GrantedApartmentsDecided 17 September 2024

No. 348 Harold's Cross Road, Dublin 6W, D6W VW99

Amendments to a permitted build-to-rent apartment development to increase the overall floor area by 148 square metres.

3356/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 March 2024

Reference: 3356/24
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 11 March 2024

Summary

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The application seeks to amend a previously permitted part-two to part-five storey build-to-rent development containing 50 apartments. The changes will increase the overall floor area from approximately 4,900sqm to 5,048sqm, with increases at the lower and upper ground floors.

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Residential units: 50
Floor area: 5,048 m²

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Official record

Development description

For development to amend a previously permitted build-to-rent residential development (dcc reg. Ref. 2769/21 / abp ref. 311691-21) currently under construction at a site of 0.21 ha (the original site being c. 0.23 ha) at no. 348 harold's cross road, dublin 6w, d6w vw99 (formerly known as 'kenilworth motors'). The site is principally bounded by laundry lane to the north, harold's cross road to the east, kenilworth manor to the south, and rosary park to the west. (the extant planning permission permits inter alia the demolition of the structures on site (with the exception of certain boundary walls) the construction of a part-two, part-three, part-four, part-five storey building accommodating 50 no. Apartments, with terraces and or balconies facing east, south and west, and ancillary car parking, waste storage, communal residential facilities, plant/ ancillary areas and all associated works all accessed from harold's cross road and laundry lane. ) the development will consist of the overall increase in floor area of 148 sq m (from c. 4,900 sq m to 5,048 sq m), including increase at lower ground floor (from 381 sq m to 429 sqm); increase at upper ground floor (from 1261 sq m to 1,296 sq m); increase at first floor (from 1,291 sq m to 1,301 sq m); increase at second floor (from 1,118 sq m to 1,143 sq m) increase at third floor (from 849 sq m to 879 sq m). The maximum height of the building remains unchanged (c. 48.50 m). The overall number of units increases by 2 no. (from 50 no. Units (4 no. Studio units; 42 no. 1-bed units; 2 no. 2-bed/3-persons; and 2 no. 2-bed/4- persons) to 52 no. Units (4 no. Studio units; 41 no. 1-bed units; 5 no. 2-bed/3-persons; and 2 no. 2-bed/4-persons)). The development will also consist of revisions to the internal layout: increase in floor area at lower ground floor (by 48 sq m) to accommodate the related bicycle store and increased plant area; revised internal layouts of the 3 no. Lower ground floor apartment units; revisions to 3 no. Permitted 1-bed units to replace with 3 no. 2- bed/3 person units (at upper ground, first and second floor levels); provision of 2 no. Additional 1-bed apartment units at upper ground floor in lieu of the relocated ancillary gym, bicycle store and plant room; revised layout and reduction in area of communal residential amenities by 59 sq m (from 200 sq m to 142 sq m) (to provide revised gym, workspace, lounge), revised switchroom and lobby layout, omission of store and concierge. The development will also consist of external amendments: alterations to building facades including windows; provision of own door access to the 3 no. Lower ground floor units (at the east and the north façades); provision of access door to relocated bicycle store to the north façade off laundry lane; revisions to part of the southern boundary treatment; omission of roof plant previously permitted second floor level and provision of maintenance access; alteration to car parking layout (including the reduction in spaces from 8 no. To 7 no. ); revisions to cycle parking and pedestrian access to building off laundry lane; reduction in floor plate (by 10 sq m) at second floor level, reducing the associated communal open space by 10 sq m (from 69 sq m to 59 sq m); reduction in floor plate (by 6 sq m) at third floor level, reducing the associated communal open space by 6 sq m (from 185 sq m to 179 sq m), and associated reduction in roof slab above. The development will also consist of sustainable urban drainage systems; waste management area; roof plant, including pv panels; associated hard and soft landscaping; and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including changes in level, boundary treatments and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply) access to the scheme will be via harold's cross road and laundry lane.

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
6 Kenilworth Lodge, 346 Harolds Cross Road, Dublin 6	Jul 2025	€366,000	28 m
19 Kenilworth Manor, Harolds Cross Road, Dublin 6w	Jul 2025	€405,000	30 m
7 Kenilworth Manor, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6	Nov 2025	€381,000	44 m
11 Kenilworth Park, Dublin 6w, Dublinnot full market price	Jan 2025	€574,769	86 m
4 Kenilworth Manor, Harolds Cross Rd, Harolds Cross Dublin 6w	Jun 2026	€610,000	86 m
Apt 5, Clareville House, Harolds Cross	Feb 2025	€260,000	107 m
8 Kenilworth Park, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6w	Dec 2025	€1,005,000	120 m
7 Brighton Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin 6	Aug 2025	€979,000	135 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 March 2024
Decision due17 September 2024
Decision issued17 September 2024
Permission expiry13 December 2029

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