Silver Granite pub apartment plans are refused permission
SOUTH Dublin County Council’s decision to grant permission for the demolition of the Silver Granite pub in Palmerstown to make way for an apartment block has been overturned on appeal.
Hollyville Investments Limited lodged the planning application in October 2022, where they outlined the scale of the development.
The proposal includes the demolition of the Silver Granite and the construction of a five-storey-over-partial-basement, mixed-use development.
The proposal comprises a gastro pub/restaurant with off-licence, two retail units and one ESB sub-station, all at ground-floor level, and a small plant room at basement level.
The residential aspect of the scheme includes the construction of 50 apartments, in the form of 25 one-beds and 25 two-beds on the upper floors of the mixed-use development.
Provision of landscaping and upgrades to the public realm, including upgrades to the existing pedestrian crossing on Kennelsfort Road Upper, is included.
The planning application attracted 24 third-party submissions, where concerns about potential loss of privacy, sunlight and overshadowing were raised.
In May 2022, South Dublin County Council granted permission for the development, ruling that it was “acceptable and would be in keeping with the sustainable planning and development of the area.”
The following month, five third-parties lodged appeals against the council’s decision to grant permission, citing a number of concerns.
In the appeal by the Moriarty Group, which runs SuperValu in Palmerstown, they stated the proposal posed a “significant planning risk”, such as the use of overflow car parking into Palmerstown Shopping Centre due to “insufficient parking spaces” in the proposed development.
In a separate appeal, Luke Moriarty, the MD of the Moriarty Group, said the proposed scheme had “significant failings” in respect of traffic and transport, which makes the plan “fundamentally flawed and undeliverable”.
The Kennelsfort Management Company, with an address in Palmerstown Shopping Centre, stated in its appeal that the proposed parking arrangements for the development are “substandard and unacceptable” and “forces all associated car parking requirements onto other parties in the shopping centre.
Local residents Dermot Keogh and John Sheahan lodged separate planning appeals, where they voiced concerns about the impact the development would have on the area.
Mr Keogh said the development would “tower above” his house and back garden, and that it has “no regard” for residents, traffic congestion, nearby schools and the environment.
Mr Sheahan said the scheme would represent “an unduly overbearing relationship with adjoining properties” and it would “destroy the enjoyment of my private residence and that of my neighbours.”
On January 18 last, An Bord Pleanála overturned the council’s grant of permission, and instead refused permission for the development.
The appeals board said the development would “result in substandard residential amenity for future occupiers” and the layout of the parking area would “negatively impact” on the existing operation of Palmerstown Shopping Centre.
