Rosebank House & Rosebank Lodge, Ballyboden Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
Declaration of exemption review for cumulative works and activities at Rosebank House and Lodge.
ED26/0050 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 25 May 2026
- Reference
- ED26/0050
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Declaration of Exemption Section 5
- Received
- 25 May 2026
Summary
AI-generatedThis request seeks to determine if cumulative works and activities at Rosebank House and Lodge constitute development or exempted development. The site involves a protected structure and has been subject to enforcement and endangerment notices regarding hard surfacing, tree removal, and intensified multi-occupancy use.
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
The planning status of cumulative and evolving works, activities and operational indicators occurring at rosebank house and rosebank lodge, ballyboden road, rathfarnham, including: works to and within the curtilage of protected structure rps ref. 267; works the subject of warning letters, enforcement notices and a section 59 endangerment notice issued by south dublin county council; hard surfacing, lighting, drainage, excavation and other site works; operational and occupation-related activity associated with intensified multi-occupancy use; tree removal and landscape alteration; and potential environmental and ecological considerations arising from the hydrological relationship with the owendoher river corridor. This request further concerns whether such cumulative and evolving works, activities and operational indicators constitute development and/or exempted development for the purposes of the planning and development acts and regulations
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and/or improve residential amenity”
National zoning type: Existing residential
Objective set by the South Dublin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluain Na Coille, 286 Willowbank Dr, Rathfarnham Dublin 14 | Oct 2025 | €955,000 | 19 m |
| 33 Willowbank Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Nov 2025 | €890,000 | 101 m |
| 4 Fonthill Abbey, Ballyboden Road, Rathfarnham | Jul 2025 | €760,000 | 105 m |
| 27 Ballyboden Rd, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Aug 2025 | €1,136,000 | 140 m |
| 22 Willowbank Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Feb 2025 | €872,000 | 152 m |
| 26 Butterfield Orchard, Rathfarnham, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €775,000 | 173 m |
| 102 Butterfield Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Dec 2025 | €620,000 | 215 m |
| 26 Willbrook Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Feb 2026 | €568,000 | 225 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 received25 May 2026
- Decision due22 June 2026
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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- Granted40 m away
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SD23B/0492South DublinLodged 24 Nov 2023Extension
- Granted50 m away
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SD06B/0719South DublinLodged 22 Sept 2006Extension
- Granted60 m away
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SD05B/0569South DublinLodged 23 Aug 2005Extension
- Refused60 m away
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SD04A/0695South DublinLodged 17 Sept 2004Housing estate
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S01B/0627South DublinLodged 3 Dec 2001Extension
- Granted70 m away
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1, Edenbrook Manor, Ballyboden Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
SD06B/0794South DublinLodged 24 Oct 2006Extension
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