Ground Floor Unit, 8 Main Street, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Change of use of a vacant ground floor financial unit to a pet retail shop and veterinary clinic with a rear extension.
3906/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 19 November 2021
- Reference
- 3906/21
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 19 November 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to convert a vacant ground floor financial commercial unit into a pet retail reception and veterinary clinic. The works include a new glazed shopfront, internal modifications, and a single-storey pitched roof rear extension for storage.
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Official record
Development description
Permission is sought for the following; a new revised glazed shopfront with a single door, construct a single storey pitched roof extension to the rear of the existing building for storage, incorporating new a smaller roller shutter type access door and pedestrian gate onto the rear lane and to change the use from vacant financial commercial unit on the ground floor of this three storey mid terrace building to a pet related retail/reception to the front of the unit and veterinary clinic to the rear of the existing unit and associated internal modifications.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 23 July 2022.
Notified floor area: 114 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment No. 1, 142 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook | Jul 2025 | €900,000 | 35 m |
| 5 Pembroke Cottages, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | May 2025 | €735,000 | 37 m |
| 12 Pembroke Cottages, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Apr 2025 | €515,000 | 69 m |
| 45 Pembroke Cottages, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Apr 2025 | €635,000 | 79 m |
| 12 Belmont Pk, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | May 2025 | €965,000 | 81 m |
| 17 Belmont Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | May 2025 | €950,000 | 100 m |
| 85 Pembroke Cottages, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Jun 2025 | €690,000 | 104 m |
| Coppenagh, Virginia, Cavan | Feb 2026 | €287,500 | 107 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
- Application received19 November 2021
- Decision due21 January 2022
- Decision issued21 January 2022
- Grant issued3 May 2022
- Appeal submitted21 February 2022
- Appeal decided3 May 2022
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