1A Rathgar Place - Mews to rear of no. 162 Rathgar Road, Dublin 6
Retention and extension of a derelict coach house to create a three-bedroom mews dwelling behind a protected structure.
4586/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 29 July 2022
- Reference
- 4586/22
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Retention Permission
- Received
- 29 July 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks retention permission for the conversion, upgrade, and extension of a derelict coach house to provide a three-bedroom mews dwelling. The works include a new two-storey rear extension, a raised slated roof, off-street parking, and a new boundary wall separating it from the main protected structure.
- Residential unit
- 1
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
Protected structure rps ref. 7125: retention permission for retention of and extension to existing end of terrace derelict coach house to provide a 3 bedroom mews dwelling. The works include conversation and upgrade of existing coach house in order to provide off street car parking space and new staircase at ground floor, 4 no. New window openings to the elevation facing rathgar place, reinstatement of first floor with bedroom at first floor level, reinstatement of slated pitched roof structure at a level 550mm above original. Extension to rear of coach house to include glazed lightwell separating the existing coach house structure from the new extension and a new two storey green flat roofed structure to provide kitchen and living space at ground floor level and 2no. Bedrooms at first floor level with associate ancillary accommodation within the coach house structure. Site works to include drainage works and hard and soft landscaping to rear garden area and a new 1.8m high stone boundary wall seperating the mews dwelling and garden from the garden of no. 162 rathgar road.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.”
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.
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 York Ave, Rathmines Rd Upper, Rathmines Dublin 6 | Mar 2025 | €1,300,000 | 103 m |
| 34 York Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | Sept 2025 | €1,172,000 | 105 m |
| 11 York Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | May 2026 | €1,635,000 | 106 m |
| Apts 1-6 (as Per Attached), 44 Rathgar Road, Dublin 6 | Dec 2025 | €1,000,000 | 119 m |
| 22 Maxwell Rd, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | Jun 2026 | €330,000 | 147 m |
| 11 Spire View Lane, Rathgar, Dublin 6 | Sept 2025 | €855,000 | 151 m |
| Apt 2 Salem House, Salem Court, Maxwell Road | Jul 2025 | €399,000 | 154 m |
| 10 Salen Court, Maxwell Rd, Rathmines Dublin 6 | Jan 2025 | €495,000 | 159 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 received29 July 2022
- Decision due22 September 2022
- Decision issued5 August 2022
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