GrantedInfrastructureDecided 17 April 2025

Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Amendments to an approved ESB substation at the RDS grounds in Ballsbridge.

WEB1374/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 26 February 2025

Reference: WEB1374/25
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 26 February 2025

Summary

AI-generated

The development consists of amendments to a previously permitted ESB substation on a protected structure site. Changes include a minor floor area increase, relocating the access platform and stairway, and relocating an existing gate on Anglesea Road.

Infrastructuresubstationprotected structurerds

Floor area: 36 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: royal dublin society intends to apply for permission for development at a site within the royal dublin society (rds) grounds, ballsbridge, dublin
Protected structure: the development will consist of amendments to an esb substation, permitted under register reference 3937/23 and 2142/24. The proposed amendments to the permitted substation include
Minor amendments to the substation layout, resulting in a gross floor area (gfa) increase from c. 28.9sq. M to c. 36sq. M (c. 7.1sq. M gfa increase)
Relocation of permitted substation access platform and associated stairway and railings from the eastern elevation to the southern elevation of the substation
Flipping of the permitted access to the substation from anglesea road on the western boundary of the site; and
Relocation and reuse of an existing gate connecting the rds grounds to anglesea road along the western boundary of the site. There is no increase to the parapet height of the substation as permitted (c. 4.3m)

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.

Read the zoning objectives in the development plan

Built & 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

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
38 39 The Oaks, Herbert Park Lane, Ballsbridge Dublin 4	Jul 2025	€1,300,000	93 m
30 The Cedars, Park Lane, Herbert Park Dublin 4	Apr 2026	€815,000	95 m
11 Cedars, Herbert Park, Ballsbridge Dublin 4	Dec 2025	€802,999	95 m
22 The Cedars, Herbert Park Lane, Ballsbridge	Dec 2025	€647,500	95 m
51 The Cedars, Herbert Park Lane, Ballsbridge Dublin 4	Mar 2025	€475,000	104 m
Apt 70 The Cedars, Herbert Park Lane, Ballsbridge Dublin 4	Dec 2025	€640,000	104 m
Benton 3c Granite Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	Feb 2025	€779,976	192 m
1 Clyde Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	Oct 2025	€1,600,000	247 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 received26 February 2025
Decision due22 April 2025
Decision issued17 April 2025
Permission expiry8 July 2030

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.