St Joseph's Presentation Convent, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Internal and external alterations to St Joseph's Presentation Convent, including a chapel change of use.
SD20A/0333 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 25 March 2021
- Reference
- SD20A/0333
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 25 March 2021
- Floor area
- 62.4 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis project involves extensive internal alterations to subdivide bedrooms into ensuite rooms, install a lift, and demolish 20th-century side extensions to build a new kitchen. It also includes changing the use of the existing chapel to a mission office and removing external steel fire escapes.
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
Subdivision of existing bedrooms and the formation of openings in partition walls to form a total of 5 ensuite bedrooms on ground floor level and 11 ensuite bedrooms and one bedroom on first floor level to include associated new foul drainage and the removal of existing first floor ensuite structure to rear, ; demolition of existing single storey 20th century laundry/stores extensions to side; construction of new single storey kitchen and stores; demolition of existing porch and reconstruction of new porch in kitchen yard; the removal of existing bathrooms on ground and first floor over to accommodate the installation of a lift; change of use of existing chapel for use as mission office to include internal rearrangement of existing sacristy to form tea room and toilets and construction of new entrance door and ramp; removal of 2 no. External steel fire escape stair structures to rear and fire safety measures to existing structure to include installation of internal fire rates compartment screens and door in existing corridors; erection of partition to form corridor to existing porch to maintain access to adjoining church yard; form plant room on ground floor; the enlargement and rearrangement of the existing car parking area to front of convent to provide 12 parking spaces including 2 disabled parking spaces and associated landscaping works.
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 16 August 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 5 January 2023.
Notified floor area: 1,272 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Clairs Villa, Chapel Hill, Lucan | Jun 2025 | €350,000 | 123 m |
| 12 Chapel View, Lucan Village, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €300,000 | 155 m |
| Apt 10 Chapelview, Lucan Rd, Lucan | Jul 2025 | €330,000 | 155 m |
| 18 Chapel View, Lucan, Dublin | Nov 2025 | €351,000 | 166 m |
| 6 Lucan Heights, Lucan, Dublin | Feb 2026 | €815,000 | 254 m |
| 222 Beech Park, Lucan, Dublin | Jun 2025 | €575,000 | 286 m |
| 124 Sarsfield Park, Lucan, Co Dublin | Feb 2025 | €346,000 | 316 m |
| 35 Roselawn, Lucan, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €695,000 | 363 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 March 2021
- Further information requested15 February 2021
- Further information received25 March 2021
- Decision due21 April 2021
- Decision issued21 April 2021
- Grant issued31 May 2021
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