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Dublin City Council · WEB1374/25

Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Approved in May 2025. No sign of building yet.

  1. 26 Feb 2025Received
  2. 17 Apr 2025Approved
  3. 22 May 2025Final approval
  4. 22 May 2030Approval runs out
Status
Approved
Decision
Approved · 17 Apr 2025
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
125 m²

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What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Royal Dublin Society intends to apply for permission for development at a site within the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Protected Structure: The development will consist of amendments to an ESB substation, permitted under register reference 3937/23 and 2142/24. The proposed amendments to the permitted substation include: • Minor amendments to the substation layout, resulting in a Gross Floor Area (GFA) increase from c. 28.9sq.m to c. 36sq.m (c. 7.1sq.m GFA increase); • Relocation of permitted substation access platform and associated stairway and railings from the eastern elevation to the southern elevation of the substation; • Flipping of the permitted access to the substation from Anglesea Road on the western boundary of the site; and • Relocation and reuse of an existing gate connecting the RDS grounds to Anglesea Road along the western boundary of the site. There is no increase to the parapet height of the substation as permitted (c. 4.3m)

Planning details

Reference
WEB1374/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
26 Feb 2025
Observations close
2 Apr 2025 (closed 557 days ago)
Decision due
22 Apr 2025 · decided 17 Apr 2025
Decision
Grant permission on 17 Apr 2025
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Royal Dublin Society intends to apply for permission for development at a site within the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Protected Structure: The development will consist of amendments to an ESB substation, permitted under register reference 3937/23 and 2142/24. The proposed amendments to the permitted substation include: • Minor amendments to the substation layout, resulting in a Gross Floor Area (GFA) increase from c. 28.9sq.m to c. 36sq.m (c. 7.1sq.m GFA increase); • Relocation of permitted substation access platform and associated stairway and railings from the eastern elevation to the southern elevation of the substation; • Flipping of the permitted access to the substation from Anglesea Road on the western boundary of the site; and • Relocation and reuse of an existing gate connecting the RDS grounds to Anglesea Road along the western boundary of the site. There is no increase to the parapet height of the substation as permitted (c. 4.3m)
As published by the register.
Site area
125 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Protections nearby 250 m

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    Bridge; R149510

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

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Summary

WEB1374/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Royal Dublin Society intends to apply for permission for, received on 26 Feb 2025; permission was granted on 17 Apr 2025.