GrantedChange of useDecided 15 February 2019

8 Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

Change of use from a shop to residential, with a first-floor bedroom extension in Rathfarnham.

SD18A/0408 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 22 January 2019

Reference: SD18A/0408
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 22 January 2019
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 11 m²

Summary

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Planning permission is sought to change the use of an existing shop to residential use. The development includes building a bedroom extension over the shop with a side dormer window, a new entrance door, and a front boundary fence and gate.

Change of usechange of useretail to residentialextension

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Official record

Development description

Change of use of existing shop to residential use with construction of bedroom extension over existing shop together with dormer window at side and new entrance door, boundary fence and gate at front.

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 & 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 17 September 2020.

Notified floor area: 11 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
11 Silverbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14price excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€1,123,348	59 m
21 Silverbrook, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnhamprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€1,013,216	59 m
16 Silverbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14price excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€1,211,454	59 m
8 Silverbrook, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnhamprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€1,233,480	59 m
17 Silverbrook, Rathfarnhamprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€1,374,449	59 m
20 Silverbrook, Rathfarnhamprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€1,189,427	59 m
18 Silverbrook, White Church Rd, Rathfarnhamprice excludes VAT	Feb 2026	€1,145,374	59 m
Number 5 Silverbrook, Rathfarnhamprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€1,162,996	59 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 received22 January 2019
Further information requested15 January 2019
Further information received22 January 2019
Decision due18 February 2019
Decision issued15 February 2019
Grant issued25 March 2019

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