Site adjacent to and east of TOPAZ Filling Station, Taylor's Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 16
Modifications and extension to a car service workshop in Ballyboden.
SD17A/0426 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 30 November 2017
- Reference
- SD17A/0426
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 30 November 2017
- Floor area
- 23.4 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves modifying an existing single-storey car service workshop building. The works include increasing the floor area by 23.4 square meters and remodeling the exterior with metal cladding and a 4-meter-high apex roof.
- Storey
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Official record
Development description
Modifications to existing single storey car service workshop building as follows: increase area by 23.4sq. M; remodel with external metal cladding, including apex roof (4m high).
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 13 September 2018.
Notified floor area: 23.4 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Whitecliff, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 | Sept 2025 | €797,000 | 85 m |
| 53 Pearse Brothers Park, Ballyboden, Dublin 16 | Mar 2025 | €455,000 | 96 m |
| 55 Pearse Bros Park, Ballyboden, Dublin 16 | Aug 2025 | €481,000 | 104 m |
| 58 Palmer Park, Ballyboden, Rathfarnham | Jan 2010 | €250,000 | 167 m |
| 2 Pearse Bros Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Feb 2026 | €580,000 | 172 m |
| 9 Pearse Brothers Park, Ballyboden, Rathfarnham Dublin 16 | Dec 2025 | €500,000 | 180 m |
| 163 Whitecliff, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham | May 2025 | €730,000 | 220 m |
| 6 Glenmore Court, Ballyboden, Dublin 16 | Aug 2025 | €300,000 | 220 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 received30 November 2017
- Decision due2 February 2018
- Decision issued2 February 2018
- Grant issued12 March 2018
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- RefusedAt this site
Retention of signage on the front boundary fence and gateposts
Site adjacent to (and east of) Topaz Filling Station, Ballyboden, Dublin 16.
SD18A/0087South DublinLodged 20 Mar 2018Retention
- GrantedAt this site
Use the existing site for proposed car valet service with all associated site work
Site at Taylors Lane (adjacent to Topaz Petrol Station), Ballyboden, Dublin 16.
SD14A/0020South DublinLodged 30 Apr 2014Change of use
- Not exempt — permission neededAt this site
Proposed car valeting service to be added to existing car sales yard with no new structrual building to be…
Car Sales Yard, Taylors Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 14
ED13/0059South DublinLodged 16 Dec 2013Commercial
- Part granted, part refusedAt this site
Retention Permission to retain as constructed 2 no Front Porches , 2 no domestic Garden rooms, boundary walls…
1 & 2, Saint Roch, Taylor’s Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 D16 T2V8, D16R2N3
SD25B/0570WSouth DublinLodged 25 Sept 2025Retention
- InvalidAt this site
Retention and completion Planning Permission for (1) retention of existing concrete slab (2) completion of…
Vital Fabrication, Taylors Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 16, D16 F8F7
SD25A/0188WSouth DublinLodged 15 Aug 2025Industrial
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
(1) retention of existing concrete slab (2) completion of Slab & planning permission for extension to…
Vital Fabrication, Taylors Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 16, D16 F8F7
SD26A/0120WSouth DublinLodged 22 May 2026Retention
- InvalidAt this site
Retention and completion Planning Permission for (1) retention of existing concrete slab (2) completion of…
Vital Fabrication, Taylors Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 16, D16 F8F7
SD25A/0174WSouth DublinLodged 24 Jul 2025Retention
- WithdrawnAt this site
Retention and Planning Permission for: (1) retention of existing concrete slab; (2) completion of slab &…
Vital Fabrication, Taylors Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 16, D16 F8F7
SD25A/0202WSouth DublinLodged 28 Aug 2025Industrial
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