Old Connaught Avenue, Old Connaught, Bray, Co. Dublin
Change of use of agricultural land to sports playing facilities and a two-storey clubhouse in Bray.
D04A/0604 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 27 August 2004
- Reference
- D04A/0604
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 27 August 2004
Summary
AI-generatedThe application proposes converting over 7 hectares of agricultural land into sports facilities, including multiple playing pitches and a training pitch. It also includes constructing a two-storey clubhouse building, car parking, and floodlighting.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 704 m²
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 7.266 hectares site from agricultural use to playing facilities including 2 no. Full size playing pitches, junior pitch and training pitch, improvements to existing entrance access road carparking area, 2-storey club house building including changing facilities (704.00 sq. M. Floor area). Biocycle effluent treatment system/irrigating area flood lighting to 3 no. Pitches, ball barriers to playing pitches and training pitch and ancillary works on lands at old connaught avenue, ...
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“F To preserve and provide for open space with ancillary active recreational amenities.”
National zoning type: Open space, park
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 Connawood Lawn, Old Connaught Ave, Dublin | Jun 2025 | €552,000 | 321 m |
| 60 Connawood Lawn, Old Connaught Ave, Bray | Oct 2025 | €607,500 | 337 m |
| Thornfield Cottage, Old Connaught Ave, Bray | Mar 2025 | €850,000 | 337 m |
| An Grianan, Old Connaught Ave, Bray | Mar 2025 | €850,000 | 342 m |
| 10a James Everett Park, Bray, Co Wicklow | Apr 2025 | €430,000 | 357 m |
| 17 Connawood Lawn, Old Connawood, Old Connaught Ave | May 2025 | €585,000 | 366 m |
| 68 Connawood Dr, Bray, Wicklow | Apr 2025 | €595,000 | 378 m |
| 66 Connawood Drive, Bray, Dublin | Nov 2025 | €599,005 | 383 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 received27 August 2004
- Decision issued23 September 2004
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted80 m away
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Old Connaught Avenue,, Old Connaught, (Near Bray) Co. Dublin.
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- Granted100 m away
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D05A/1266Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 3 Oct 2005Infrastructure
- Granted120 m away
(a) realignment and extension of club grounds to provide 4 no. pitches with ball barriers; (b) flood lighting…
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- Granted180 m away
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D17A/0650Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 20 Jul 2017Retention
- Granted190 m away
To construct a single storey extension to the north side of the existing community centre at Old Connaught…
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D05A/1707Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 22 Dec 2005Extension
- Granted220 m away
Construction of one 38kV 12 metre line termination Mast under the existing Bray-Little Bray 38kV Line
Townland of Old Connaught, near Bray, Co. Dublin
D04A/0305Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 25 Mar 2004Infrastructure
- Refused250 m away
Finger post sign
M11 Motorway , before junction 6 , Bray
16309WicklowLodged 24 Mar 2016
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