GrantedOtherDecided 22 February 2024

65A Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Installation of new floodlighting poles, technical areas, ball stop netting, and car park redesign at a sports ground.

5015/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 December 2023

Reference: 5015/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 20 December 2023

Summary

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This application seeks permission and retention for sports facility upgrades. It includes installing 16 new floodlighting poles to replace existing ones, constructing 4 roofed technical areas, installing ball stop netting, and redesigning the surface car park layout.

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Development description

Permission & retention the proposed development for planning permission will consist of: (a) installation of 16 no. Floodlighting poles with lamps
12 no. 18 metre high
6 no. To the main rugby pitch and 6 no. To training pitch, and 4 no. 8 metre high to the proposed 5-a-side pitch - to replace the existing 4 no. 16 metre high poles with lamps and 5 no. 12 metre high poles with lamps on the site; (b) construction of 4 no. Roofed technical areas
2 no. On the western side of the main rugby pitch and 2 no. On the southern side of the training pitch; (c) installation of ball stop netting on 12 metre and 14 metre high poles on the western and southern sides of the main rugby pitch and on the southern, western and eastern sides of the training pitch; (d) amendments to the development as approved under register reference 2257/20 comprising the redesign of the surface car parking layouts in the northern, eastern and south eastern areas of the site and the enlargement of the esb substation, switchroom and bin storage building adjacent to the eastern boundary; (e) construction of 3 no. Utility shed buildings in the northern, south eastern and south western corners of the site; (f) installation of 2.15 metre high sliding security gate at the entrance to the site; and (g) increase in the height of the 2 metre high fencing enclosing 5-a-side (artificial surface) pitch in the south eastern area of site to 4 metres. The development for retention permission consists of the retention of a 5-a-side (artificial surface) pitch in the south eastern area of site enclosed by a 2 metre high fence

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green NetworkOS

“To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
73 Merrion Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	May 2026	€3,650,000	156 m
Apt 45, 143 Merrion Road, Ballsbridgeprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€740,088	211 m
Apartment 39, 143 Merrion Road, Ballsbridgeprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€766,520	211 m
Apt 19, 143 Merrio Road, Ballsbridgeprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€674,008	211 m
128 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	Mar 2026	€2,211,119	214 m
29 Ailesbury Rd, Dublin 4, Dublin	Oct 2025	€2,000,000	230 m
29 Ailesbury Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	Oct 2025	€1,500,000	230 m
Mulcaire, 40a Ailesbury Rd, Dublin 4	Mar 2026	€10,000,000	234 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received20 December 2023
Decision due22 February 2024
Decision issued22 February 2024
Permission expiry18 May 2029

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