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Garda Regional Headquarters for Ballymun

Garda Regional HQ to be built in Ballymun

• Area:
Area 4 - North West

• Application Number:
2114/05

• Application Type:
State Authority Works

• Decision:
GRANT PERMISSION

• Decision Date:
06-May-2005

• Applicant:
The Office of Public Works - 51, Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin 2


• Location:

Site Adjacent to Ballymun Civic Centre, Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9


• Proposal:

The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.

The Commissioners of
Public Works in Ireland hereby
give notice of their intention
to carry out development at the
site adjacent to the Ballymun Civic Centre,
Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9.

The development will consist of:

• The construction of a new 2,434 sqm
  building housing a new Garda Divisional
  Headquaters;
• A single storey basement comprising
  switch room, oil tank and generator area,
  staff entry, and car parking for 65 staff
  cars accessed via the existing vehicular
  ramp which serves the basement car park
  of the adjacent Civic Centre.
• New vehicular access and gate from
  main road to surface car parking for
  48 no. staff cars to the rear of the
  building;
• Provision of new 7 sqm covered ESB
  switch room at rear boundary of site;
• Provision of new bicycle shed with
  lean to roof at rear boundary of site;
• Erection of a Garda telecommunications
  mast 30 metres high measured from
  finished ground level;
• Provision of 5 no lay-by public
  car parking spaces to the front of the site,
  and 2 no. designated disabled parking
  spaces within the context of a landscaped
  public space to the front of the building;
• General associated foul and surface
  water drainage, site services, and above
  and below ground site works to facilitate the development.

The proposed scheme comprises 6 storeys,
ie 5 storeys over single storey basement,
with the 5th storey set back.

The scheme is being developed in
conjunction with a new office development
comprising offices for the:

• Department of Social and
  Family Affairs.
• The Money, Advice and
  Budgeting Services.
• The Probation and Welfare Services,
  which forms part of the same development,
  and which is the subject of a separate application to Dublin City Council for planning permission.

The total site area relating
to the proposed development is 2275 sqm.
and the total site area relating to the
combined Garda and Social Welfare Development
is 3720 sqm. Drawings and
particulars of the proposed
development are available for inspection at:

The Offices of Ballymun Regeneration Ltd.

Ballymun Civic Centre, Main Street,
Ballymun, Dublin 8
between the hours of 9.00a.m.
to 5.00p.m. and also at

The Office of Public Works,

51 Saint Stephen's Green, Dublin 2,
between the hours of 9.15 a.m. - 1.00p.m.
and 2.15 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. Monday to
Friday for a period of six weeks beginning
24th March 2005.

Submissions and/or observations
with respect to the proposed development,
dealing with the proper planning
and sustainable development of the
area in which the development would
be situated, may be made in writing to:

The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland,

Project Management Services,
51 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
during the six week period beginning 24th March 2005.

This page was updated on 6th July, 2009