The Pavilion, 204-205 Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 EC86
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2435/21 is a planning application for permission at The Pavilion, 204-205 Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 EC86, received by Dublin City Council on 22 Mar 2021 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Planning permission for a residential development on a c. 0.25 hectare site. The development will consist of demolition of existing underutilised 2 no. storey building (390 sqm) and tennis court and the construction of a residential development of 25 no. apartments with an overall height of part 4, part 5 no. storeys (over basement) comprising: 12 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 13 no. 2 bedroom apartments (including 3 no. 2 bedroom duplexes) (each with private balconies/terraces) and a ground floor gym (c. 159 sqm). Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided from Merrion Road into a basement which will provide 25 no. car parking spaces (1 no. disabled access), 44 no. cycle spaces and all ancillary areas, with 2 no. disabled parking spaces and 12 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces at surface level; all associated site development works (including relocation of existing ESB substation), hard and soft landscaping and all other ancillary works to include provision of an area of communal landscaped open space, with pedestrian access provided to the north east. The total gross floor area proposed is c. 1,935 sqm. The council granted permission on 14 May 2021. The five-week observation window closed on 26 Apr 2021. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 321075 on 16 Jun 2026 (refuse). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 97 other decided applications in the last five years and 26 appeals.
Proposal
Planning permission for a residential development on a c. 0.25 hectare site. The development will consist of demolition of existing underutilised 2 no. storey building (390 sqm) and tennis court and the construction of a residential development of 25 no. apartments with an overall height of part 4, part 5 no. storeys (over basement) comprising: 12 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 13 no. 2 bedroom apartments (including 3 no. 2 bedroom duplexes) (each with private balconies/terraces) and a ground floor gym (c. 159 sqm). Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided from Merrion Road into a basement which will provide 25 no. car parking spaces (1 no. disabled access), 44 no. cycle spaces and all ancillary areas, with 2 no. disabled parking spaces and 12 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces at surface level; all associated site development works (including relocation of existing ESB substation), hard and soft landscaping and all other ancillary works to include provision of an area of communal landscaped open space, with pedestrian access provided to the north east. The total gross floor area proposed is c. 1,935 sqm.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 14 May 2021
- Site (from polygon)
- 2,497 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 22 Mar 2021New applicationObservation window closed 26 Apr 2021
- 14 May 2021DecisionAppeal window closed 11 Jun 2021
- 14 Jun 2021Appeal lodged

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Zoning at the site
Zone Z2 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas): To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
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Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87768). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
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