Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 6 January 2022

The Jesuit Centre for Spirituality, Manresa House, 426, Clontarf Road, Dollymount, Dublin 3, DO3FP52

A new single-storey dining and reception building, loggia, and landscaping works at Manresa House.

3803/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 4 November 2021

Reference
3803/21
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Permission
Received
4 November 2021

Summary

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The proposed development at this protected structure site includes a new single-storey flat-roofed building for reception, dining, and cooking facilities. It also features a covered loggia structure, a new stormwater attenuation pond, 36 car parking spaces, and the removal of an existing timber structure.

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Official record

Development description

  • Protected structure: permission for development at this site, which contains a protected structure known as manresa house. The proposed development will consist of
  • A new single storey, flat-roofed building located to the northeast of the protected structure, to provide for new reception, dining, cooking and associated ancillary spaces, with rooflights, solar panles and part sedum roof
  • A new single-storey, flat-roofed open loggia structure forming a covered route from the existing retreat building to the proposed new building
  • Associated hard landscaping, including new terrace and external steps, 2no. Disabled parking bays, and extensive planting works to the courtyard
  • Landscaping works, including the provision of 36 no. Car-parking spaces, new planting to the west lawn and the formation of a new stormwater attenuation pond: and
  • The removal of an existing single-storey, pitched roof timber structure

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z15: Community and Social InfrastructureCI
To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

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 20 October 2022. A completion certificate was lodged on 29 April 2024.

Notified floor area: 430

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
35 Baymount Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3Mar 2026€1,800,000119 m
17 Baymount Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3Mar 2025€985,000140 m
30 Dollymount Ave, Clontarf, Dublin 3Nov 2025€1,500,000171 m
2 Thornhill Lane, Mount Prospect Ave, Clontarf Dublin 3Oct 2025€1,500,000196 m
73 Dollymount Ave, Clontarf, Dublin 3Jun 2025€795,000226 m
1 The Mews, Dollymount Ave, Clontarf Dublin 3May 2025€630,000240 m
404 Clontarf Rd, Dollymount, Dublin 3Mar 2026€950,000243 m
16 Prospect Bay, Mount Prospect Avenue, Clontarfprice excludes VATJan 2025€651,983260 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

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

  1. Application received4 November 2021
  2. Decision due7 January 2022
  3. Decision issued6 January 2022
  4. Grant issued17 February 2022

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