15-16, Palmerston Park, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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4350/24 is a planning application for permission at 15-16, Palmerston Park, Rathmines, Dublin 6, received by Dublin City Council on 17 Oct 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning Permission for the amalgamation of dwelling house No. 15 & building No. 16, which is subdivided into 2 no. units comprising a separate garden level apartment, with in part an established commercial use, and independent main house above garden level, which will include a change of use at ground floor level, to return 2 no. offices (33.2 sq.m) to residential use. All to form one interconnected dwelling house. House number 15 will remain unaltered except for the installation of a door to connect both buildings at ground floor. House number 16 will go through internal alterations on the ground, first and second floors, which will include limited removal of walls to accommodate the merging of the lower and upper dwellings. Additionally, alterations to existing windows, decorative features, and service works within the premises will be necessary to integrate the two houses. The development also includes a single link gate (1000mm wide) in the rear garden boundary wall with landscaping to the rear garden of No. 16 along with any ancillary site works all at 15-16 Palmerston Park, Rathmines, Dublin 6. These houses are Protected Structures (RPS Ref. No. 6157 & 6158). The council refused permission on 11 Dec 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 21 Nov 2024. A commencement notice (CN0135376DC) was lodged on 4 Nov 2025, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 157 other decided applications in the last five years and 16 appeals.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning Permission for the amalgamation of dwelling house No. 15 & building No. 16, which is subdivided into 2 no. units comprising a separate garden level apartment, with in part an established commercial use, and independent main house above garden level, which will include a change of use at ground floor level, to return 2 no. offices (33.2 sq.m) to residential use. All to form one interconnected dwelling house. House number 15 will remain unaltered except for the installation of a door to connect both buildings at ground floor. House number 16 will go through internal alterations on the ground, first and second floors, which will include limited removal of walls to accommodate the merging of the lower and upper dwellings. Additionally, alterations to existing windows, decorative features, and service works within the premises will be necessary to integrate the two houses. The development also includes a single link gate (1000mm wide) in the rear garden boundary wall with landscaping to the rear garden of No. 16 along with any ancillary site works all at 15-16 Palmerston Park, Rathmines, Dublin 6. These houses are Protected Structures (RPS Ref. No. 6157 & 6158).
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Split decision(permission & refusal) on 11 Dec 2024
- Final grant
- 31 Jan 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 1,840 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 17 Oct 2024New applicationObservation window closed 21 Nov 2024
- 11 Dec 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 17 Jan 2025

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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Short commencement notice CN0135376DC
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.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86530). 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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