House 1, Merville Student Residences, U.C.D., Belfield, Dublin 4
Change of use of ground floor offices to retail to expand an adjacent shop at UCD.
D03A/0161 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 19 February 2003
- Reference
- D03A/0161
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 19 February 2003
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves converting ground floor offices into retail space to expand the adjacent shop. Works include a new food prep area, pedestrian and service access roads, a service yard, and new signage.
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
Change of use of existing ground floor offices to retail use to expand the existing adjacent ground floor retail unit, to include a new food preparation area, a new pedestrian access path from the existing campus roadway, a new service vehicle access road to the rear, a new service yard with screen walls, a new roller shutter service door to the east elevation, and additional signage including signage to the existing building and a new free standing sign to the front of the unit.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“TLI To facilitate, support and enhance the development of third level education institutions.”
Objective set by the COUNTY 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
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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 received19 February 2003
- Decision issued14 April 2003
In the area
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