InvalidCommercialDecided 19 April 2023

The Schoolhouse Hotel, 2-8 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 P5W8 former St Stephen's School (now hotel) .

Use of the front lawn at the Schoolhouse Hotel as an outdoor dining area.

3533/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 6 April 2023

Reference: 3533/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 6 April 2023

Summary

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The proposed development consists of using the front lawn area of the Schoolhouse Hotel as an outdoor dining area, including additional landscaping. The property is a protected structure, but no physical works are proposed to the building itself.

Commercialhoteldiningprotected structure

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: the proposed development will consist of the use of a lawn area to the front of the schoolhouse hotel building (fronting onto northumberland road) as an outdoor dining area and to include additional landscaping works. There are no works to the protected structure.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas)RS

“To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.”

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

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
6 Est Cottages, Northumberland Rd, Dublin 4	Feb 2025	€650,000	52 m
27 Northumberland Place, Grand Canal St Upper, Ballsbridge	May 2025	€745,000	74 m
24 Northumberland Place, Grand Canal Street, Dublin	Mar 2026	€462,000	74 m
Apt 1, 11 Percy Place, Ballsbridge	Feb 2025	€1,900,000	82 m
Apt 22 Northumberland Place, Grand Canal, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€462,000	88 m
Apt 1 13 Northumberland Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	May 2025	€1,100,000	103 m
Apt 5, Cranmer Place, Cranmer Lane Dublin 4	Dec 2025	€470,000	109 m
24a Cranmer Lane, Haddington Rd, Dublin	Nov 2025	€750,000	128 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 received6 April 2023
Decision due31 May 2023
Decision issued19 April 2023

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