Rear of 1 Upper Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Subdivision of a ground floor restaurant into two units and incorporation of external terraces into retail and office space.
2246/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 12 February 2019
- Reference
- 2246/19
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 12 February 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe development will split an existing ground floor restaurant-cafe into two independent units, creating a new entrance and shopfront on Rathgar Road. It also includes roofing over existing external terraces to add 23 sqm of ground floor retail space and 33 sqm of first floor office space.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 56 m²
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Official record
Development description
The development will consist of the separation of existing restaurant - cafe at ground floor level into two independent units including the creation of a new entrance and shopfront along rathgar road. Also, the incorporation of existing external terraces at ground and first floor levels into both retail and office use respectively with these spaces being roofed over also, increasing the floor area by 23m2 at ground floor and 33m2 at first floor levels. The proposed works further include elevational amendments along the rathgar road frontage including the installation of external windows and doors, stone cladding, etc.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, 7a Upper Mount Pleasant Avenue, Rathmines | Jun 2025 | €21,000 | 67 m |
| Apt 1, 7a Upper Mount Pleasant Avenue, Rathmines | Jun 2025 | €21,000 | 67 m |
| Apartment 1, 10 Upper Rathmines Road, Dublin | May 2025 | €725,000 | 70 m |
| 22 Church Gardens, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | Dec 2025 | €650,000 | 93 m |
| 37 Wynnefield Park, Rathmines, Dublin 6not full market price | Nov 2025 | €347,000 | 98 m |
| 50 Wynnefield Park, Charleville Rd, Rathmines Dublin 6 | Aug 2025 | €416,000 | 116 m |
| 53 Wynnfield Park Apts, Dublin 6, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €408,000 | 116 m |
| 32 Wynnefield Park, Wynnefield Rd, Rathmines Dublin 6 | Mar 2025 | €350,000 | 119 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received12 February 2019
- Decision due8 April 2019
- Decision issued8 April 2019
- Grant issued14 May 2019
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