University College Dublin, Belfield Campus, Dublin 4.
Construction of two student apartment blocks containing 28 apartments with 168 bedrooms.
D04A/0063 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 2 June 2004
- Reference
- D04A/0063
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 2 June 2004
Summary
AI-generatedThe project consists of building two extra student apartment blocks of four and five storeys. These blocks will accommodate 28 six-bedroom apartments, providing a total of 168 en suite student bedrooms, alongside landscaping and access roadways.
- Residential units
- 28
- Storeys
- 5
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Official record
Development description
Two extra apartment blocks of 5/4 storeys to accommodate 28 no. 6 bedroom apartments incorporating 168 en suite student bedrooms in total together with living rooms, hard and soft landscaping, directional signage building signage, access roadway and footpaths, all on a site contiguous to the existing glenomena student residence complex on belfield campus adjacent to foster's avenue, dublin 4.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Foster Ave, Mt Merrion, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €1,410,000 | 278 m |
| 4 Mountbrook, Stillorgan Rd, Blackrock | Feb 2026 | €397,000 | 337 m |
| 69 Glenomena Park, Booterstown, Blackrock | Nov 2025 | €1,180,000 | 365 m |
| 67 Glenomena Park, Booterstown, Co Dublin | Jan 2025 | €1,335,000 | 370 m |
| 24 Mountbrook, Stillorgan Rd, Dublin | Jun 2026 | €375,000 | 394 m |
| 26 Mountbrook, Stillorgan Rd, Blackrock | Apr 2025 | €531,000 | 394 m |
| 14 St Thomas Road, Mount Merrion, Blackrock | Jul 2025 | €1,750,000 | 413 m |
| 32 St Thomas Rd, Mount Merrion, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €1,900,000 | 421 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received2 June 2004
- Decision issued25 June 2004
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