Unit 3, Glenageary Shopping Centre, Glenageary Road Upper, Thomastown, Dublin, A96WC92
Section 5 referral to determine if a new cardboard sign at the rear of the shopping centre is exempted development.
REF7025 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 15 April 2025
- Reference
- REF7025
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Section 5
- Received
- 15 April 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to determine if a 6ft x 4ft unlit cardboard sign at the rear of the shopping centre is exempt from planning permission. The sign will direct patients and delivery drivers to the pharmacy located at the front of the building.
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Official record
Development description
To determine whether the proposed signage at the rear of glenageary shopping centre constitutes exempted development. Measures approx 6ft x 4ft, will display business name/logo, with message stating pharmacy is located at the front of the building. It will be fixed on the wall at the rear of the building, made from cardboard, no lighting, not visible from public road. Area used for dliveries + access for patients to adjoining doctors.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“NC To protect, provide for and-or improve mixed-use neighbourhood centre facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Rathdown Hall, Glenageary Rd Upper, Glenageary | Feb 2025 | €331,000 | 19 m |
| 7 Rathdown Hall, Glenageary, Dublin | Sept 2025 | €290,000 | 19 m |
| 13 Sallynoggin Villas, Glenageary, Dublin | Feb 2026 | €680,000 | 120 m |
| 3 The Lodge, Kylemore, Church Roadprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €524,229 | 157 m |
| 114 Glenageary Ave, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin | Aug 2025 | €70,000 | 162 m |
| 114 Glenageary Ave, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin | Jan 2025 | €800,000 | 162 m |
| Glencar, 148 Upr Glenageary, Rd Glenageary | Feb 2025 | €1,025,000 | 202 m |
| 120 Glenageary Ave, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin | Apr 2026 | €792,500 | 215 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received15 April 2025
- Decision issued9 May 2025
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