40, Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Demolition of a garden wall, garage, and basement steps in Blackrock.
D12B/0356 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 8 November 2012
- Reference
- D12B/0356
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 8 November 2012
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves the demolition of a garden wall with two vehicular entrances, a garage and store, and rear basement steps. It also includes the retention of salvaged granite to build a new garden wall with a pedestrian entrance.
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 for development consists of the demolition of the garden wall with 2 no. Vehicular entrances that divides the front garden from the back and the retention of salvaged granite for the reinstatement of a new garden wall with only a pedestrian entrance to rear garden formed with yellow brick to edge the granite. Allow for the demolition of the rear basement steps utility room and store (6.0m2) and the demolition of garage and store (44m2) on garden level and the demolition o...
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 4, Dawson Court, Cross Ave | Mar 2026 | €510,000 | 79 m |
| Apt 11, Dawson Court, Cross Ave | Jan 2025 | €480,000 | 79 m |
| 10 Dawson Court, Cross Ave, Blackrock | May 2026 | €527,000 | 79 m |
| Kali House, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock | Sept 2025 | €1,000,000 | 89 m |
| 7 Waltham Hse, Clonfadda, Blackrock | May 2026 | €625,000 | 99 m |
| 4 Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin | Apr 2025 | €1,890,000 | 120 m |
| 11 Woodview, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock | Jan 2026 | €550,000 | 138 m |
| 15 Woodview, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock | Aug 2025 | €230,000 | 143 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 received8 November 2012
- Decision issued8 January 2013
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