25 Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 CK25
Approved in Apr 2026. Building started in 2026.
- 28 Oct 2025Received
- 9 Mar 2026Approved
- 13 Apr 2026Final approval
- 7 Sept 2026Building started
- Status
- Building startedi
- Decision
- Approved · 9 Mar 2026
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
What’s proposed
In plain English
Rear and side extensions, attic conversion and front porch at Castle Grove
The owners want to extend their house at the front, side and rear. They also plan to convert the garage and add a dormer window.
- Demolition of the existing single storey kitchen annexe
- Includes a covered terrace area at the rear
- Conversion of the garage into living space
- Widening the vehicle entrance to 3.2m
Written by AI from the council’s description
An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.
The council’s description
Planning permission is sought by Eoghan McCarthy and Nicola Crowley, for development at 25 Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 CK25. The development will comprise of: (i) demolition of single storey kitchen annexe to rear; (ii) construction of part-single, part-two-storey flat roof extension to the rear and side of the dwelling with rooflights and provision of covered terrace area to rear; (iii) single storey extension to the front with canopy extension creating a covered front porch; (v) conversion of the existing garage area into habitable space; (vi) construction of dormer window at attic level at the rear of the dwelling; (vii) widening the vehicular entrance in Castle Grove to 3.2m wide; (viii) alterations to all elevations with new fenestration; (ix) all ancillary works, including internal layout revisions, associated landscaping, boundary treatments and all ancillary and ground works necessary to facilitate development
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB5515/25
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 28 Oct 2025
- Observations close
- 2 Dec 2025 (closed 345 days ago)
- Decision due
- 9 Mar 2026 · decided 9 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Grant permission on 9 Mar 2026
Nearby 27 · 500 m · 12 months
- Open113, Abbeyfield, Killester, Dublin 5
- Awaiting decision51 The Stiles Road, Clontarf Dublin 3, D03 Y0E3
- Awaiting decision101 Killester Park, Killester, Dublin 5
- Commenced104, Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03N5H6
- Awaiting decision46, Kincora Grove, Clontarf East, Dublin 3 D03 H682
- Awaiting decision104 Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03N5H6
- Awaiting decision112, Castle Avenue, Clontarf East, Dublin 3, D03AD76
- Withdrawn106, Kincora Avenue, Dublin 3
Show all 27
- Awaiting decisionClontarf Cricket Club, Castle Avenue, Dublin 3, D03 K4K3
- Granted108 Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03PF82
- WithdrawnClontarf Cricket Club, Castle Avenue, Dublin 3
- Granted7, Blackheath Gardens, Dublin 3
- Granted86, The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted148 Castle Avenue, Clontarf , Dublin 3, D03 NV34
- Withdrawn148 Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 NV34
- Withdrawn86, The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03H9C1
- Granted97, Kincora Avenue, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn97 Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 T0A6
- Commenced104, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 FD77
- Granted117, Kincora Ave, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 P640
- Commenced9, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced11, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted160, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Appeal decided75 St. Lawrence Road, Dublin 3, D03 W6P0
- Withdrawn75, Saint Lawrence Road, Dublin 3, D03W6PO
- Granted97 Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 T0A6
- Withdrawn97 Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced116 Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 XA47
- Granted63, Kincora Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted7 Ashbrook , Howth Road, Dublin 3, D03 F7P2
- Commenced175 & 177 Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn175 & 177 Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn175 & 177 Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3
- Commenced160 Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- GrantedGlenmaurice, 71 Saint Lawrence Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- GrantedDunluce House, Dunluce Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 V4K0
- Withdrawn103 Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 PK44
- Granted35 Castle Grove, Clontarf East, Dublin 3, D03 W270
- Granted47, Kincora Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn9 Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced4, The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- CommencedNo.27 Dunluce Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted17 Dunseverick Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 T654
- CommencedNaomh Treasa, Stiles Court, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- GrantedSaint Michaels Mount, 2C, Seafield Road West, Dublin 3 , D03TN63
- Granted25 Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin, D03 CK25
- Commenced52 Blackheath Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 R620
- Withdrawn52 Blackheath Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced29, Kincora Drive, Dublin 3
- Commenced142, Castle Ave, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted16, Dunseverick Road, Dublin 3 D03W310
- Withdrawn142 Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 EA37
- Commenced23, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- CommencedTownhouse 6, 150 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted76, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 N590
- GrantedUnit 2, 191A Howth Road, Clontarf East, Dublin 3
- Granted82, Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 E1W8
- Withdrawn82, Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced27, Blackheath Gardens, Dublin 3
- Commenced39, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced41, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 WE14
- Granted7, Kilbride Road, Dublin 5, D05 P6H9
- WithdrawnUnit 2, 191A Howth Road, Clontarf East, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn7, Kilbride Road, Dublin 5, D05 TK82
- Granted27, The Demesne, Dublin 5
- Withdrawn27 The Demesne, Killester, Dublin 5, D058 KC65
- Granted169, Ashbrook, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted41 Dunseverick Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 P308
- Commenced16 Kincora Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 XN32
- Granted12, Middle Third, Killester, Dublin 5
- Commenced137 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 C6Y3
- Withdrawn137 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 C6Y3
- Commenced62 Blackheath Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced171 Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3
- Commenced108, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted20 Blackheath Gardens, Dublin 3
- GrantedSite of c.0.06 ha at a ground floor retail unit at Easra Court, Collins Avenue East, Killester, (formally known as 63, 65, 65A, 67 & 67A Collins Avenue East), Dublin 5.
