RefusedApartmentsDecided 12 September 2019

Lands at 3, Poplar Row, with service access on Annesley Place, Ballybough, Dublin 3

An additional floor to add 7 apartments to a permitted development in Ballybough, making it a seven-storey building.

3541/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 19 July 2019

Reference: 3541/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 19 July 2019

Summary

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The application seeks to amend a permitted 'Build to Rent' development by adding an extra floor of residential accommodation. This will add 7 apartments, increasing the total from 39 to 46 units, and raising the building height to seven storeys.

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Residential units: 7
Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission for a development comprising amendments to the 'build to rent' residential apartment development, authorised by the grant of permission for planning register reference no. 3900/18, which will involve the omission of condition no. 4 attached to the grant of permission for pl. Reg. Ref. No. 3900/18. The amendments will comprise (a) the construction of an additional floor of residential accommodation, identical in layout to the floors already permitted from first to fourth floor levels. It will comprise 7 no. Dwelling units (1 no. 3 bed apartment; 3 no. 2 bed apartments; 2 no. 1 bed apartments with balconies to the rear and 1 no. 1 bed apartment with balcony to the front). The overall number of residential units within the development will increase from 39 no. Permitted under planning register reference no. 3900/18 to 46 no. , and the building will increase in height to become a seven storey building, with a set-back seventh storey and (b) the provision of the same proportion of brick on the front elevation of the aforementioned building, with its increased height, as provided for in the original application, as modified by the additional information submitted to dublin city council in relation to pl. Reg. Ref. No. 3900/18.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban VillagesDC

“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 13 July 2020. A completion certificate was lodged on 20 June 2022.

Notified floor area: 3,226.14 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
11a Cadogan Road, Fairview, Dublin 3	Mar 2026	€530,000	94 m
11 Cadogan Road, Dublin 3, D03 Kr63	Dec 2025	€410,000	113 m
15 Cadogan Rd, Fairview, Dublin	Dec 2025	€1,990,000	117 m
1 Cadogan Rd, Fairview, Dublin 3	Mar 2025	€445,000	123 m
33 Cadogan Rd, Fairview, Dublin 3	May 2026	€565,000	124 m
14 St Patricks Avenue, North Strand, Dublin 3	May 2025	€225,000	125 m
106 Strand Rd North, Dublin 3, Dublin	Jul 2025	€354,166	127 m
31 Annesley Ave, Dublin 2, Dublin	Apr 2025	€325,000	127 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 received19 July 2019
Decision due12 September 2019
Decision issued12 September 2019
Grant issued2 March 2020
Appeal submitted15 October 2019
Appeal decided2 March 2020

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