38 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E3E6
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WEB1708/26 is a planning application for permission at 38 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E3E6, received by Dublin City Council on 27 Mar 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Sambourn Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for development on a site of c. 0.0226ha at No. 38 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 (A Protected Structure). The proposed development will consist of: A) The change of use of the property from commercial (office) and residential use to single residential use. B) The alteration, restoration and refurbishment of the property to comprise a single residential dwelling unit. C) The proposed works to the property comprise:- The removal of non-original modern external metal staircases and concrete yard to the rear of the property; The removal of non-original internal partitions; The provision of a replacement insulated floor slab at lower ground floor level; Creation of new opening at rear lower ground floor level to provide garden access (replacing an non-original window ope); Carrying out of essential repair works to existing historic fabric including the external stone steps, and timber staircase. Provision of minor non-invasive internal partition walls; Provision of new electrical wiring and heating system within the property; D) The carrying out of all other internal and external refurbishment and restoration works necessary to facilitate the proposed development of the property; all ancillary site development & infrastructural works, boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping works. Parking will be provided to the rear of the property (in existing parking spaces within the curtilage of the property) with access off Baggot Lane. The council declared the application invalid on 30 Mar 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 1 May 2026. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 147 other decided applications in the last five years and 38 appeals.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Sambourn Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for development on a site of c. 0.0226ha at No. 38 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 (A Protected Structure). The proposed development will consist of: A) The change of use of the property from commercial (office) and residential use to single residential use. B) The alteration, restoration and refurbishment of the property to comprise a single residential dwelling unit. C) The proposed works to the property comprise:- The removal of non-original modern external metal staircases and concrete yard to the rear of the property; The removal of non-original internal partitions; The provision of a replacement insulated floor slab at lower ground floor level; Creation of new opening at rear lower ground floor level to provide garden access (replacing an non-original window ope); Carrying out of essential repair works to existing historic fabric including the external stone steps, and timber staircase. Provision of minor non-invasive internal partition walls; Provision of new electrical wiring and heating system within the property; D) The carrying out of all other internal and external refurbishment and restoration works necessary to facilitate the proposed development of the property; all ancillary site development & infrastructural works, boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping works. Parking will be provided to the rear of the property (in existing parking spaces within the curtilage of the property) with access off Baggot Lane.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 30 Mar 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 223 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 27 Mar 2026New applicationObservation window closed 1 May 2026
- 30 Mar 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 27 Apr 2026
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z2 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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.
- 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 73574). 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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