RefusedApartmentsDecided 26 September 2023

Mill Race Green, Mill Race, Saggart, Co. Dublin

Conversion of a creche into five apartments and a smaller creche within a protected structure in Saggart.

SD23A/0184 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 2 August 2023

Reference: SD23A/0184
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 2 August 2023
Residential units: 5
Floor area: 785.65 m²

Summary

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Permission is sought to modify an unoccupied ground floor creche to provide a smaller creche and five ground floor apartments (three 1-bed, one 2-bed, and one 3-bed). The works include external modifications and are located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

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Official record

Development description

Permission for modifications to the internal layout of the existing unoccupied ground floor creche to provide a new reduced sized creche with an outdoor play area and change of use from permitted creche use to residential use to accommodate three number one bedroom, one number two bedroom and one number three bedroom ground floor residential apartment units and associated open space provision, modifications to the southern elevation to include replacement of existing door opening with an infill wall at ground floor and modifications to the eastern elevation to include a replacement of an existing window opening with new entrance doors all located within the curtilage of a protected structure being the existing rag store, entrance gates, chimney, tail race, mill ponds of the swiftbrook mill now known as mill race green on foot of an board pleanála decision pl 06s. 248162

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
27 Millrace Court, Saggart, Dublin	Jun 2026	€310,000	45 m
38 Crosforge, Saggart, Dublin	Jun 2025	€545,000	83 m
20 Millrace Walk, Saggart, County Dublin	May 2025	€450,000	83 m
5 Swiftbanks Avenue, Mill Road, Saggartprice excludes VAT	Feb 2026	€317,181	110 m
6 Swiftbanks Avenue, Mill Road, Saggartprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€440,529	110 m
14 Millrace Cresent Millrace, Saggart, Dublin	Jul 2025	€435,000	112 m
16 Millrace Walk, Saggart, Dublin	Jul 2026	€350,000	113 m
10 Millrace Crescent, Saggart, Dublin	Oct 2025	€300,000	124 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 received2 August 2023
Decision due26 September 2023
Decision issued26 September 2023

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