Boole House, Beech Hill Office Campus, Beech Hill Road, Dublin 4, D04A563
Inquiry into converting an office building into temporary accommodation for 225 displaced persons.
REF15825 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 19 September 2025
- Reference
- REF15825
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Section 5
- Received
- 19 September 2025
Summary
AI-generatedA Section 5 declaration is sought to determine if converting Boole House from office use to temporary accommodation for displaced persons is exempt development. The proposal includes internal works and removing basement parking to create communal facilities like kitchens, a laundry, and a gym.
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Official record
Development description
(1) whether— (1) the change of use of boole house, beech hill office campus, clonskeagh, dublin 4, from office use to use as temporary accommodation for displaced persons, and (ii) the carrying out of internal works including the removal of basement car parking spaces to accommodate communal facilities such as kitchens, laundry rooms, and gym, each constitute development within the meaning of section 3 of the planning and development act 2000 (as amended), and if so, (2) whether the proposed change of use—providing for 225 no. Bedspaces—would, by reason of the scale and intensity of occupation, the partial loss of basement car parking, the impact on existing foul, surface and water infrastructure, and potential traffic generation, constitute development that would come within the scope of restrictions on exempted development under article 9(1) of the planning and development regulations 2001-2024 (as amended)’
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“E To provide for economic development and employment.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 Beech Hill Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Jun 2026 | €655,000 | 217 m |
| 82 Beech Hill Dr, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Mar 2025 | €675,000 | 269 m |
| 34 Beech Hill Crescent, Dublin 4, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €525,000 | 281 m |
| 9 Beech Hill Terrace, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Aug 2025 | €630,000 | 283 m |
| 38 Beech Hill Crescent, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Nov 2025 | €925,000 | 305 m |
| Apt 32 - Donnybrook Court, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | May 2025 | €376,000 | 337 m |
| 54 Beech Hill Ave, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 | Jun 2025 | €780,000 | 337 m |
| 27 Donnybrook Court, Beaver Rd, Donnybrook Dublin 4 | Apr 2025 | €530,000 | 342 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received19 September 2025
- Decision due17 October 2025
- Decision issued16 October 2025
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