11 Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Dublin, A96WE09
Demolition works and construction of four guest house bedrooms, an office, and a beer garden at a pub in Sandycove.
D23A/0131 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 24 February 2023
- Reference
- D23A/0131
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 24 February 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves partial demolition of internal walls, a flat roof, and storage areas to construct four guest house bedrooms at first-floor level. It also includes a new ground-floor storage yard, a first-floor office, toilet alterations, and a new 12sqm beer garden with access onto Albert Road Lower.
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Official record
Development description
The demolition of existing internal walls and partitions and the demolition of the existing flat roof and external wall to the rear first floor annex, and the construction 4 no. Guest house bedrooms at first floor totalling 126sqm, with new pitched zinc roof to existing rear annex, the demolition of the existing storage areas at ground and first floor level to the rear and the construction of a new storage and yard of 22.5sqm at ground floor level and an office of 12sqm at first floor level with new stairs access from the pub. Theses changes will decrease the gross internal floor area by 7.8sqm from 362.5sqm to 354.7sqm. Alterations to existing male and female toilets and universal access toilet at ground floor level and, the removal of existing stairs to first floor and construction of a new access corridor from the ground floor pub to the proposed rear beer garden, demolition of existing brick pier and boundary wall to create new access for proposed beer garden of 12sqm exiting onto albert road lower, with new decorative metal access gates. Construction of a new external stairs and gate with access from albert road lower accesing the existing first floor terrace and proposed guest house bedrooms at first floor. The extension of the existing shop front along albert road lower facade with 1.2sqm of signage space. New painted metal railings and handrails to existing external first floor balcony, with all associated site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“NC To protect, provide for and-or improve mixed-use neighbourhood centre facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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 8 - Brighton House, Brighton Terrace, Sandycove | Aug 2025 | €683,000 | 71 m |
| Apt 6, Brighton House, Sandycove Rd | Dec 2025 | €525,000 | 71 m |
| 11 Gowran Hall, Ballygihen Ave, Sandycove | Aug 2025 | €166,666 | 72 m |
| 16 Gowran Hall, Ballygihen Ave, Sandycove | Feb 2025 | €635,000 | 72 m |
| 13 Gowran Hall, Ballyghien Avenue, Sandycove | Apr 2026 | €580,000 | 72 m |
| 3 Albert Court, Sandycove, Dublin | May 2025 | €460,000 | 77 m |
| Apt 9, Ballygihen, Sandycove Rd | Nov 2025 | €400,000 | 104 m |
| 8 Ballygihen, Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire | May 2026 | €400,000 | 105 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 received24 February 2023
- Decision due20 April 2023
- Decision issued10 March 2023
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition 8e of Reg Ref no. D23A/0182
11 Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Dublin, A96WE09
D23A/0182/C3Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 13 Apr 2026Other
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition 8e of Reg Ref no. D23A/0182
11 Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Dublin, A96WE09
D23A/0182/C2Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 17 Feb 2025Other
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition 8c of Reg Ref no. D23A/0182
11 Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Dublin, A96WE09
D23A/0182/C1Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 17 Feb 2025Other
- GrantedAt this site
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D23A/0182Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 16 Mar 2023Change of use
- InvalidAt this site
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D24A/0517/WEBDún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 12 Jul 2024Extension
- GrantedAt this site
The development will consist of the following — Alterations and demolition to the rear, and side of the…
No. 12, Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Co. Dublin, A96 D984
D24A/0524/WEBDún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 16 Jul 2024Extension
- GrantedAt this site
Partial demolition of rear return and construction of new two-storey extension to side and rear with single…
13, Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Co. Dublin.
D06B/1107Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 5 Apr 2007Extension
- Part granted, part refusedAt this site
Combination of 2 No. houses into 1 and construction of 2 storey extension to rear with associated site-works…
88 and 89, Lower Albert Road, Sandycove, Co. Dublin
D08B/0306Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 23 Apr 2008Alterations
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