GrantedRetentionDecided 30 August 2016

Unit A7 Block A of the Rockbrook Development (former Allegro Site), Blackthorn Drive, Sandyford, Dublin 18

Retention permission for changing a permitted café into an office in Sandyford.

D16A/0168 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 4 August 2016

Reference: D16A/0168
Authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission for Retention
Received: 4 August 2016

Summary

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The application seeks retention permission for modifications to a permitted development. This consists of a change of use from a permitted 191 square meter café to an office space.

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Floor area: 191 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for retention of modifications to permitted development (as per reg. Ref. D05a/1159, d06a/1704 and modified under d13a/0123). The development will consist of retention for change of use from permitted café (c. 191 sqm) to office, total gross area c. 191 sqm located at a site of c. 0.0190 ha.

Land-use zoning

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Objective MICUC

“MIC To consolidate and complete the development of the mixed use inner core to enhance and reinforce sustainable development.”

National zoning type: Other mix of uses

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
189 Grand Central, Rockbrook, Carmanhall Rd Dublin 18	Mar 2026	€535,000	15 m
16 Grande Central, Core 7, Rockbrook Dublin 18	Jul 2025	€1,065,000	33 m
83 Grand Central, Dublin 18, Dublin	Oct 2025	€510,000	40 m
98 Grand Central, Sandyford, Dublin 18	Jan 2025	€521,000	47 m
Apt.107, Grande Central, Sandyford	Jul 2025	€585,000	52 m
Apt 632 The Cubes 7, Beacon South Quarter, Blackthorn Rd Dublin 18	Sept 2025	€335,000	151 m
506 The Edges 2, Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford	Apr 2025	€385,000	154 m
401 The Edges 2, Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford Ind Est Dublin 16	Jan 2025	€391,000	154 m

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Application received4 August 2016
Decision issued30 August 2016

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