Category Archives: General Information

A planning application for the second phase of the Knockrabo development on Mount Anville Road has recently been lodged. 158 units (of which 12 houses). Up to 8 storey.

More details can be found on the DLR Planning website. We submitted an observation regarding a pedestrian/cyclist access route through this site, to allow for an easier route for our members to Deer Park.

We recently made a submission to An Bord Pleanála in respect of the Part 10 planning application lodged by the LDA, in conjunction with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, for the development of 934 homes on the site of the former Central Mental Hospital. An earlier post with more details of this application can be found here.

Click here to read our submission.
(The Appendix document can be found here.)

The LDA, in partnership with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, is lodging a new planning application for the Central Mental Hospital site. Because the Council is involved, it will be a Part 10 Planning Application (goes straight to An Bord Pleanála). They are looking for permission to build 934 homes this time, (up from the 852 that were granted last time). They are proposing to build 753 new affordable and cost rental homes and 181 social homes. They say they are reducing heights along the boundary, with heights ranging from 2 to 8 storeys across the site.

They are having two public information sessions in Dundrum Library:

• 10^th September from 10am-1pm
• 12^th September from 4pm-8pm

Full details on the information stage will be at this project website www.dundrumcentral.ieand the actual Part 10 application can be viewed here once lodged at  www.dundrumcentralresidentialpart10.ie.

We would encourage all interested residents to attend one of the public information sessions.

Update 27/9/24: The public information stage has now been completed, and the Part 10 application has just been lodged. You can find the information here: www.dundrumcentralresidentialpart10.ie.

Members of the public have 6 weeks to make an observation, and it costs €50. You can find more information, and make your observation here: https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/320912. We understand the last day to make an observation is 6/11/24, 5:30pm.

The Department of Education has lodged a planning application for the construction of the permanent school buildings on the old IGB site. (The school buildings currently on site are temporary buildings.) They are planning to construct a 16-classroom primary school and a 1,000 pupil secondary school. 

The proposed secondary school is to be part 4 storey and includes the provision of 1 no. general purpose hall and 1 no. PE hall and c. 1,374 sqm rooftop play space including 2 no. ball courts. The proposed primary school is to be part 3 storey and is to include the provision of 1 no. general purpose hall and a c. 489 sqm rooftop play space. The development will also include the provision of 6 no. ballcourts; all hard and soft play areas including an outdoor gym area; sensory gardens, the removal of most of the existing trees etc. They appear to be including the possibility of another smaller pedestrian entrance on the south (Taney Avenue) side, however it is uncertain if this will be opened. They state on the plans: “Potential future pedestrian & cycle access point. Works required by Others to facilitate pedestrian/cycle permeability route to Taney Avenue.“.

You can see some photo montages taken from the planning application below. You can find all planning documents on the DLR website, the planning reference is: D24A/0619. The final date for observations is 16th Sep 2024.

Update 27/9/24: Please see here for the observation we submitted in respect of this planning application.

Update 4/10/24: The Council has reverted with a “Request for Further Information“. Disappointingly the planners don’t appear to have an issue with the proposed unnecessary raising of the ground level, or the overbearing impact on one particular residence. The Planner’s Report can be found here. The Department has 6 months to respond.