Blackglen View, Blackglen Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18
Section 5 declaration regarding the use of accommodation buildings in Sandyford for international protection applicants.
REF18625 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 28 November 2025
- Reference
- REF18625
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Section 5
- Received
- 28 November 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis is a Section 5 referral to determine whether using the accommodation buildings at Blackglen View to house persons seeking international protection constitutes development, and if so, whether it is exempted development.
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
- Whether the use of the accommodation buildings at blackglen view, blackglen road, sandyford, co. Dublin, to accommodate persons seeking international protection is or is not development and, if development is it exempted development or not exempted development under class 20f of the planning and development (exempted development) (no
- Regulations 2022
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“F To preserve and provide for open space with ancillary active recreational amenities.”
National zoning type: Open space, park
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lodge, Blackglen Rd, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Apr 2026 | €925,000 | 57 m |
| Mountainview, Blackglen Rd, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Jul 2025 | €710,000 | 154 m |
| 2 Lamb Doyles, Blackglen Roadprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €1,101,322 | 203 m |
| 1 Lamb Doyles, Blackglen Roadprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €1,145,374 | 213 m |
| 137 Sandyford View, Blackglen Rd, Sandyford Dublin 18 | Aug 2025 | €452,500 | 428 m |
| 166 Sandyford View, Blackglen Road, Sandyford | May 2025 | €320,000 | 432 m |
| 167 Sandyford View, Sandyford, Dublin 18 | Jan 2026 | €461,000 | 432 m |
| 157 Sandyford View, Sandyford, Dublin 18 | May 2026 | €411,000 | 432 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 2025
- Decision issued19 December 2025
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Withdrawn40 m away
For development at lands at above. The development will consist of removal of condition 11 of planning…
Total Fitness Site, Blackglen Road, Balally, Sandyford, Dublin 18
D07A/1162Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 14 Aug 2007Change of use
- Withdrawn40 m away
Alterations to the previously approved development under Reg. Ref. D03A/0953 and comprise the construction of…
Total Fitness Site, Blackglen Road, Balally, Sandyford, Dublin 18
D05A/0721Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 7 Jun 2005Apartments
- Granted90 m away
The development will consist of the constrction of a two-storey two bedroom detched lodge house within the…
Four Winds, Blackglen Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18
D05A/0954Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 25 Jul 2005New dwelling
- Refused90 m away
4 no. single storey staff accommodation units (2 no. one bedroom units, and 2 no. two bedroom units ) with…
TOTAL FITNESS SITE, BLACKGLEN ROAD, BALLALY, DUBLIN 18.
D04A/0967Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 25 Aug 2004Commercial
- Invalid90 m away
Two storey, two bedroom detached lodge house within the grounds of the main house
Four Winds, Blackglen Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18
D05A/0720Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 7 Jun 2005New dwelling
- Granted90 m away
Demolition of single storey habitable house on the site and the provision of a new detached 4 no. bedroom two…
Four Winds, Blackglen Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18.
D04A/1473Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 15 Dec 2004New dwelling
- Invalid90 m away
Alterations to previously permitted development (An Bord Pleanala Refs. PL 06D.104259 and PL 06D.122753)…
Total Fitness Site, Blackglen Road, Balally, Sandyford, Dublin 18.
D03A/1139Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 28 Nov 2003Change of use
- Granted90 m away
Alterations to the previously permitted development (An Bord Pleanala Refs. PL. 06D.104259 and PL.06D.122753)…
Total Fitness Site, Blackglen Road, Balally, Sandyford, Dublin 18.
D04A/0044Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 19 Jan 2004Change of use
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