Rochestown Motors, Rochestown Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
Demolition of an existing car showroom and workshops to build a new two-storey car showroom with a basement.
D05A/0710 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 16 September 2005
- Reference
- D05A/0710
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 16 September 2005
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves the demolition of the existing car showroom, workshops, and boundary walls. It will be replaced by a new two-storey car showroom over a basement workshop and car storage, including site works, a ramp, and relocated vehicular access.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
A) demolition of existing car showroom, workshops, and boundary walls; b) development of a new car showrooms consisting of two storey car sales over basement workshop and car storage; c) site works to provide new ramp down to basement, car sales area to forecourt, new boundary walls to side and rear, bollards to front boundary, washbay and provision of signage; d) associated site works, to provide new drainage connections, and relocated vehicular access to site off rochestown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5a Sefton, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire | Jul 2026 | €860,000 | 113 m |
| 7 Sefton, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire | Oct 2025 | €1,008,000 | 156 m |
| 54 Sefton, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire | May 2026 | €980,000 | 200 m |
| 17 Sefton, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire | Oct 2025 | €805,000 | 233 m |
| 64 Sallynoggin Park, Sallynoggin, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €465,000 | 234 m |
| 18 Sefton, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire | Jul 2025 | €850,000 | 235 m |
| 88 Sallynoggin Park, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin | Jan 2026 | €575,000 | 239 m |
| 46 Sefton, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire | Feb 2026 | €790,000 | 262 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 received16 September 2005
- Decision issued12 October 2005
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