RefusedApartmentsDecided 26 February 2010

Silveracre House, Sarah Curran Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

Redevelopment of Silveracre House to provide 28 apartments, 2 refurbished houses, and a new gate lodge.

SD09A/0399 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 1 February 2010

Reference: SD09A/0399
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 1 February 2010
Residential units: 31

Summary

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This project involves the redevelopment of Silveracre House, a protected structure. It includes the demolition of single-storey additions to refurbish and divide the main house into two dwellings, the construction of a new gate lodge, and the demolition of storage sheds to build a four-storey apartment block containing 28 units.

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Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Redevelopment of the site known as silveracre house, off sarah curran avenue, which is a protected structure. The development will consist of the following: (1) demolition of single storey additions to the side of existing silveracre house and the complete refurbishment and division of same to provide 2 new houses, house 01 being a 307sq. M. 4-bedroom dwelling accessed from existing main entrance on eastern elevation to silveracre house with its own new private rear garden, and house 02 to be contained in the existing return to the main dwelling to be refurbished to a 193sq. M. 3-bedroom dwelling to be accessed from existing entrance on western elevation with its own new private rear garden; (2) construction of a new gate lodge at the entrance comprising of a 2-bedroom unit and a new esb sub-station for the entire site; (3) demolition of existing storage sheds & structures to the north-west of the site and construction of 1 block of apartments in its place providing for 20 no. 2-bedroom apartments, and 8 no. 1-bedroom apartments all with individual balconies and terraces in a 4-storey over basement building giving a total number of 28 apartments, 2 houses and 1 gate lodge, giving a total of 31 units in the entire development; (4) the construction of a 1978sq. M. Basement to provide 48 car parking spaces in total; (5) boundary wall and entrance to remain as existing, with provision for a new pedestrian entrance and gate to either side of vehicular entrance. This development has been designed to allow for the retention of certain key specimen trees of exceptional quality and the removal of other trees on the site of lesser importance, as per tree specialist recommendations, along with hard and soft landscaping including bicycle stores, bin stores, and the introduction of extensive new mature planting including all associated site works (all within a site area of 8218sq. M; (6) the following traffic calming measures are proposed; (a) a traffic calming island is to be installed at the existing entrance onto sarah curran avenue, reducing the overall width of sarah curran avenue to 3.5m locally - this traffic calming island will extend for 30-40m approx either side & will include the relevant signage, protective bollards, ramps etc; (b) a 1200mm wide footpath is to be provided at the bridge to the south west of the proposed site on sarah curran avenue, which will reduce the width of sarah curran avenue to 3m locally at this point - this footpath is to be 10m approx in length and is to be protected against vehicles by the installation of minimum 3 no. Bollards; (c) vehicular & pedestrian traffic lights are to be installed at the junction of sarah curran avenue and whitechurch avenue.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RESRS

“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.

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 18 August 2014.

2 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Silveracre Ave, Rathfarnham	Dec 2025	€1,505,000	21 m
29 St Endas Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin	May 2025	€745,000	96 m
St Endas, Sarah Curran Ave, Rathfarnham Dublin 14	Nov 2025	€1,350,000	142 m
St Endas, Sarah Curran Ave, Rathfarnham Dublin 14	Dec 2025	€75,000	142 m
16 St Endas Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14	May 2025	€770,000	147 m
4 St Endas Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14	Jan 2026	€730,000	198 m
28 Willbrook, Whitechurch Rd, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	Feb 2025	€181,250	236 m
49 Barton Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14not full market price	Apr 2025	€200,000	259 m

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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 received1 February 2010
Further information requested30 November 2009
Further information received1 February 2010
Decision due26 February 2010
Decision issued26 February 2010
Appeal submitted25 March 2010
Appeal decided11 August 2010
Permission expiry12 August 2010

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