Saint Catherine's, Dunardagh, Temple Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Renovations and accessibility upgrades to a protected retreat block structure.
D05A/0301 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 9 March 2005
- Reference
- D05A/0301
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 9 March 2005
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves window replacements, alterations, and renovations to a protected structure. Works include installing disabled-access en-suite bathrooms on the first and second floors of the Retreat Block, upgrading fire enclosures, creating a new fire escape exit, and installing garden ramps.
- Storeys
- 3
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Official record
Development description
Replacement of windows, alterations and renovations to a protected structure including inserting disabled access en-suite bathrooms on first and second floors of the retreat block, upgrading the fire enclosure and providing new final exit from an existing fire escape staircase and the installation of disabled ramps and pathways in the gardens.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities”
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.
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Avondale Court, Blackrock, Dublin | May 2026 | €1,020,000 | 187 m |
| 8 Newtownpark Ave, Blackrock, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €1,410,000 | 232 m |
| Claragh, 28 Newtownpark Ave, Blackrock | Dec 2025 | €860,000 | 240 m |
| 1 St Vincents Park, Temple Hill, Blackrock | Aug 2025 | €758,000 | 254 m |
| 34 Avondale Lawn, Blackrock, Dublin | Apr 2026 | €960,000 | 264 m |
| 3 Montpelier Place, Blackrock, Co Dublin | Dec 2025 | €1,652,111 | 286 m |
| 4 Montpelier Place, Blackrock, Dublin | Jan 2025 | €1,600,000 | 301 m |
| 5 Proby Gardens, Blackrock, Dublin | Nov 2025 | €1,010,000 | 315 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received9 March 2005
- Decision issued3 May 2005
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 2 of ABP31122421 (D21A/0525)
St. Catherine's Provincial House, Dunardagh, Blackrock, Co. Dublin A94 P2K3 [a Protected Structure - accessed off Temple Hill]
D21A/0525/C1Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 3 Mar 2023Other
- Refused60 m away
Permission for the construction of a new entrance gateway at the entrance, consisting of 2 no. 2.1m high…
St Catherine's Provincial House, Dunardagh, Blackrock, Co Dublin A94 P2K3 (A Protected Structure accessed off Temple Hill)
D18A/0954Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 9 Oct 2018Alterations
- Granted60 m away
The enclosure, paving and lighting of an area of 550 sq.m. of grassed meadow and the installation of a…
Saint Catherines Provincialate House, Dunardagh, Temple Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
D07A/1389Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 4 Dec 2007Infrastructure
- Refused80 m away
Permission for the construction of a new entrance gateway at the entrance, consisting of: 2 no. 2.1m high…
St. Catherine's Provincial House, Dunardagh, Blackrock, Co. Dublin A94 P2K3 [a Protected Structure - accessed off Temple Hill]
D21A/0525Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 9 Jun 2021Alterations
- Granted80 m away
Permission for development. The development will consist of: change of use from nursing home and garage to…
Rickard House, Dunardagh, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
D14A/0569Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 2 Sept 2014Change of use
- Granted140 m away
Permission for development on site of c1.27 hectares. The development will consist of the construction of a…
Cluain Mhuire, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
D15A/0036Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 3 Nov 2015Housing estate
- Granted150 m away
Retention for ground floor rear extension and ground floor front conversion of garage in addition to…
55, Avondale Court, Blackrock, Dublin
D06B/0070Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 3 Feb 2006Retention
- Compliance submission150 m away
Compliance with Condition no. 22 of Reg Ref no. ABP30894620
1.46ha on lands within the curtilage of ‘Cluain Mhuire’, (a protected strutrure RPS. ref. no. 776), Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
ABP30894620/C42Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 18 Oct 2024Other
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