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Dublin City Council · WEB1374/25 · Permission

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

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Council received 26 Feb 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (563 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB1374/25 is a planning application for permission at Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Grounds, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, received by Dublin City Council on 26 Feb 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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). The council granted permission on 17 Apr 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Apr 2025. The site is zoned S5 — sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 97 other decided applications in the last five years and 24 appeals.

Appeal window closes 15 May 2025 closed 485 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (17 Apr 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

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).

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 17 Apr 2025
Final grant
22 May 2025
Site (from polygon)
125 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 26 Feb 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 2 Apr 2025
  • 17 Apr 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 15 May 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

    Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.

    Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 68020). 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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