RefusedApartmentsDecided 18 October 2023

52 & 54, Quarry Road Cabra, Dublin 7

Demolition of a commercial building and construction of a mixed-use development with 54 apartments and a commercial unit.

4362/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 24 August 2023

Reference: 4362/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 24 August 2023

Summary

AI-generated

The project involves the demolition of an existing two-storey commercial building and storage sheds. It will be replaced by three blocks ranging from 3 to 6 storeys, containing 54 apartments, one ground-floor commercial unit, and 138 bicycle spaces.

Apartmentsdemolitionapartmentsmixed use

Residential units: 54
Storeys: 6

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

Permission: for the demolition of existing two storey commercial building fronting quarry road and attached double height storage shed and all ancillary storage structures to the rear and the construction of a mixed commercial/residential development in three separate blocks ranging from 3-6 storeys and consisting of block a: 3-5 storey block with setbacks fronting quarry road containing 1 commercial unit at ground floor level; 6 no. 1 bed and 11 no. 2 bed apartments all with private balconies block b: 4-6 storey central block containing 19 no. 1 bed
18 no. 2 bed and 1 no. Studio apartments all with private balconies. Block c; 5 storey block fronting access road to north containing 3 no. 1 bed, 5 no. 2 bed and 1 no. Studio apartment all with private balconies with vehicle access to the central area by existing access from quarry road and ancillary site works including parking for 2 no. Electric cars, 2 no. Car sharing services and 1 no. Disabled car parking. 3 no. Communal bin stores, 138 secure bicycle parking spaces. All on a site of 0.28 ha at 52 & 54 quarry road

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z3: Neighbourhood CentresDC

“To provide for and improve neighbourhood 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 plan

Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
100 Quarry Rd, Cabra, Dublin 7	May 2026	€612,000	79 m
120 Quarry Road, Cabra, Dublin 7	Jul 2025	€695,000	107 m
9 Erris Rd, Cabra, Dublin 7not full market price	Oct 2025	€212,500	108 m
23 Erris Rd, Cabra, Dublin 7not full market price	Feb 2026	€360,000	111 m
175 New Cabra Rd, Cabra, Dublin 7	Apr 2026	€730,000	148 m
St Mary's, 191 New Cabra Road, Dublin 7	Feb 2025	€1,110,000	150 m
23 Ross House, Montpelier Avenue, Dublin 7price excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€295,154	178 m
57 Ross House, Montpelier Avenue, Dublin 7price excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€297,357	178 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 received24 August 2023
Decision due18 October 2023
Decision issued18 October 2023
Appeal submitted14 November 2023
Appeal decided10 September 2024

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.