Sarsfield House Family Hub, Sarsfield House, First Avenue, off Sarsfield Road, Dublin 10
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3639/24 is a planning application for retention permission at Sarsfield House Family Hub, Sarsfield House, First Avenue, off Sarsfield Road, Dublin 10, received by Dublin City Council on 3 May 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: RETENTION:For development which consists of the change of use of part of an existing 2 storey, courtyard building (total floor area 832 sqm) from probation hostel use to family hub (558.32 sqm) providing short term emergency accommodation to homeless families, new internal layout to provide accommodation units (12 family units/36 bed spaces), new stairs and lift, kitchen, dining, recreation and laundry facilities. The development also includes retention of minor alterations to elevations and fenestration, a new glazed front entrance porch (5.25sqm), a first floor extension and altered roof profile over enclosure for lift/additional internal stairs (28 sqm), a new single storey plant room (4.4sqm) with extended canopy roof to the rear, a first floor extension (1.68 sqm) to landing of existing stairs within courtyard, landscaping including pergolas within courtyard (14.13 sqm), and within rear garden (60.1 sqm), playground (126 sqm), external waste storage enclosure, cycle parking 8 spaces, existing car parking 20 spaces, boundary treatment, site development works and services, all on a site of 0.31 ha at Sarsfield House Family Hub, Sarsfield House, First Avenue, off Sarsfield Road, Dublin 10. Existing community use on the site including services to the elderly will remain unaffected. The council granted permission on 27 Jun 2024 (retention). The five-week observation window closed on 7 Jun 2024. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 40 other decided applications in the last five years and 4 appeals.
Proposal
RETENTION:For development which consists of the change of use of part of an existing 2 storey, courtyard building (total floor area 832 sqm) from probation hostel use to family hub (558.32 sqm) providing short term emergency accommodation to homeless families, new internal layout to provide accommodation units (12 family units/36 bed spaces), new stairs and lift, kitchen, dining, recreation and laundry facilities. The development also includes retention of minor alterations to elevations and fenestration, a new glazed front entrance porch (5.25sqm), a first floor extension and altered roof profile over enclosure for lift/additional internal stairs (28 sqm), a new single storey plant room (4.4sqm) with extended canopy roof to the rear, a first floor extension (1.68 sqm) to landing of existing stairs within courtyard, landscaping including pergolas within courtyard (14.13 sqm), and within rear garden (60.1 sqm), playground (126 sqm), external waste storage enclosure, cycle parking 8 spaces, existing car parking 20 spaces, boundary treatment, site development works and services, all on a site of 0.31 ha at Sarsfield House Family Hub, Sarsfield House, First Avenue, off Sarsfield Road, Dublin 10. Existing community use on the site including services to the elderly will remain unaffected.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Grant retention permission on 27 Jun 2024
- Final grant
- 7 Aug 2024
- Site (from polygon)
- 3,279 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 3 May 2024New applicationObservation window closed 7 Jun 2024
- 27 Jun 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 25 Jul 2024
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.
Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected.
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
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.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87350). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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