Planning application · Co. Dublin

The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11

Granted on appeal 29 Feb 2024 (Refused 14 Oct 2022 by the council)

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Key facts

  • Planning application 4704/22 at The Bottom of The Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11: ~48 homes.
  • It was received by Dublin City Council on 22 Aug 2022.
  • Status: Granted on appeal 29 Feb 2024 (Refused 14 Oct 2022 by the council).
  • Permission was granted on appeal on 29 Feb 2024; the board's decision is final. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Source: the Dublin City Council planning register, as last seen on 2 Jun 2026. Search the council's register

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Council register

The council's register shows: Refused on 14 Oct 2022.

Application details as we last saw them in the national register on 2 Jun 2026.

What and where

~48 homes

Planning Permission 1) to demolish an existing 2-storey building containing a bar, restaurant, bookmakers and takeaway and 2) for the construction of a new commercial/residential mixed use development, consisting of a 5-storey over part-basement structure containing 240 sq.m hospitality/commercial unit at ground level with a 142 sq.m basement, a 140 sq.m retail unit also at ground floor level, 48 no. apartments over 4 storeys, with balconies (3 no. 3-bed, 31 no. 2-bed, 14 no. 1-bed units), public and communal open space at first floor plaza level, communal open space at fourth floor level, pedestrian access at Main Street and Ballygall Road, a total of 31 car parking spaces and 106 bicycle parking spaces at ground level, vehicular access from Main Street and vehicular exit onto Ballygall Road, waste storage, ancillary site development works, associated services and landscaping, all at The Bottom of the Hill Bar, Main Street & Ballygall Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, adjacent to a protected structure (RPS no. 4850 in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022).

Location
Dublin 11, Co. Dublin Map
Planning reference
4704/22

Numbers and dates

Homes
~48estimated from the application
Floor area
522 m²
Estimated construction value
€10m to €15mOur estimate from stated homes and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Received
22 Aug 2022
Council decision
14 Oct 2022
Appeal lodged
10 Nov 2022
Granted on appeal
29 Feb 2024
Protected structure
Yes, RPS 4850

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Refused by the council
  3. Appeal lodged
  4. Appeal decidedGrant Permissions with Conditions

Site history

This site's history

  1. Application 4704/22Sub01 at the same address: received 13 Oct 2026, no decision recorded yet.

    5. Proposals for a naming and numbering scheme and associated signage shall be submitted to, and agreed in writing with, the planning… Same address

Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on appeal on 29 Feb 2024; the board's decision is final. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Conservation work to a protected structureNamed in the application description
  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

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How we know this

From the Dublin City Council planning register, as last seen on 2 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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