GrantedApartmentsDecided 18 October 2022

Dominican Convent Campus, immediately south of St. Catherines Girls Senior School (D07 V045) and to the north of Convent View Crescent and bounded to the east by Ratoath Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7

Construction of 95 social housing units in five three-storey blocks with community rooms and a public park.

4718/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 24 August 2022

Reference: 4718/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 24 August 2022
Residential units: 95

Summary

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This application proposes a social housing development of 95 dwellings in five three-storey blocks on a 2.05-hectare site. The scheme includes two community rooms, a public plaza, a public park with a play area, and associated car and bicycle parking.

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Storeys: 3
Floor area: 7,759 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for a social housing development on a site of 2.05 hectares on the dominican convent campus, immediately south of st catherine's girls senior school( d07 v045) and to the north of convent view crescent and bounded to the east by ratoath road, cabra west, dublin
The proposed development will consist of
The construction of 95 no. Residential dwellings, of which there are 14 no. 1 bedroom dwellings, 67 no. 2 bedroom dwellings, 13 no. 3 bedroom dwellings and 1 no. 4 bedroom dwelling, of which 35 no. Are ground floor and 60 no. Are on the first/second floor, all to be provided in 5 no. Three-storey blocks all with associated private amenity space, with a gross floor area of 7,759.4m² and the construction of 2 no. Community rooms of 77.8m² and 75.6 m², respectively
The provision of a total of 7,358m² of public open space which includes an 890m² public plaza and a 2,928m2 public park and children's play area. 60 no. Surface car parking spaces and 52 no. Visitor bicycle spaces within the public open space
The provision of 2,656.7m² communal open space to the rear of the residential units with 193 no. Residents bicycle spaces within 7 no. Covered areas within the communal open space
The construction of a new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian entrance to ratoath road
The removal of the existing vehicular entrance and the demolition of the existing boundary wall and fence, and removal of entrance gates at ratoath road
The construction of new boundary treatments to the northern boundary consisting of blockwork walls, fencing and hedge planting, to the eastern boundary consisting of brickwork walls, fencing and hedge planting, and to the southern boundary consisting of fencing and hedge planting to accompany the existing hedgerow and existing blockwork boundary
All landscaping works, covered bin storage to the front of each dwelling, infrastructure works, external lighting, 1 no. Esb substation, and all enabling and site development works and services

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z15: Community and Social InfrastructureCI

“To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

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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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 6 May 2025.

Notified floor area: 1,410 m²

4 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
21 Spire View, Riverston Abbey, Navan Rd Dublin 7	Oct 2025	€500,000	281 m
86 Ventry Park, Cabra, Dublin 7	Mar 2025	€422,500	283 m
241 Ratoath Rd, Cabra, Dublin 7	Feb 2025	€460,000	289 m
92 Ventry Park, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Sept 2025	€435,000	292 m
21 Church Walk, Riverston Abbey, Navan Rd Dublin 7	Apr 2025	€601,000	302 m
229 Ratoath Rd, Dublin 7, Dublin	May 2026	€490,000	324 m
5 Spire View, Ashlington, Navan Rd Dublin 7	Jul 2025	€630,000	337 m
17 Ventry Rd, Cabra West, Dublin 7	Oct 2025	€470,000	350 m

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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 2022
Decision due18 October 2022
Decision issued18 October 2022
Grant issued28 November 2022

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