GrantedApartmentsDecided 8 May 2019

25, Lower Mount Pleasant Avenue and Corner of Richmond Hill, Dublin 6

Demolition of a derelict building and construction of a new three-storey building with two apartments.

4501/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 30 November 2018

Reference: 4501/18
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 30 November 2018

Summary

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This application amends a previously permitted development to include the demolition of an unused derelict building. In its place, a new three-storey building will be constructed containing two three-bedroom apartments, each with balconies, terraces, and garaged car parking.

Apartmentsdemolitionredevelopment

Residential units: 2
Storeys: 3
Floor area: 270 m²

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of amending a previously permitted development, reg. Ref: 2382/18 to include the demolition of existing unused derelict building, previously laid out as ground floor retail use, stores and 2no. Carparking spaces, first floor residential apartment on site area 147.7sqm and the construction of a new three storey apartment building on the ''footprint'' of the existing building which will consist of 2no. Three bedroom apartments, each with a balcony and screened, landscaped terrace, apt 'a' 131.8sqm & apt 'b' 138.5sqm which includes area for 2 no. Garaged car parking spaces accessed from richmond hill and lower mount pleasant avenue. The proposed development will replace an existing end of terrace building, no. 25 lower mount pleasant avenue. Each apartment will have provision for bicycle and refuse bin storage within the development. The main entrance to the apartments is proposed to be retained in its present location on lower mount pleasant avenue through a landscaped courtyard.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z1: Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
32 Mount Pleasant Square, Ranelagh, Dublin 6	Apr 2025	€1,435,000	51 m
20a Mountpleasant Ave Lwr, Ranelagh, Dublin 6	Aug 2025	€1,535,000	55 m
Flat 1, 19 Richmond Hill, Rathmines	Jun 2026	€1,070,000	62 m
5 Bessborough Parade, Rathmines, Dublin	May 2025	€1,075,000	67 m
35 Mount Pleasant Square, Ranelagh, Dublin 6	Mar 2025	€1,760,000	71 m
7 Bessborough Parade, Dublin 6, Dublin	Feb 2025	€1,200,000	77 m
1 Upper Mount Pleasant Ave, Ranelagh, Dublin 6	Nov 2025	€675,000	108 m
8 Prospect Bay, Mount Pleasant Avenue, Dublin 3price excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€629,955	117 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received30 November 2018
Further information requested1 February 2019
Further information received12 April 2019
Decision due9 May 2019
Decision issued8 May 2019
Grant issued19 September 2019
Appeal submitted5 June 2019
Appeal decided30 August 2019

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