Lock Keepers Cottage, Britain Quay, Dublin 2
Modifications to a permitted cultural facility development at a protected cottage.
DSDZ2003/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 5 January 2021
- Reference
- DSDZ2003/21
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 5 January 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks modifications to a previously permitted development at a protected structure. Works include internal layout reconfigurations, boundary wall alterations with a new fence and gate, window and door replacements, partial chimney demolition, and changes to the permitted single-storey extension.
- Floor area
- 33 m²
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
Protected structure: permission is sought for modifications to the development permitted under dsdz4154/18 to comprise internal layout reconfigurations to the existing building; alterations to northern section of boundary wall including provision of 2.1m high metal fence with gate to provide access to rear yard for refuse storage; renewal of render to existing brickwork; replacement of windows and doors; partial demolition of 2no. Existing chimney stacks to remove modern additions; alterations to form and finshes of permitted single storey extension (c. 31m2 permitted, c. 33m2 now proposed) and associated glazed link section to southern elevation of cottage. The use will remain as previously permitted cultural facility, including internal and external exhibition spaces, landscaping and all associated and ancillary site development works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.”
National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other 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.
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 14 May 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 11 March 2022.
Notified floor area: 104 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 26, Hanover Court, Hanover Quay | Dec 2025 | €790,000 | 49 m |
| 20 Hanover Court, Hanover Quay, Dublin | Feb 2026 | €745,000 | 49 m |
| Apartment 24, Hanover Court, Hanover Quay | Jul 2025 | €780,000 | 49 m |
| 1 Portview, Thorncastle St, Ringsend | Sept 2025 | €11,440,000 | 142 m |
| 15 Portview, Thorncastle St, Ringsend | Sept 2025 | €460,000 | 142 m |
| 39 Portview, Thorncastle St, Ringsend Dublin 4 | Sept 2025 | €1,020,000 | 142 m |
| 1 Thorncastle Court, Thorncastle St, Ringsend Dublin 4not full market price | Jul 2025 | €17,422 | 180 m |
| 4 Thorncastle Court, Ringsend, Dublin 4not full market price | Apr 2026 | €35,767 | 180 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 received5 January 2021
- Decision due1 March 2021
- Decision issued1 March 2021
- Grant issued1 March 2021
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
PROTECTED STRUCTURE; Permission for development at a site (c.0.02 hectares) at Lock Keepers Cottage…
Lock Keepers Cottage, Britain Quay, Dublin 2
DSDZ4154/18Dublin CityLodged 11 Oct 2018Change of use
- Granted30 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION & RETENTION:Permission is sought for the installation, at the main entrance…
Nos. 10-12 Hanover Quay (protected structure), and No. 2 Green Street East (protected structure), Dublin Docklands, Dublin 2., Site bounded generally by Hanover Quay to the South,, Green Street East and 'Three Locks Square' to the north,, the Lock Keeper'
DSDZ4752/23Dublin CityLodged 9 Nov 2023Alterations
- Invalid30 m away
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DSDZ4672/23Dublin CityLodged 23 Oct 2023Alterations
- Granted30 m away
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DSDZ5066/22Dublin CityLodged 18 Oct 2022Alterations
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WEBDSDZ2439/24Dublin CityLodged 4 Nov 2024Change of use
- Granted70 m away
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DSDZ4159/19Dublin CityLodged 8 Oct 2019Commercial
- Granted70 m away
Permission for development at a site (c.0.09ha), at Block G, Capital Dock, Britain Quay, Dublin — Bounded…
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DSDZ2459/19Dublin CityLodged 8 Mar 2019Commercial
- Granted70 m away
RETENTION & PERMISSION: KW Real Estate ICAV acting for and on behalf of its sub-fund KW Irish Real Estate…
Block G, Capital Dock, Britain Quay, Dublin 2
DSDZ4740/18Dublin CityLodged 21 Dec 2018Change of use
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