Symphony House, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2
Fire safety compliance works to an apartment block including new automatic opening vents.
2425/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 19 March 2021
- Reference
- 2425/21
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 19 March 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of works to bring the existing building into compliance with a fire safety certificate. This includes creating three new openings for automatic opening vents (AOVs), replacing four windows with AOVs, and installing vents at roof and basement levels.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
The development will consist of works to bring the existing building into compliance with a proposed regularised fire safety certificate, including the creation of three new openings to the external wall for automatic openings vents (aovs) and the replacement of four number existing windows with aovs to the west elevation of the apartment block (all aovs are to be opaque), the installation of an aov over the staircase at roof level and the installation of a vent from a smoke extract system on the south elevation at basement level.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.”
National zoning type: General
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Symphony Hall, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2 | Apr 2025 | €560,000 | 7 m |
| 26 Symphony House, Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2 | Jan 2025 | €777,000 | 7 m |
| 16 Symphony House, Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2 | Jun 2025 | €800,000 | 7 m |
| 41 Symphony House, Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2 | Feb 2026 | €850,000 | 20 m |
| Apartment 5, Leeson Place, Dublin 2 | Aug 2025 | €895,000 | 66 m |
| 52 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2not full market price | Jun 2025 | €350,000 | 95 m |
| 24 Dartmouth Sq North, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 | Nov 2025 | €2,705,000 | 149 m |
| 22 Dartmouth Sq North, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 | Dec 2025 | €2,870,000 | 160 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 received19 March 2021
- Decision due13 May 2021
- Decision issued10 May 2021
- Grant issued22 June 2021
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