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St Elizabeth's Court, North Circular Road, and lands to the south accessed via Grangegorman Upper & Ivy Avenue at Grangegorman, Dublin 7.

Demolition of a mental health facility and construction of a new 1-4 storey residential care neighbourhood in Grangegorman.

GSDZ4149/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 July 2023

Reference: GSDZ4149/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 14 July 2023

Summary

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The development involves the demolition of a 1,000sqm residential mental health facility. In its place, a 12,093sqm, 1-4 storey over basement Residential Care Neighbourhood will be built, including care households, a pharmacy, and communal gardens. The site is located within the Grangegorman Strategic Development Zone and involves a protected structure.

Commercialhealthcarecare homedemolitionprotected structure

Storeys: 4
Floor area: 12,093 m²

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: permission for development at st. Elizabeth's court, north circular road and lands to the south accessed via grangegorman upper and ivy avenue at grangegorman, dublin 7, all located within the grangegorman strategic development zone (sdz). The development will consist of the demolition of a c. 1,000sqm, 1-2 storey 17-bed residential mental health facility (st. Elizabeth's court) and the construction of a c. 12,093sqm, 1-4 storey over basement residential care neighbourhood comprising: 3 no. 25-bed residential care households, 2 no. 10-bed dementia households, 1 no. 10-bed mental health residency including communal living, dining and meeting rooms, catering kitchen, laundry, day care facility, physiotherapy gym, changing rooms, stores, service and plant areas, and associated administration offices; 1 no. Pharmaceutical retail outlet (c. 213sqm); private communal gardens and terraces, public realm areas, landscaping and boundary treatments; access via north circular road and grangegorman upper; basement car parking with ramped access via north circular road; replacement of boundary wall and reinstatement of rear gardens to nos. 226, 228 and 230 north circular road; and all associated site development works. The application site includes a protected structure (rps ref. 3281) consisting of a boundary wall along a portion of the eastern boundary. No works are proposed to this protected structure.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs)RS

“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.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Orchard Terrace, Upper Grange Gorman Rd, Dublin 7	Oct 2025	€620,000	91 m
243 North Circular Rd, Dublin 7, Dublin	Jun 2026	€1,270,000	135 m
19 Orchard Terrace, Grangegorman Upper, Dublin 7	Aug 2025	€495,000	153 m
20 Orchard Terrace, Grangegorman Upper, Dublin 7	Oct 2025	€540,000	159 m
27 Rathdown Rd, Phibsboro, Dublin 7	Apr 2025	€700,000	172 m
26 Rathdown Rd, Phibsboro, Dublin 7	Apr 2025	€600,000	174 m
Glenside, 267 North Circular Rd, Dublin 7	Jul 2026	€1,420,000	189 m
262b, North Circular Road, Dublin 7	Sept 2025	€1,025,000	211 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 received14 July 2023
Decision due25 January 2024
Decision issued24 January 2024
Permission expiry10 March 2029

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