Blackrock Sorting Office, Blackrock Business Park, Carysfort Avenue, Co Dublin
Re-opening a vehicular entrance and converting a yard to a staff car park and loading bay at Blackrock Sorting Office.
D07A/0298 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 7 March 2007
- Reference
- D07A/0298
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 7 March 2007
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves re-opening an existing vehicular entrance and converting the yard to a staff car park and loading bay off Sweetmans Avenue. Works include removing a blockwork wall between original brick entrance piers, installing a new steel sliding gate, and adding a new entrance door and screen to the rear elevation.
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Official record
Development description
Permission sought for the re-opening of existing vehicular entrance and conversion of yard to staff car park/ loading bay off sweetmans avenue, to rear of blackrock sorting office, works to include the removal of existing 2.20m high blockwork wall between original brick entrance piers onto sweetmans avenue and the installation of new 2.10m by 3.80m wide steel sliding gate to same, installation of new entrance door and screen to rear elevation of existing sorting office building and all ancil...
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“E To provide for economic development and employment.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 Barclay Court, Blackrock, Dublin | Sept 2025 | €1,000,000 | 62 m |
| 36 Barclay Court, Blackrock, Dublin | Jan 2025 | €1,140,000 | 63 m |
| 64 Sweetmans Ave, Blackrock, Co Dublin | Apr 2025 | €372,000 | 73 m |
| 18 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €330,396 | 99 m |
| 57 Brookfield Avenue, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €343,568 | 99 m |
| 14 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Kilbarryprice excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €419,339 | 100 m |
| 6 Rockhall, 42 44 Sweetmans Ave, Blackrock | Sept 2025 | €425,000 | 108 m |
| 4 Rockhall, 42 44 Sweetmans Ave, Blackrock | Jan 2026 | €465,000 | 109 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received7 March 2007
- Decision issued1 May 2007
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