98 Merrion Road, Dublin 4
Approved in Mar 2023. Built and signed off.
- 19 Oct 2022Received
- 24 Jan 2023Approved
- 8 Mar 2023Final approval
- 6 Feb 2024Building started
- 10 Oct 2025Signed off
- Status
- Building started
- Decision
- Approved · 24 Jan 2023
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 2,224 m²
What’s proposed
Permission for development to amend a permitted Build-to-Rent Shared Living Residential Development. The development will principally consist of amendments to the elevations and roof profile of the permitted scheme (DCC Reg. Ref. 3019/20; ABP Ref:PL29S.308936), principally comprising a change from a pitched roof with overhanging eaves to a flat roof, providing an increase in height to the recessed top level by 145 mm, increasing from 15.660 metres (plus lift overrun) to 15.805 metres (plus lift overrun); and the provision of a double-height facade treatment at the entrance on the Merrion Road/south-west elevation. Other minor changes include; the addition of a ventilation grille to windows and changes to windows sizes throughout the scheme; the provision of an aluminium spandrel panel under the windows at lower ground floor level on the north-east, north-west and south east elevations; the provision of two additional windows at lower ground floor level and one additional window in the staircore at fouth floor level on the north-western elevation; the replacement of a window with a ventilation grille at ground floor level on the north-eastern elevation; the provision of brise soleil at third and fourth floor levels; general minor facade amendments; amendments to the internal layout at lower ground floor level; the provision of plant; the provision of signage; and all associated changes above and below ground
Planning details
- Reference
- 5072/22
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 19 Oct 2022
- Decision due
- 24 Jan 2023 · decided 24 Jan 2023
- Decision
- Grant permission on 24 Jan 2023
- Site area
- 2,224 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 23 · 500 m · 12 months
- Awaiting decisionRoyal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04AK83
- CommencedRoyal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04AK83
- Awaiting decision10, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 PP78
- Appealed30 Park Court, Dubln 4, D04XK76
- Commenced14 Churchill Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- CommencedSite within Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Awaiting decisionRoyal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 AK83
- GrantedLands at Lansdowne Football Club, Claremont Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
Show all 23
- Granted72, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- CommencedSaint Joseph's, 31 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4, D04 W5N3
- Commenced11, Merlyn Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 T6D0
- GrantedWanderer's F. C. Rugby Club . 65A Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 F8F8
- WithdrawnRoyal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted128, Merrion Road, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn128, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 V5W0
- GrantedRoyal Dublin Society (RDS) Lands,, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 AK83
- Commenced86, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn86 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- GrantedA. C.18 ha site at Coolbeg, 14, Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 C228
- Appeal decidedPembroke Wanderers HC, 27A Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4, D04 T329
- GrantedSimmonstown House, 2 Sydenham Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- WithdrawnPembroke Wanderers HC, 27A Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4, D04 T329
- Granted59 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn59 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 XH33
- Withdrawn59 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 XH33
- Withdrawn59, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 XH33
- Withdrawn8 Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04PW70
- Granted98 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Granted104 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Granted44 Merlyn Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04W5P8
- Granted88 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn104 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 DW77
- Commenced20 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 AW81
- Withdrawn20, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- CommencedSequoia, 15A Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted17 Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn104 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 DW77
- CommencedA c. 0.18 ha site at Coolbeg, 14, Shrewsbury Road, Dublin 4, D04 C2C8
- Commenced70, Wilfield Road, SANDYMOUNT, DUBLIN 4
- Granted18 Park Court, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 KX25
- Granted42 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn70, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4 , D04W588
- Granted4 Wilfield Park, Sandymount, Dublin4, D04 TP60
- Withdrawn42, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 R652
- Withdrawn4 Wilfield Park, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 TP60
- Withdrawn70, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 W588
- GrantedNo. 5 Shrewsbury Road (D04 C9W0) and No. 7 Shrewsbury Road (D04 V9K1), Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
- Commenced3, Prince Of Wales Terrace, Dublin 4
- Appeal decidedSite to the rear of No. 67 and 69 Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 RD40
- Granted8, Shrewsbury Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 RW30
- Commenced32 Gilford Park, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- CommencedA site within the Royal Dublin Society, RDS Grounds, Dublin 4
- Commenced1, Sydenham Road, Dublin 4
- Granted21, Shrewsbury Park, Dublin 4, D04 V0T6
- Granted46, Oaklands Park, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn46, Oaklands Park, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 XT88
- Commenced16, Prince of Wales Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04YY36
- Appeal decidedLands at Lansdowne Football Club, Claremont Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn21 Shrewsbury Park, Dublin 4
- Appeal decided65A Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn65A Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 F8F8
- Granted4, Herbert Court, Dublin 4
- WithdrawnWilfield Lodge, 45A Sandymount Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 YN25
- WithdrawnWilfield Lodge, 45A, Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4