- Granted21, Blackheath Park, Clontarf , Dublin 3
- Commenced27A, The Demesne, Clontarf East, Dublin 5, D05 H720
- Withdrawn21 Blackheath Park, Clontarf, Dunlin 3
- Granted47 Grosvenor Court, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03XP68
- Withdrawn47 Grosvenor Court, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced95, Kincora Avenue, Dublin 3, D03 W6AO
- Granted20 Dunluce Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn95, Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 W6A0
- Withdrawn20, Dunluce Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced38, Collins Avenue East, Dublin 5, D05 A272
- Withdrawn38, Collins Avenue East, Dublin 5, D05 A272
- Appeal decidedWillowview 122 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- CommencedClontarf Rugby Club, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 K4K3
- Granted54, Dunluce Road, Dublin 3
- Commenced133, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin, 3
- Withdrawn54, Dunluce Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn133, Howth Road, Dublin 3
- Commenced200 Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3, D03A529
- Appeal decided211 Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced80, The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 H2N2
- Commenced205, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03AE92
- Withdrawn205, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3 , D03AE92
- Granted7, The Stiles Road, Clontarf East, Dublin 3 D03 AF99
- Commenced7, Seafield Road West,Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted6, The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced21 Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03YC80
- Granted44 Kincora Drive, Dublin 3
- Commenced35, Kincora Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 VP99
- Appeal decided80, Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03K4K6
- Withdrawn32, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03E795
- Appeal decided211, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted35, Kincora Drive, Dublin 3
- Granted30, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 W243
- Commenced81, St.Lawrence Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn81, Saint Lawrence Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 YD63
- WithdrawnHouse to the side of 36, The Demesne, Clontarf East, Dublin 5
- Appeal decided17, Blackheath Gardens, Dublin 3 D03 HP20
- Commenced148, Howth Road, Dublin 3 D03 H7P1
- Withdrawn36 The Demesne, Clontarf East, Dublin 5
- Other7, The Stiles Road, Clontarf East, Dublin 3 D03 A599
- Commenced7, Ashbrook , Howth Road , Dublin 3, D03 F7P2
- Withdrawn7, The Stiles Road, Clontarf East, Dublin 3
- Granted151 Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted189, Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3
- WithdrawnWillowview, 122, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced20, Kincora Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Granted92, Kincora Grove, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn20, Kincora Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 EY61
- Commenced25 Blackheath Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- GrantedSt. Joseph's , 147B Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Appeal decidedIona , 130 Howth Road, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn92, Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Withdrawn189 Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3
- Granted38 Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 Y067
- Granted39, The Demesne,Killester, Dublin 5, D05KX45
- Commenced43, The Demesne, Killester, Dublin 5, DO5E651
- Withdrawn189, Howth Road, Killester, Dublin 3
- Granted36 The Demesne, Clontarf East, Dublin 5
- Withdrawn38, Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 YO67
- Granted38, Collins Avenue East, Dublin 5
- Withdrawn38, Collins Avenue East, Dublin 5
- Withdrawn38, Kincora Grove, Dublin 3, D03 Y067
- Withdrawn36, The Demesne, Clontarf East, Dublin 5
- Commenced114, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 YN56
- Withdrawn114, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, DO3 YN56
- Granted10, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 Y3V6
- Withdrawn10, Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 Y3V6
- Refused12 Middle Third, Killester, Dublin 5
- Granted11, The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3 D03 XE93
- Withdrawn38, Collins Avenue East, Killester, Dublin 5, D05 A272
- Withdrawn12, Middle Third, Killester, Dublin 5
- Commenced87, The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
- Commenced31, Dunluce Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03H677.
- Appeal decided2, Blackheath Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 AY98
- Granted158 Howth Road, Dublin 3, D03 PF76
- Commenced163, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 HW32.
- Appeal decided30, Blackheath Gardens, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 HX89
- Withdrawn30, Blackheath Gardens, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 HX89
Homes nearby
- For sale130 Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 TF20
- For saleHouse 14, 150 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 N634
- For saleHouse 11, 150 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 RC62
- For sale30 Saint John's Wood, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 AE06
- For sale72 Kincora Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 VN34
- For saleApartment 164, Block C, Ashbrook, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 W319
Development land nearby
- Permitted, not started · 86 homes granted 16 Feb 2026, expires 16 Feb 2031 — 110 & 114 Howth Road (0.6 km)
- Derelict site — 2 Clanawley Road Dublin 5 (0.7 km)
- Derelict site — Residential land off Kincora Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3 (0.7 km)
- Residential land off Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3 (0.0 km)
- Residential land off The Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3 (0.2 km)
Building started
- 7 Sept 2026 · Builder told the council work was starting (opted out of the finish sign-off) CN0146829DC
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
- NIAH-recorded building · 4
- Recorded monument · 3
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
WEB5515/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning permission is sought by Eoghan McCarthy and Nicola Crowley, for development at, received on 28 Oct 2025; permission was granted on 9 Mar 2026.