Dublin City Council grants permission for 74-home scheme at Site, 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 23 June 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, Charlemont Project Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for amendments to the development permitted under ABP Ref.: 313048-22 and DCC Reg. Ref.: 4115/21 on lands at 9/14 and 11c Milltown Road, Milltown, Dublin 6. The application site consists of the former Murphy and Gunn site (currently Autovision) and the former St Joseph’s Junior Education Centre site. The proposed amendments seek to alter the permitted development from a Build to Rent apartment scheme to a standard apartment scheme, and comprises of the following: • Omission of Condition No.s 3, 4 and 5 of the An Bord Pleanála Order under ABP Ref.: 313048-22; • Alterations to 3 no. units at ground floor level to provide private amenity space to each unit on the north elevation, and associated alterations to the north elevation; and • All associated site development works. The permitted development (ABP Ref.: 313048-22 and DCC Reg. Ref.: 4115/21) provides 74 no. residential units and there is no proposed change to the total number or mix of units permitted.