- CommencedFibonacci Square (on site of former AIB bank centre ), Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04X2K5
- GrantedAt a site within the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- WithdrawnFibonacci Square (on site of former AIB Bank Centre), Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04X2K5
- Granted52, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Park, Dublin 4
- Granted46, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 WA29
- RefusedNo. 34 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4, D04 HV56
- Granted28A Anglesea Road, Ailesbury Grove, Donnybrook, Dublin, D04 W6Y3
- WithdrawnFibonacci Square (on site of former AIB Bank Centre), Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5
- Withdrawn34 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4, D04HV56
- Granted65A Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- WithdrawnAilesbury Grove, Ballsbridge, Dublin, D04 HF60
- Granted27 Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04CX45
- Appeal decided1 Sydenham Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted126 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04E2P5
- Withdrawn27, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn126 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E2P5
- Commenced42, Merlyn Road, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn42, Merlyn Road, Dublin 4
- GrantedYMCA Sports Pavillion, The Pavillions, 31A Claremont Road, Dublin 4, D04 P9T7
- Commenced39 Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin, 04
- Commenced104, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted41, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 FX22
- Commenced36 Sandymount Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 T384
- Granted6, Holyrood Park, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 DT82
- Commenced32, Gilford Park, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 AH96
- Withdrawn36, Sandymount Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 T384
- CommencedThe Moorings, 59 Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 N6P9
- CommencedAt a site within the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced46, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 WA29
- Commenced8, Shrewsbury Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 D04 RW30
- Granted11, Serpentine Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 D04 Y2F9
- Withdrawn8, Shrewsbury Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 RW30
- Appeal decidedRear of 67, Merrion Road, (D04 RD40) and to the rear of the adjoining No. 69 Merrion Road, Dublin 4 and including parts of the adjoining laneway (between No's 65 and 67 Merrion Road) off Merrion Road leading to the Wanderers Football Club.
- Granted29, Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 KN29
- Commenced4, Prince Of Wales Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 VK66
- Withdrawn120, 122 & 124 Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 P8X5, D04 H9V3 & D04 R2X8 and the laneway to the rear on Shrewsbury Park
- Withdrawn4, Prince Of Wales Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 VK66
- Commenced3, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted76, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn3, Serpentine Avenue, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn98 Merrion Road, Dublin 4
- CommencedSt. Mary's Church, Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 TV26
- Commenced36 Sandymount Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 T384
- Granted28, Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 ND29
- Withdrawn28, Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 ND29
- Commenced14 Serpentine Terrace, Dublin 4, D04 C3X8
- Appeal decided19, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 F6E8
- Granted60-78, Sandymount Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 XH22
- Commenced47, Sandymount Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 D04 RX46
- Withdrawn47, Sandymount Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 D04 RX46
- GrantedScoil Mhuire Girls National School, Lakelands, Gilford Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- GrantedPembroke Wanderers Hockey Club, 27A Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced44, Wilfield Road, Dublin 4, D04 N726
- Refused28, Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 ND29
- Withdrawn28, Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin 4 D04 ND29
- Commenced62 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced4 Prince of Wales Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 VK66
- AppealedGlenogra, 64 Merrion Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced15, Wilfield Park, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Granted1 Yeats Court, Spafield Terrace, Dublin 4, D04 W2A3
- Granted20, Wilfield Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
- Commenced104, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced26, Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4
- Commenced3, Sydenham Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn104, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Homes nearby
- For saleApartment 22, Malton, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 YK13
- For saleApartment 4, Embassy Court, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 F656
- For saleApartment 8, Linden, 31-33 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 NW28
- For salePenthouse, 70/80 Shrewsbury Square, Sandymount Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 HH02
- For sale15 Wilfield, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 RW71
- For saleMerrion Gardens, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Development land nearby
- Permission running out · 20 homes granted 17 Aug 2022, expires 17 Aug 2027 — The Eglinton (1.0 km)
- Permitted, not started · 69 homes granted 03 Mar 2025, expires 03 Mar 2030 — Sandymount Place (0.7 km)
- Permitted, not started · 38 homes granted 01 Oct 2026, expires 01 Oct 2031 — Former Donnybrook Laundry (1.0 km)
- Residential land off Lynton Court, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 (0.0 km)
- Residential land off Prince of Wales Terrace, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 (0.1 km)
Building started
- 6 Feb 2024 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0109510DC
Zoning
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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.
Protections nearby 250 m
Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary
5072/22 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for permission for development to amend a permitted Build-to-Rent Shared Living Residential, received on 19 Oct 2022; permission was granted on 24 Jan 2023.