GrantedApartmentsDecided 25 July 2019

Site to the rear and side of The Laurels, 54, Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8

A 16-apartment block and one house behind 54 Inchicore Road.

2738/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 April 2019

Reference: 2738/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 11 April 2019

Summary

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The development includes the demolition of two outbuildings to construct a four-storey building containing 16 apartments (studios, one-bed, and two-bed units) and one three-storey, three-bedroom house. The project also features 10 car parking spaces, bicycle parking, and communal open spaces.

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Residential units: 17
Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission for a residential development on a site to the rear and side of the laurels, no. 54 inchicore road, kilmainham, dublin
The application site has an area of 0.14 hectares and is bound by inchicore road and no. 54 inchicore road to the south, a railway line to the north, existing residential development to the east and lands associated with no. 56 inchicore road to the west. The proposed development includes the demolition of two existing outbuildings and the construction of a four storey residential building to the rear of the site and one three storey, three-bedroom house fronting onto inchicore road. The four storey residential building will accommodate 16 no. Apartments, comprising 8 no. Two bedroom units, 6 no. One bedroom units and 2 no. Studio units. Balconies are provided for the residential apartments on the south elevation. The development includes bicycle parking, car parking (10 no. Spaces), landscaping, boundary treatments, services, vehicular and pedestrian access from inchicore road, private and communal open spaces and all associated works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z1: Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 24 February 2020. A completion certificate was lodged on 31 May 2022.

4 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
46 Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham, Dublin 8	Oct 2025	€990,000	45 m
14 Rosemount Court, Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham Dublin 8	Apr 2026	€372,000	47 m
7 Rosemount Ct, Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham Dublin 8	Jun 2026	€363,000	58 m
1 Rosemount Court, Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham Dublin 8	Jan 2025	€313,000	58 m
311 Kilmainham Sq, Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham Dublin 8	Jan 2026	€411,000	68 m
Apt 11 Kilmainham Square, Inchicore Road, Kilmainham	Feb 2026	€595,000	77 m
7 Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8	Mar 2025	€500,000	82 m
Apt 207, Kilmainham Sq, Inchicore Rd Dublin 8	Oct 2025	€520,000	86 m

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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 received11 April 2019
Further information requested5 June 2019
Further information received28 June 2019
Decision due25 July 2019
Decision issued25 July 2019
Grant issued27 January 2020
Appeal submitted23 August 2019
Appeal decided27 January 2020

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