15 Main Street, Rathfarnham Village, Dublin 14.
Change of use from retail to a restaurant across two floors, with shopfront alterations and rear extensions.
S99A/0926 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 28 February 2000
- Reference
- S99A/0926
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 28 February 2000
- Floor area
- 128 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis application proposes a change of use to establish a restaurant on the ground and first floors. The works include shopfront alterations, new signage, and the replacement of an existing rear building with new single-storey and part first-floor extensions for storage and preparation.
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
Change of use to provide restaurant at ground and first floor with associated shop front alterations and signage, new single storey flat roof preparation, storage rooms with roof light and parapet and part first floor extension with flat roof for servery and storage all to rear, to replace existing single storey flat roof building.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Main Street, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Jan 2025 | €350,000 | 12 m |
| 3 Loftus Sq, Rathfarnham Gate, Main St Dublin 14 | Jan 2026 | €430,500 | 45 m |
| 7 Blackburne Sq, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Jan 2025 | €340,000 | 72 m |
| 25 Loftus Sq, The Gate, Rathfarnham Dublin 14 | Nov 2025 | €596,000 | 77 m |
| 30 Blackburne Sq, Rathfarnham Gate, Rathfarnham Dublin 14not full market price | Feb 2026 | €276,500 | 102 m |
| Apt 4 The Laurels, Butterfield Ave, Rathfarnaham | Apr 2025 | €343,000 | 137 m |
| 571 Woodview Cottages, Churchlane, Rathfarnham Dublin 14 | Jun 2026 | €671,000 | 162 m |
| 40 Village Court, Butterfield Ave, Rathfarnham | Jan 2026 | €540,000 | 172 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 February 2000
- Further information requested17 February 2000
- Further information received28 February 2000
- Decision due19 April 2000
- Decision issued27 April 2000
- Appeal submitted24 May 2000
- Appeal decided14 December 2000
- Permission expiry15 December 2000
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- Granted30 m away
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