Block E, 'The Ashes' Elmfield, Ballyogan Road, Dublin 18
Change of use of a vacant creche unit to community rooms for residents of the Elmfield development.
D19A/0556 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 30 July 2019
- Reference
- D19A/0556
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 30 July 2019
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to convert a vacant creche unit into community rooms. The new facility will include a reception, security area, hot-desking space, community room, multi-purpose activity space, and a parcel room.
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 change of use of vacant creche unit to community rooms serving the residents of the overall elmfield development. Accommodation to include reception room, manned security area, residents hot desk working space, residents community room, w/c, multi-purpose activity space and parcel room.
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, Castlecourt, Kilgobbin Woods | Sept 2025 | €471,000 | 40 m |
| 20 Castlecourt, Kilgobbin Wood, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Apr 2026 | €485,000 | 40 m |
| 142 Kilgobbin Woods, Castlecourt, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Sept 2025 | €447,000 | 63 m |
| 141 Castlecourt, Kilgobbin Woods, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Nov 2025 | €442,000 | 63 m |
| 129 Castlecourt, Kilgobbin Wood, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Jun 2026 | €495,000 | 63 m |
| 131 Castlecourt, Kilgobbin Woods, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Dec 2025 | €435,000 | 63 m |
| 26 The Sycamore, Elmfield, Ballyogan Rd Dublin 18 | May 2025 | €540,000 | 67 m |
| 20 The Sycamore, Elmfield, Ballyogan Rd | Sept 2025 | €470,000 | 67 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 received30 July 2019
- Decision issued13 July 2020
In the area
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- RefusedAt this site
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Block E, The Ashes, Elmfield, Ballyogan Road, Dublin 18
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- GrantedAt this site
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D07A/1371Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 28 Sept 2007Infrastructure
- Invalid30 m away
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D07A/1173Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 16 Aug 2007Infrastructure
- Invalid60 m away
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- Granted60 m away
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D15A/0618Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 12 Jan 2016Apartments
- Granted60 m away
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D03A/0411Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 6 Apr 2004Apartments
- Refused60 m away
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