26, Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin (A Protected Structure)
Restoration of a protected structure from a dentistry practice back to a single family home.
D22A/0910 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 16 February 2023
- Reference
- D22A/0910
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 16 February 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to reduce the existing dentistry practice to just two rooms and restore the rest of the building to residential use. Works include reinstating a staircase to return the protected structure to a single residency, reconstructing a rear extension into a garden room, and remodelling the front lawn.
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 alterations and extension. Reduction of the dentistry practice area to the two room on east side of entrance hall; restoration of the first floor and part of the ground floor to residential use from its current dentistry practise use; reinstatement of the single stair flight from basement to lower ground floor level to restore the building to single residency; lowering and reconstructing the existing rear extension (patient waiting room) to a garden room with kitchen and wc; remodelling of part of the existing front lawn to provide a front patio area to the basement on the west side of the main entrance steps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sydney Mews, Sydney Avenue, Blackrock | Jun 2025 | €1,300,000 | 36 m |
| Apt 17 Westfield, Sion Hill, Blackrock Dublin | Jul 2025 | €476,000 | 112 m |
| 11 Westfield, Sion Hill, Blackrocknot full market price | Jun 2026 | €211,218 | 126 m |
| 15 Brooklawn, Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock | Mar 2025 | €875,000 | 126 m |
| 43 Mount Merrion Ave, Blackrock, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €865,000 | 144 m |
| 2 Rock Road Place, Blackrockprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €1,387,665 | 161 m |
| 44 Westfield, Rock Rd, Sion Hill | Jan 2025 | €730,000 | 164 m |
| Apt 29 Lisalea, Frascati Park, Blackrock | Aug 2025 | €515,000 | 169 m |
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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 received16 February 2023
- Decision due15 March 2023
- Decision issued13 March 2023
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