GrantedChange of useDecided 9 May 2023

11 Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Dublin, A96WE09

Change of use from pub/residential to a guesthouse, including partial demolition and a new beer garden.

D23A/0182 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 16 March 2023

Reference: D23A/0182
Authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 16 March 2023

Summary

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The project proposes converting part of a public house and residential space into guesthouse accommodation with four bedrooms. It involves partial demolition of existing structures, constructing a new rear annex, an office, and creating a new beer garden exiting onto Albert Road Lower.

Change of useguesthousepubbeer gardendemolition

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Official record

Development description

The change of use from part commercial (ancillary publlic house) and previous residential to guesthouse style accomodation. 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

Objective NCDC

“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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 6 March 2025.

Notified floor area: 276 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 6, Brighton House, Sandycove Rd	Dec 2025	€525,000	71 m
Apt 8 - Brighton House, Brighton Terrace, Sandycove	Aug 2025	€683,000	71 m
11 Gowran Hall, Ballygihen Ave, Sandycove	Aug 2025	€166,666	74 m
16 Gowran Hall, Ballygihen Ave, Sandycove	Feb 2025	€635,000	74 m
13 Gowran Hall, Ballyghien Avenue, Sandycove	Apr 2026	€580,000	74 m
3 Albert Court, Sandycove, Dublin	May 2025	€460,000	76 m
18 Elton Park, Sandycove, Dublin	Jan 2026	€15,500	104 m
18 Elton Park, Sandycove, Dublin	Jan 2026	€1,684,500	104 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 March 2023
Decision due10 May 2023
Decision issued9 May 2023

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