23 Saint Albans Road, Dublin 8
Rear ground floor and first floor extensions, basement excavation, and internal alterations to a house on Saint Albans Road.
WEB5342/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 29 September 2025
- Reference
- WEB5342/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 29 September 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project consists of a rear ground floor extension at garden level and a first floor rear extension to enlarge bedrooms. It also includes partial excavation of the existing basement to improve ceiling height, a new basement window, and two rooflights.
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
The works will consist of (a) a rear ground floor extension at garden level incorporating enlarged kitchen, living and dining space; (b) partial excavation of existing basement to improve floor to ceiling height for a new bedroom area under existing raised living room with retaining wall to front boundary proposed in order to increase size of existing basement window and to provide additional small window to proposed basement en suite; (c) a first floor rear extension to provide for enlarged bedrooms; (d) provision of 2 no. Velux style roof-lights to the central valley between the front and rear roof sections; (e) all necessary internal alterations and layout modifications together with all associated external site works.
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 St Albans Rd, Circular Rd South, Dublin 8 | May 2025 | €624,000 | 39 m |
| 30 St Albans Road, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 | Jul 2025 | €780,000 | 42 m |
| 35 St Albans Rd, South Circular Rd, Dublin 8 | Mar 2026 | €750,000 | 58 m |
| 12 Gilbert Rd, Dublin 8, Dublin | Aug 2025 | €650,000 | 106 m |
| 69 Clarence Mangan Rd, Dublin 8, Dublin | Jul 2026 | €636,000 | 108 m |
| 50 Leonards Court, Clanbrassil St, Dublin 8 | Apr 2026 | €402,000 | 109 m |
| 46 St Patricks Court, Clanbrassil St Upper, Dublin 8 | Jun 2025 | €340,000 | 115 m |
| Apt 53, St Patricks Court, Clanbrassil St Upper Dublin 8 | Apr 2025 | €432,000 | 115 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 received29 September 2025
- Decision due2 December 2025
- Decision issued1 December 2025
- Permission expiry20 February 2031
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