Awaiting decisionAlterationsDecided 24 November 2025

54, Ballinteer Park, Ballinteer, Dublin 16, D16 K102

Widening of the existing vehicular entrance and replacing the front lawn with gravel.

REF18225 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 18 November 2025

Reference: REF18225
Authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Section 5
Received: 18 November 2025

Summary

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The proposal seeks to widen the existing vehicular entrance by removing a 2.45-metre wide front garden wall. Additionally, the small front lawn will be replaced with permeable gravel surfacing to improve vehicle maneuvering and access safety.

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Development description

We propose to widen the existing vehicular entrance to our family home by removing a 2.45-metre wide and 1.30-metre high front garden wall. The purpose of the works is to improve access to the property and would allow for improved maneuvering within the curtilage and safer access/egress via the driveway entrance. The property is located at the end of a small residential cul-de-sac within ballinteer park, where road and traffic conditions are characterised by low volumes, limited turning movements, and a local-access environment. As part of the improvement works to the front garden
The existing small lawn area will be replaced with permeable gravel surfacing, constructed in line with best-practice sustainable drainage principles to ensure adequate infiltration and prevent surface-water run-off onto the public footpath or roadway
No works are proposed to the public footpath or roadside kerbing
The footpath in front of the property, including the vehicular dish, was previously widened and reconstructed by dlrcoco circa 2005 at the time of construction of no. 54a ballinteer park. The dished section already accommodates a wider vehicular access than the current entrance to no
We believe that the demolition of the front boundary wall (less than 3m) and replacement of small lawn area with permeable gravel surface within the front garden curtilage of the house, constitutes exempted landscape works under class 6 of the planning regulations 2001 (as amended). We respectfully request that dlrcoco assess the above and issue a section 5 declaration confirming whether the proposed works—namely the removal of a 2.45m x 1.3m section of front boundary wall and associated internal rearrangement of the front garden to provide additional parking—constitute exempted development. We remain available to provide any further photographs, drawings or measurements that may assist the assessment

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“A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities”

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
57 Ballinteer Park, Ballinteer, Dublin 16	Jun 2025	€528,760	48 m
66 Ballinteer Park, Dundrum, Dublin 16	Apr 2025	€560,000	131 m
39 Ballinteer Dr, Ballinteer, Dublin 16	Apr 2025	€600,000	150 m
80 Ballinteer Park, Ballinteer, Dublin 16	Sept 2025	€785,000	190 m
25 Ludford Rd, Balinteer, Dublin	Feb 2026	€825,000	216 m
7 Ludford Park, Ballinteer, Dublin 16	Oct 2025	€645,000	245 m
80 Ballinteer Crescent, Ballinteer, Dublin 16	May 2026	€810,000	248 m
10 Ballinteer Park, Ballinteer, Dublin 16	Jan 2025	€700,000	250 m

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Application received18 November 2025
Decision due15 December 2025
Decision issued24 November 2025

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