Labinies Limited intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for permission to build a student accommodation on the former “Matts of Cabra” public house and lands to the rear on Fassaugh Avenue, Cabra, Dublin 7.

The development will involve the demolition of the former “Matts of Cabra” public house and associated structures and the construction of a student accommodation development consisting of 208 no. ensuite student accommodation bedrooms – 198 no. bedspaces in 32 no. house units in a linked four and five storey building and 10 no. single bed ensuite studio rooms in a three storey building together with associated facilities including a central access lobby, a central hub, recreation spaces, administration areas at basement and ground floor levels. The development will include 657.65 sq. m. of retail floor space in 2 no. units fronting onto Fassaugh Avenue; the construction of a vehicular access onto Fassaugh Avenue and the provision of a vehicle set down in front of the four/five storey building; and all other site development works including landscaped gardens and open amenity areas, a roof garden on the Fassaugh Avenue side of the linked four/five storey building, 9 no. surface car parking spaces (including 1 no. disabled space), 114 no. cycle parking spaces, a covered bin store, an ESB substation and switch room and the formation of a public plaza on the Fassaugh Road frontage including the provision of 2 no. visitor car parking spaces.