Burnside, 39 Saint Thomas Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin
Retention of altered garden levels and permission for new boundary screen planting.
D19A/0113 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 18 February 2019
- Reference
- D19A/0113
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission for Retention
- Received
- 18 February 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks permission to retain changes made to the site levels in the rear garden of the property. It also proposes new screen planting along the rear boundaries.
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 for retention of changes made to the site levels to the rear garden and permission for new screen planting along the site boundaries to the rear.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 St Thomas Rd, Mount Merrion, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €1,900,000 | 79 m |
| 14 St Thomas Road, Mount Merrion, Blackrock | Jul 2025 | €1,750,000 | 166 m |
| 14 Mather Rd North, Mount Merrion, Dublin | Jan 2026 | €1,845,000 | 185 m |
| 33 North Avenue, Mount Merrion, Blackrock | Sept 2025 | €2,365,000 | 223 m |
| 9 Cypress Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin | Jun 2026 | €1,230,000 | 245 m |
| 12 Foster Ave, Mt Merrion, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €1,410,000 | 273 m |
| 19 Cypress Road, Mount Merrion, Dublin | Jun 2026 | €1,210,000 | 289 m |
| Apartments 1-11, Fitzwilliam Court, The Rise Mount Merrion | Dec 2025 | €4,400,000 | 345 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 received18 February 2019
- Decision issued12 April 2019
- Appeal submitted7 May 2019
- Appeal decided23 August 2019
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