51-53, Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, A94K5K6
Internal modifications, facade changes, and partial change of use to a retail unit with an ancillary café in Blackrock.
D20A/0662 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 18 September 2020
- Reference
- D20A/0662
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 18 September 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development includes internal modifications to lower the floor level for universal access and a change of use of storage space to retail with an ancillary café. External modifications include an enlarged window on the facade for the café seating area.
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, the development will consist of the following : (i) internal modifications to the existing retail unit including new sanitary facilities and lowering of the existing floor level to provide universal access at the entrance . (ii) a change of use of existing storage space to retail use with ancillary cafe use (iii) modifications to the existing facade including enlarged window to cafe seating area
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin | Apr 2025 | €1,890,000 | 18 m |
| Kali House, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock | Sept 2025 | €1,000,000 | 38 m |
| Apt 4, Dawson Court, Cross Ave | Mar 2026 | €510,000 | 66 m |
| 10 Dawson Court, Cross Ave, Blackrock | May 2026 | €527,000 | 66 m |
| Apt 11, Dawson Court, Cross Ave | Jan 2025 | €480,000 | 66 m |
| 11 Woodview, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock | Jan 2026 | €550,000 | 115 m |
| 7 Waltham Hse, Clonfadda, Blackrock | May 2026 | €625,000 | 115 m |
| 15 Woodview, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock | Aug 2025 | €230,000 | 126 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received18 September 2020
- Decision issued5 November 2020
In the area
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Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
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- InvalidAt this site
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D24A/0455/WEBDún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 27 Jun 2024Retention
- GrantedAt this site
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Butlers Pantry,, 53 Mount Merrion Avenue,, Blackrock,, Co. Dublin.
D02A/0154Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 4 Mar 2002Commercial
- RefusedAt this site
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D07A/1614Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 22 Nov 2007Apartments
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D19A/0381Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 7 Aug 2019Change of use
- RefusedAt this site
For one two storey mews dwelling at the rear with frontage onto Mount Merrion Avenue
4, Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
D05A/0482Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 18 Apr 2005New dwelling
- Invalid30 m away
Planning permission is sought (consequent to Grant of Outline Permission Reg. Ref. D00A/0695) for a three…
Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin (rear of 6 and 8 Cross Avenue).
D04A/1429Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 7 Dec 2004New dwelling
- Granted30 m away
New three bedroom, part two storey part single storey, detached dwelling with screened balcony terrace at…
Site at Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin(rear of 6 and 8 Cross Avenue).
D05A/1345Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 17 Oct 2005New dwelling
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