48 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
Restoration of a protected Leeson Street house from multi-occupancy back to a single family home.
WEB2722/26 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 8 July 2026
- Reference
- WEB2722/26
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 8 July 2026
Summary
AI-generatedThe project comprises conservation, repair, and internal refurbishment to convert the property back into a single four-bedroom family home. It includes a new single-storey rear extension, reduction of front parking spaces, and retention permission for the demolition of a 1970s extension.
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
Retention and permission, protected structure: antonia o’callaghan is applying for planning permission / retention permission for works related to 48 upper leeson street, dublin 4, a protected structure. The proposed development will comprise conservation, repair and restoration works, internal refurbishment works, the construction of a single storey extension to rear. The house is to be brought back from multi occupancy use into use as a single family home to comprise a single four-bedroom house split across three floors (in the main body of the original house) and to rear (the original return to the main house) across 4 half landing floors. Landscaping works to rear and front including the reduction of 4 no existing car parking spaces in the front garden to 2 no spaces only, and the reinstatement of original style railings to front, repair to boundary walling to front and rear garden. Retention permission is sought for the demolition of a structurally unstable extension dating from the 1970’s.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, 48 Upper Leeson St, Dublin 4 | Apr 2025 | €2,950,000 | 16 m |
| 38 Upper Leeson St, Dublin 4 | Apr 2025 | €1,900,000 | 68 m |
| No. 106, Leeson Street, Dublin City | Nov 2025 | €1,750,000 | 92 m |
| 107 Upper Lesson St, Dublin 4, Dublin | Nov 2025 | €1,300,000 | 99 m |
| 109 Upper Leeson St, Dublin 4 | Nov 2025 | €1,510,000 | 112 m |
| 6 Leeson Court, Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4 | Sept 2025 | €815,000 | 117 m |
| 7 Leeson Court, Leeson St Upper, Dublin 4 | Nov 2025 | €625,000 | 120 m |
| 39 Fitzwilliam Court, Winton Rd, Dublin 6 | Mar 2025 | €373,500 | 136 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 received8 July 2026
- Decision due3 September 2026
- Decision issued15 July 2026
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
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3166/24Dublin CityLodged 8 Feb 2024Change of use
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3758/24Dublin CityLodged 27 May 2024Retention
- Part granted, part refusedAt this site
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0276/25Dublin CityLodged 21 Aug 2025Alterations
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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WEB2758/26Dublin CityLodged 15 Jul 2026Alterations
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4076/24Dublin CityLodged 26 Jul 2024Alterations
- Part granted, part refused40 m away
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WEB1164/25Dublin CityLodged 30 Jan 2025Alterations
- Invalid40 m away
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WEB1106/25Dublin CityLodged 21 Jan 2025Extension
- Granted50 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION: For new vehicular access, 2No. parking car spaces, alterations to railings,…
41, Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4, D04 E8K1
3958/23Dublin CityLodged 14 Jun 2023Alterations
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