The Montrose Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Change of use of the vacant Montrose Hotel to a 190-unit student accommodation facility with a new set-back storey.
D12A/0483 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 22 March 2013
- Reference
- D12A/0483
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 22 March 2013
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal involves converting the first, second, third, and part of the ground floor of the vacant hotel into student accommodation. It also includes adding a new part set-back storey to the front of the building to provide 190 student units.
- Residential units
- 190
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
Permission is sought at 0.384 hectare site located at the existing (vacant) montrose hotel. The proposed development comprises of the change of use from hotel to student accommodation of the first, second, third and part of the ground floor of the existing (vacant) montrose hotel and permission for the addition of 1 no. Part set back storey to the front of the existing building to provide a total of 190 no. Student accommodation units arranged in 26 no. Clusteredz groupings of up to 8 no. En...
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield, Stillorgan Rd, Dublin 4 | Apr 2026 | €870,000 | 71 m |
| 1 Ashfield Park, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4 | Mar 2026 | €1,415,000 | 117 m |
| 12 Ashfield Park, Stillorgan Road, Donnybrook | Jul 2025 | €956,751 | 125 m |
| 25 Glenomena Park, Blackrock, Dublin | Mar 2026 | €1,425,000 | 144 m |
| 13 Woodbine Rd, Blackrock, Dublin | Jul 2025 | €1,930,000 | 163 m |
| 40 Cranford Court, Stillorgan Rd, Dublin 4 | Apr 2025 | €316,000 | 193 m |
| 20 Glenomena Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Mar 2025 | €943,200 | 201 m |
| 60 Cranford Court, Stillorgan Rd, Donnybrook Dublin 4 | Dec 2025 | €295,000 | 204 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received22 March 2013
- Decision issued16 April 2013
- Appeal submitted8 May 2013
- Appeal decided20 September 2013
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