Convent Avenue, Dublin 3, D03 FA02
Demolition of a warehouse to build two six-storey student accommodation blocks containing 18 apartments.
3143/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 25 January 2022
- Reference
- 3143/22
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 25 January 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves the demolition of an existing single-storey warehouse, offices, and boundaries. In its place, two six-storey blocks will be constructed to provide 18 student accommodation apartments with a total of 120 bed spaces, including ground-floor parking, bicycle spaces, and associated site works.
- Residential units
- 18
- Storeys
- 6
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Official record
Development description
Permission for an apartment development. The proposed development will include: a) the demolition of the existing single-storey warehouse structure, offices, fences, walls, and railings b) the construction of an apartment development of 2 no. Six storey blocks (with a setback level at fifth-floor level) with a total of 18 no. Student accommodation apartments (8 no. 5 bed units, 8 no. 6 bed units and 2 no. 7 bed units, totalling 120 no. Bed spaces). The ground floors across both blocks will comprise of a total of 4 no. Car spaces, 72 no. Bicycle spaces, and cargo bike spaces, bin stores, services/ plant room, 2 no. Stair and lift cores to access the apartments; c) the development will be accessed by 2 no. Pedestrian/ cyclist gates and 4 no. Car spaces will be accessed from convent avenue. The development includes a fire exit onto richmond lodge. D) all associated works including landscaping, planting and boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul/ surface drainage, site works, necessary to facilitate the development.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Chamberlain Court, Richmond Ave, Fairview Dublin 3 | Mar 2026 | €350,000 | 83 m |
| 11 Chamberlain Court, Richmond Ave, Fairview Dublin 3 | May 2025 | €352,000 | 83 m |
| 1 Chamberlain Court, Richmond Ave, Fairview Dublin 3not full market price | Sept 2025 | €270,000 | 83 m |
| 219 Richmond Rd, Dublin 3 | Dec 2025 | €2,000,000 | 100 m |
| 3 Richmond Estate, Fairview, Dublin 3 | Apr 2026 | €600,000 | 112 m |
| 4 Richmond Est, Fairview, Dublin 3 | Jun 2025 | €495,000 | 118 m |
| 8b Richmond Ave, Dublin 3 | Dec 2025 | €975,000 | 128 m |
| Apt 14, Hogan View, Richmond Rd Dublin 3 | Jan 2025 | €350,000 | 138 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received25 January 2022
- Decision due21 March 2022
- Decision issued21 March 2022
- Appeal submitted21 April 2022
- Appeal decided6 January 2023
In the area
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- Invalid50 m away
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- Granted50 m away
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- Granted50 m away
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