San Pedro, Grey's Lane, Balkill Road, The Summit, Howth, Co. Dublin
Retention of boundary walls and permission to convert a single-storey outbuilding into a two-storey home office and gym.
F23A/0186 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 20 April 2023
- Reference
- F23A/0186
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission and Retention
- Received
- 20 April 2023
Summary
AI-generatedRetention permission is sought for concrete rear and side boundary walls. Planning permission is also sought to convert and extend an existing single-storey pitched-roof home office, gym, and boiler room into a two-storey flat-roofed structure containing a home office, gym, boiler room, and garden store.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
Retention permission is sought by the applicants for a concrete section of rear boundary wall that adjoins the "old tram walk" plus the concrete buttress wall that supports this concrete wall and also for a triangular shaped portion of our side block boundary wall with our neighbour in "woodview". Planning permission is sought to change the existing single storey with pitched roof home office, gym, & boiler room into a two storey flat roofed home office, gym, boiler room & garden store and all ancillary site works. All finishes will match the existing structure all at san pedro, grey's lane, balkill road, the summit, howth, co. Dublin.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity”
National zoning type: Existing residential
Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton, Greyslane, Howth | Jun 2026 | €1,330,000 | 36 m |
| 13a Thormanby Hill, Thormanby Road, Howth | Jul 2026 | €2,000,000 | 197 m |
| Hillside, Windgate Rd, Howth | Jun 2026 | €1,400,000 | 207 m |
| 5 Tara, Balkill Road, Howth | Jun 2026 | €1,300,000 | 214 m |
| Holly Cottage, Balkill Rd, Howth Dublin 13 | Sept 2025 | €1,407,000 | 256 m |
| 2a Dungriffin Rd, Howth, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €1,080,000 | 266 m |
| 10 Woodcliff Heights, Howth, Dublin 13 | Jul 2025 | €890,000 | 271 m |
| Sandpiper, Windgate Rd, Howth | Mar 2025 | €3,000,000 | 274 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received20 April 2023
- Decision due14 June 2023
- Decision issued12 June 2023
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