Expert Eye Property Company Limited, Lands forming part of development, generally known as Rockbrook located at the junction of, Blackthorn Drive & Carmanhall Road, Rockbrook Estate, Sandyford Business District, Dublin 18
Minor amendments to a permitted 428-apartment development in Rockbrook.
LRD24A/0328/WEB · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 13 May 2024
- Reference
- LRD24A/0328/WEB
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission (LRD)
- Received
- 13 May 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks minor amendments to a permitted Large-scale Residential Development (LRD). Changes include basement reconfiguration, omission of a travelator, floor plan modifications to the retail, creche, and apartment layouts, and balcony design updates.
- Residential units
- 428
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
- The development will comprise minor amendments to the permitted development as per strategic housing development (shd) permission reference 304405-19 as amended by large-scale residential development permission reference lrd23a/0557 which comprises 428no. Apartments, a creche, 4no. Local/neighbourhood retail units and associated site works. The proposed development incorporates the following amendments: reconfiguration of the basement layout, omission of travelator with associated reconfiguration of landscaping works at ground level, amendments to floor plans layouts and internal configurations that will include for minor modifications to (a) retail floor areas (b) creche layout (c) provision of a new entrance to block 1 core a via the boulevard concierge (d) relocation and resizing of meter rooms in cores a, b and e (e) provision of off-loader room in lieu of switch room core e, amendments to the apartment layouts which will include for (a) corridor width internally (b) amendments to units in apartment block 2, core e (c) amendments to gable apartment block 2, core e level 6 (d) amendments to duplex configuration in block
- Amendments to the balcony design. Amendments to the external facades to include for a deck access walkway and associated works. Amendments to communal roof terraces to include for provision of external projecting lobby that will facilitate level access to communal roof terraces in block b1, core b. Amendments to the roof layout and design with the plant enclosure area at core f removed, the provision of photo voltaic panels, amendments to parapet heights and lift over-runs along with provision of access ladders for maintenance
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“MIC To consolidate and complete the development of the mixed use inner core to enhance and reinforce sustainable development.”
National zoning type: Other mix of uses
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 632 The Cubes 7, Beacon South Quarter, Blackthorn Rd Dublin 18 | Sept 2025 | €335,000 | 80 m |
| 189 Grand Central, Rockbrook, Carmanhall Rd Dublin 18 | Mar 2026 | €535,000 | 84 m |
| 16 Grande Central, Core 7, Rockbrook Dublin 18 | Jul 2025 | €1,065,000 | 108 m |
| 83 Grand Central, Dublin 18, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €510,000 | 123 m |
| Apt.107, Grande Central, Sandyford | Jul 2025 | €585,000 | 127 m |
| 98 Grand Central, Sandyford, Dublin 18 | Jan 2025 | €521,000 | 128 m |
| 501 The Edges 3, Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Feb 2025 | €386,000 | 132 m |
| Apt 104 C3 The Edges, Beacon South, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Aug 2025 | €522,000 | 132 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received13 May 2024
- Decision due5 July 2024
- Decision issued15 May 2024
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
Permission for a strategic housing development with an application site area of c. 2.02 ha (excluding…
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/EDún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 1 Oct 2024Apartments
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 21 of Reg Ref no. ABP30440519 (Derogation Request)
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/C44Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 28 May 2024Other
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 21 of Reg Ref no. ABP30440519 (Derogation Request)
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/C43Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 22 May 2024Other
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 21 of Reg Ref no. ABP30440519 (Derogation Request)
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/C49Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 2 Jul 2024Other
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 21 of Reg Ref no. ABP30440519 (Derogation Request)
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/C45Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 5 Jun 2024Other
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 21 of Reg Ref no. ABP30440519 (Derogation Request)
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/C46Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 11 Jun 2024Other
- Compliance submissionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 21 of Reg Ref no. ABP30440519 (Derogation Request)
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/C36Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 27 Mar 2024Other
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Compliance with Condition no. 21 of Reg Ref no. ABP30440519 (Derogation Request)
Rockbrook, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Business District, Sandyford, Dublin 18
ABP30440519/C34Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 20 Mar 2024Other
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