class 2- Office / Professional Services or Class 8- Medical Centre or Class 11 - Gym or Restaurant / Café, including ancillary takeaway use) at ground floor level, including an increase in floor area to provide a total of 280 sq.m for Unit 1 and decrease in floor area to 180 sq.m for Unit 2; •Associated alterations to the permitted bicycle and bin storage areas, plant rooms (including the relocation of the external water storage area to the internal plant area) and the ESB substation at ground floor level; •The proposed amendments result in an overall reduction of gross floor area of the development from 6,615 sq.m to 6,294 sq.m; •Alterations to the permitted balcony arrangement and elevational facades, including the provision of additional balconies on the north-eastern, north-western, south-eastern and south-western elevations of the proposed building and alterations to floor to ceiling heights from ground floor level to fifth floor level (no material change to the permitted building height proposed); •All associated alterations, including reconfiguration of the permitted car parking layout (no change to total number of spaces), additional surface cycle parking at surface level, hard and soft landscaping, and all associated and ancillary works.