The Battery, Sandycove Point, Sandycove, Dublin, A96EY23
Demolition of modern extensions and construction of new single-storey extensions at a historic battery.
D24A/0681/WEB · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 30 August 2024
- Reference
- D24A/0681/WEB
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 30 August 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves works at a protected battery structure, including the demolition of 20th-century extensions and a brick latrine. It will feature new pedestrian openings, roof alterations for a lift, re-slating, lime rendering, sash window repairs, and new single-storey extensions.
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Official record
Development description
We, the applicants, intend to apply for permission for development at the battery, sandycove point, sandycove, co dublin a96ey23. The battery wall is a protected structure (rps 980) and is also on the record of monuments and places (du023-062). The development will consist of the demolition of the existing single storey 20th century extensions and the remains of a brick latrine, the creation of new pedestrian opening in the wall to the yard and also from the yard to the battery, the creation of an opening in the roof of the store adjacent to the magazine for a lift, the re-slating of the guard house in natural slate, and repairs to the slates on the other structures, the removal of the existing render and replacement with lime render, the repair and/or replacement of sash windows, the application of appropriate internal insulation to walls, ceiling and floors of the existing structures, the upgrading of mechanical and electrical services, the construction of a single storey extension replacing the existing extension between the existing guard room and soldiers' quarters, a single-storey extension extending across the guard room to the northwest and a single storey extension over the magazine, alterations to the vehicular entrance and parking area and associated landscaping and siteworks.
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.
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sandycove Ave East, Sandycove, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €2,400,000 | 201 m |
| 12 Sandycove Avenue East, Glasthule, Dun Laoghairenot full market price | Dec 2025 | €650,000 | 208 m |
| 5 Sandycove Avenue West, Sandycove, Co Dublin | May 2025 | €2,810,000 | 281 m |
| 16 Sandycove Ave East, Sandycove, Dublin | Jun 2026 | €2,250,000 | 292 m |
| Seagrange, Sandycove Ave East, Sandycove | Jan 2025 | €9,750,000 | 308 m |
| 12 Burdett Ave, Sandycove, Dublinnot full market price | Dec 2025 | €884,145 | 340 m |
| Seafield House, 8 Burdett Ave, Sandycove | Jun 2025 | €3,012,000 | 372 m |
| 8 Ballygihen, Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire | May 2026 | €400,000 | 376 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received30 August 2024
- Decision due24 October 2024
- Decision issued22 October 2024
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