GrantedApartmentsDecided 6 November 2019

280, 282 & 284 Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6

Conversion of a first-floor games room and snooker hall into six apartments with associated structural alterations.

3987/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 12 September 2019

Reference: 3987/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 12 September 2019
Residential units: 6

Summary

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The project involves a change of use of an existing first-floor games room/snooker hall to six apartments (three 2-bed and three 1-bed units). The development includes structural alterations such as a new courtyard, replacement staircases, a new bridge link, and wintergarden-type balconies.

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Floor area: 379 m²

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Development description

The development will consist of a change of use of existing first-floor games room/snooker hall to 6 no. Apartments (3 no. 2-bed and 3 no. 1-bed units; total area 379 sq. M, accessed from existing entrances at castlewood avenue and castlewood place. The development includes (a) provision of replacement external escape staircase behind existing return b and adjacent open chair-lift, connecting ground level yard to deck at first floor level, (b) removal of a section of first-floor flat roof to provide an open courtyard at first floor level, (c) replacement of existing link at second floor level, between front and rear block with new bridge link and its connection to first-floor courtyard by new external stairs, (d) provision of rooflight to existing roof over apartment no. 6, (e) alterations to existing flat roof at rear to provide private balconies and communal open spaces on deck, (f) removal of 2 no. Existing steel staircases and provision of a balcony and replacement stairs to rear of apartment no. 3, (g) modifications to rathmines road elevation to include the provision of 2 no. Wintergarden-type balconies at first floor level, (h) extension (2 sq. M) and alterations to existing entrance from castlewood avenue, (i) alterations to existing entrance gates from castlewood place, (j) provision of refuse bin storage, bicycle parking, landscaping & all associated site works at rear and (j) various internal and external alterations to existing building fabric.

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

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 1, 7a Upper Mount Pleasant Avenue, Rathmines	Jun 2025	€21,000	49 m
Apt 1, 7a Upper Mount Pleasant Avenue, Rathmines	Jun 2025	€21,000	49 m
The Mews, 9 Castlewood Place, Rathmines	Jun 2025	€470,000	50 m
3 Castlewood Close, Castlewood Ave, Rathmines Dublin 6	Mar 2026	€537,000	58 m
29 Castlewood Close, Rathmines, Dublin 6	Dec 2025	€380,000	70 m
28 Castlewood Close, Castlewood Ave, Rathmines Dublin 6	Nov 2025	€345,000	70 m
10 Castlewood Close, Castlewood Ave, Rathmines	Jul 2025	€546,000	80 m
22 Church Gardens, Rathmines, Dublin 6	Dec 2025	€650,000	82 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received12 September 2019
Decision due6 November 2019
Decision issued6 November 2019
Grant issued17 December 2019
Appeal submitted20 November 2019
Appeal decided4 December 2019

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