Dublin City Council refuses permission for 65-home scheme at Dublin 8, Dublin

In context

It is one of 140 housing scheme applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 25 July 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

We, Halexmain Enterprises Ltd, intend to apply for planning permission for the development at the site north and south of and including the Camac River, that includes No. 6 Kilmainham Lane and adjacent lands and the former Irish Cone and Wafer factory, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. The proposed development will consist of the following: a) Demolition of the existing two storey dwelling, two sheds and the Irish Cone and Wafer Factory; b) Construction of a 6-storey residential building (Block A) on the north part of the site, containing a total of 35 No. apartments comprising of 13No. 1-Bed Apartments, 12 No. 2-Bed Apartments, 6 No. 2-Bed Duplex Apartments, 4 No. 3-Bed Duplex Apartments, communal amenity space on fifth floor and roof level and 1no. substation at upper ground floor level; c) Construction of a 7-storey residential building (Block B) on the south part of the site that will reduce to 3-storey to Shannon Terrace side, containing a total of 30 No. apartments comprising of 19No. 1-Bed Apartments, 9 No. 2-Bed Apartments and 2 No. 2-Bed Duplex Apartments; communal amenity spaces on the ground level and third floor level; d) Construction of a pedestrian bridge over the river Camac and of a pedestrian stair located on the north-west side on Kilmainham Lane, to connect the two parts of the site. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the development will be served through Kilmainham Lane and Shannon Terrace. All with associated site works, bicycle store, bin store, landscaping, public open space, communal open space and services.