140 Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 16, D16 Y7R7
Conversion of a garage into a home office, removal of a rear porch, and addition of a new rear garden entrance.
REF15424 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 28 November 2024
- Reference
- REF15424
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Section 5
- Received
- 28 November 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThis Section 5 application proposes converting an existing garage into a home office with a bathroom, replacing the garage door with a window. It also includes removing the rear porch to expand the kitchen and adding a new rear garden entrance gate to access the footpath.
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
- Convert garage into home office with bathroom, replace garage door with window(similar to neighbor’s)
- Remove the rear porch and add the rear porch space to kitchen
- Add a garden rear entrance(with metal garden gate about 100cmx200cm) to use the footpath at the back of the site(similar to neighbor’s)
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 132 Balally Dr, Dundrum, Dublin 16 | Feb 2025 | €705,000 | 37 m |
| 275 Wedgewood, Sandyford, Dublin 16 | Apr 2025 | €515,000 | 55 m |
| 137 Balally Dr, Sandyford, Dublin 16not full market price | Jun 2025 | €300,000 | 61 m |
| 123 Balally Dr, Dundrum, Dublin 16 | Mar 2025 | €723,000 | 64 m |
| 273a, The Beeches, Wedgewood Dublin 16 | Aug 2025 | €735,500 | 76 m |
| 254 Plums Road, Off Hawthorns Road, Dublin 16 | May 2025 | €615,000 | 92 m |
| 32a Balally Grove, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | May 2025 | €885,000 | 140 m |
| 236 The Cherries, Wedgewood, Sandyford Dublin 16not full market price | Mar 2025 | €247,500 | 154 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 received28 November 2024
- Decision due3 January 2025
- Decision issued17 December 2024
- Appeal submitted23 December 2024
- Appeal decided24 April 2025
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
For single storey extension to the rear, convert garage with new single storey extension over at first floor…
142, Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 16
D05B/0840Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 22 Nov 2005Extension
- GrantedAt this site
Permission for a single storey extension to the rear, including 3 no. roof lights, convert garage with new…
144 Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 14
D15B/0154Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 1 May 2015Extension
- Granted30 m away
Permission for — Removal of existing shed to side
134 Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 16
D15B/0262Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 3 Jul 2015Extension
- Exempt — no permission needed60 m away
Demolition of small existing boiler and proposed one storey extenion to the rear of the existing property
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REF7324Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 12 Aug 2024Extension
- Granted60 m away
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D18A/0604Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 22 Jun 2018Retention
- Granted60 m away
Retention permission for a single storey extension to side of existing house with ancillary works
133 Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 16, D16 CP26
D21B/0175Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 13 Apr 2021Retention
- Granted60 m away
Permission for granny flat to side, incorporating single storey extension to front of house, converting…
125 Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 16
D14B/0369Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 7 Jan 2015Extension
- Granted70 m away
To demolish existing shed with provision to construct two storey extension to existing dwelling, connection…
123, Balally Drive, Dundrum, Dublin 16
D05A/0731Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 13 Sept 2005Extension
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