The proposed development is at former Joe Molloy’s Bookmakers (Derelict site Ref. Number DS-1044)

Proposed development

the proposed development is for a 2-5 storey mixed use building on the former Joe Molloy’s Bookmakers site, Main Street, Clonee, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing building and site clearance (Derelict Site No. DS-1044); the construction of 3 no. ground floor level retail units with frontage onto Clonee Main Street (R147), the Lucan Road (R149) and at the Main Street / Lucan Road Junction (R147 / R149 Junction); 37 no. apartments (1 no. studio unit, 17 no. 1 bed units and 19 no. 2 bed units) at upper floor levels, including private amenity spaces; a raised communal landscape deck at first floor level, together with landscaped communal roof terraces at 2nd and 4th floor levels; 37 no. car parking spaces (including. 1 no. accessible space), 76 no. bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. communal bin stores at ground floor/surface level with access onto the Lucan Road (R149); and all associated and ancillary site and development works. The proposed development incorporates works to the public realm along the frontage of the site onto Clonee Main Street (R147), the Lucan Road (R149) and at the Main Street / Lucan Road Junction (R147 / R149 Junction). These proposed works include the provision of a concrete footpath (2.5m in width) along the Lucan Road (R149) frontage of the site; the provision of a bituminous macadam cycle path (1.75m in width) along Clonee Main Street (R147) and Lucan Road (R149) frontage, integrating with existing cycle paths; and, the provision of a loading bay for commercial vehicles only (2.5m x 7m) along Clonee Main Street (R147), adjoining and integrated with existing on-street parallel parking spaces. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Planning status

Permission was granted on 10 Oct 2024. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 25 Nov 2029.

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