Construction Site at 24, 26 and 28 Foster’s Avenue

Approved Days for Extended Hours of Working

MMRA advise residents of the most recent update of major construction works by Park Developments on their site at 24, 26 and 28 Foster’s Avenue. Park have obtained derogations from DLRCC Planning Department for extended hours of working on specified dates (see below) for the necessary continuous pouring of concrete in Block C:

  1. 02/04/25 -Ground Floor (pour 1)
  2. 08/04/25 – Ground Floor (pour 2)
  3. 12/05/25 – 1st Floor
  4. 11/06/25 – 2nd Floor
  5. 11/07/25 – 3rd Floor
  6. 06/08/25 – Roof

On each of the above days the set up on site will start at 6.45 am and may continue until 2.00 am on the following morning – the Planning Permission permitted working hours of 7.00 am to 7.00 pm.

Park claim they will strive to minimise the extended hours and the associated disruption Residents should note that:
a. the dates may be subject to variation as the works develop – Park to update MMRA and local
residents
b. the overall project includes 3 blocks, hence further concrete pours will be required for future Blocks A and B.

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Mount Merrion is a suburban estate in South County Dublin developed on lands once the seat of the Viscounts Fitwilliam. Centred around the Deerpark, a public park first landscaped by the 5th Viscount, and the remains of the house he built there in 1711, Mount Merrion today is generally considered to be bounded to the North by The UCD campus at Belfield, to the East by the N11 and Booterstown and Blackrock, to the South by Stillorgan and Kilmacud, and to the West by Goatstown and Clonskeagh.  *Lower Kilmacud Road residents on the right-hand-side from Stillorgan Shopping Centre, odd numbers 103 to 167, including 111a, are within Mount Merrion demense.  The Mount Merrion Residents Association, founded in 1935, is the oldest residents’ association in continuous existence in Ireland. It represents the following roads:
  • Callary Road
  • Cedarmount Road
  • Cherrygarth
  • Chestnut Road
  • Clonmore Road
  • The Close
  • Cypress Road
  • Deerpark Road
  • Foster Avenue
  • The Fosters
  • Glenabbey Road
  • Greenfield Road
  • Greygates
  • Iris Grove
  • Lower Kilmacud Road (partial)
  • Mather Road North
  • Mather Road South
  • Mount Anville Road
  • North Avenue
  • Owenstown Park
  • Redesdale Crescent
  • Redesdale Road
  • The Rise
  • Roebuck Avenue
  • St Thomas Road
  • St Thomas Mead
  • South Avenue
  • Sycamore Road
  • Sycamore Cresent
  • East Avenue (Sycamore)
  • Thornhill Road
  • Trees Avenue
  • Trees Road Lower
  • Trees Road Upper
  • Wilson Crescent
  • Wilson Road
At its peak, Mount Merrion rises to 82m (269ft) above sea level.