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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the derelict former McHugh’s sure in Greenhills; to ask for a report on the current granted permission at this site; to ask if there has been any contact with the developer with a view to commencing building work as per the granted permission; to ask if there has been any contact with the developer regarding the derelict and overgrown nature of the site; and to ask if any levies have been collected or will be collected under Derelict or Vacant Sites legislation?"

Permission was granted with conditions in July 2016 under SD16A/0060 for: 

Mixed use development comprising the following elements; (1) Demolition of the existing public house (1037.5sq.m) take-away (34.6sq.m), betting office (47sq.m) and associated accommodation and the retention of the existing public house basement (84.4sq.m); (2) Construction of an anchor retail unit area of 565sq.m incorporating ancillary off-licence and 5 retail units (ranging from 101sq.m to 192sq.m); Doctors surgery (137.6sq.m) consisting of 2 consultation rooms and associated accommodation; Re-location of existing public house (250sq.m), betting office (153sq.m) and take-away; (3) The residential element comprises of 26 units in total consisting of 5 one bed apartments, 18 two bed apartments, 2 three bed apartments and 1 three bed duplex all above the retail element at first and second and part third floor levels; (4) Ancillary building mounted and pylon signage, both illuminated and non-illuminated. (5) Other accommodation includes ESB substation, residential storage, bin stores, plant rooms and meeting space. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the retail/residential elements is via existing access point on St. James' Road (northward) and Limekiln Green (eastward) with proposed additional vehicular and pedestrian access (southward) via Limekiln Green. The development also includes the retention of 38 existing car parking spaces and the provision of 33 proposed additional surface car parking spaces within the site and the provision of 27 on street car parking spaces on St. James' Road and Limekiln Green. Permission is also sought for new boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, revisions to roads and all associated and site developments works. 

To date the permission has not been implemented.  

The site is not presently on the Vacant Sites Register but is under consideration for inclusion.

The site is not presently on the Derelict Sites Register.