Units 47, 48 and 49, Swan Shopping Centre, Rathmines Road Lower, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Change of use of three shopping centre units from retail to a doctor's surgery.
WEB2693/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 18 July 2025
- Reference
- WEB2693/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 18 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to change the use of Units 47, 48, and 49 at first-floor level from retail to medical use. The 153 square meter space will become a doctor's surgery, including alterations to the shopfronts.
- Floor area
- 153 m²
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Official record
Development description
Change of use of units 47, 48 and 49 (total area 153 sq. M. , all at first floor level), from retail use to medical use (doctors surgery) and alterations to the form and line of the associated shopfronts.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Newington Apts, Castlewood Ave, Rathmines Dublin 6 | Mar 2025 | €440,000 | 66 m |
| 12 Swanville Place, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | Feb 2025 | €595,000 | 82 m |
| 3c Greenwich Court, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | Mar 2025 | €835,000 | 85 m |
| 3a Greenwich Court, Rathmines, Dublin 6price excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €1,850,000 | 94 m |
| 28 Castlewood Close, Castlewood Ave, Rathmines Dublin 6 | Nov 2025 | €345,000 | 96 m |
| 29 Castlewood Close, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | Dec 2025 | €380,000 | 96 m |
| 9 Swanville Place, Rathmines, Dublin 6 | Nov 2025 | €760,000 | 97 m |
| 10 Castlewood Close, Castlewood Ave, Rathmines | Jul 2025 | €546,000 | 97 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received18 July 2025
- Decision due11 September 2025
- Decision issued11 September 2025
- Permission expiry30 November 2030
In the area
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- InvalidAt this site
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4736/22Dublin CityLodged 26 Aug 2022Commercial
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WEB2260/25Dublin CityLodged 4 Jun 2025Retention
- InvalidAt this site
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WEB2187/25Dublin CityLodged 28 May 2025Retention
- GrantedAt this site
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4398/19Dublin CityLodged 7 Nov 2019Infrastructure
- InvalidAt this site
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3783/19Dublin CityLodged 16 Aug 2019Infrastructure
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