Dublin City Council · WEB5631/25
5 Wellington Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 R8X6
Approved in Feb 2026. No sign of building yet.
- 10 Nov 2025Received
- 9 Jan 2026Approved
- 18 Feb 2026Final approval
- 18 Feb 2031Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approved · 9 Jan 2026
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 353 m²
What’s proposed
In plain English
Internal and external alterations to a protected structure at Wellington Place
The applicant wants to convert a property currently split into two units back into a single family home. This involves internal layout changes and some external additions.
- The building is a protected structure
- Includes installing solar panels on the roof
- Adds an enlarged sunken terrace at basement level
- Reinstates stairs between the entrance and basement levels
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
PROTECTED STRUCTURE The development will consist of internal and external alterations to No. 5 Wellington Place, a protected structure, which is currently in two separate residential units, to restore it to a single family home. At entrance level the internal alterations comprise: reinstatement of stairs from entrance level to basement level; removal of the existing kitchen from the entrance level back room, restoration of fireplaces and breaking through a new opening between front and back rooms. A new en-suite WC will be provided in the back room at first floor level. The existing kitchen and bathroom at basement level will be removed and a new kitchen will be provided in the front room with a new WC in the rear return. The external alterations comprise provision of solar panels to the internal valley of the roof, and provision of an enlarged sunken terrace in front of the proposed basement level kitchen
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB5631/25
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 10 Nov 2025
- Observations close
- 15 Dec 2025 (closed 327 days ago)
- Decision due
- 13 Jan 2026 · decided 9 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Grant permission on 9 Jan 2026
- Site area
- 353 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 26 · 500 m · 12 months
Distance
Time
- Open107, Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- OpenLands Located at 60 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Awaiting decisionFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Winton Road, Dublin 6
- WithdrawnFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Winton Road, Dublin 6, D06 X6X2
- Awaiting decisionApartment 7, Raglan Hall, 30 Clyde Road, Dublin 4, D04 P440
- WithdrawnApartment 7 Raglan Hall, 30 Clyde Road, Dublin 4
- Awaiting decision90B, Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted43, Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4, D04 H0X2
Show all 26
- Awaiting decision6, Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y3Y8
- Granted54, Raglan Lane, Dublin 4
- Granted31 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y960
- Granted60, Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04E0H1
- Withdrawn60, Wellington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E0H1
- Appeal decided3, Ambassador Court, Pembroke Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- AppealedFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Winton Road, Dublin 6, D06 X6X2
- WithdrawnFitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Winton Road, Dublin 6, D06 X6X2
- Granted14, Marlborough Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced20, Bushfield Terrace, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04E0Y2
- Refused37 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, Ireland, Accessed via Sibthorpe Lane
- Withdrawn37, Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Granted56 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin, Dublin 4, D04 W7W1
- Granted57A Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 R863
- Commenced34, Morehampton Terrace, Dublin 4
- Appeal decidedArranmore Apartments, 13-17 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4
- WithdrawnArranmore Apartments, 13-17 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced81 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn5 Wellington Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 R8X6
- Commenced18, Burlington Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced3, Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Granted16 Herbert Park, Dublin 4, D04 WW55
- Withdrawn3 Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Withdrawn18, Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E7V2
- Granted86 Waterloo Lane, and within the curtilage of 86-89 Leeson St Upper,, Dublin 4, D04 E8W2
- Withdrawn86 Waterloo Lane, and within the curtilage of 86-89 Leeson St Upper,, Dublin 4, D04 E8W2
- Withdrawn18 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 T1K6
- Commenced4, Warwick Terrace, Sallymount Avenue, Dublin 6
- Granted73 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 T9W4
- Withdrawn73 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn37 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn37 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Granted41 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4, D04 V3Y9
- GrantedNo. 33, Wellington Road, Dublin 4, D04 C5C6
- Withdrawn41, Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4
- WithdrawnNo. 33, Wellington Road, Dublin 4, D04 C5C6
- Commenced78, Waterloo Place, Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted17 Herbert Park, Dublin 4
- Commenced40 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06H6K1
- Granted33 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 K6H0
- Granted42 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Appeal decided69-71 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04K2W8
- Withdrawn42 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Withdrawn69-71, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- Granted2, Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted30 Raglan Lane, Dublin 4, D04 A4N8
- GrantedRear of 8 Leeson Park, Dublin 6, D06N6T1
- WithdrawnRear of 8 Leeson Park, Dublin 6, D06N6T1
- Appeal decided27, Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- Appeal decided1 Pembroke Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 HD74
- Commenced18 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- Commenced14, Morehampton Lane, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 Y6W0
- Withdrawn1, Pembroke Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn18, Morehampton Road, Donneybrook, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn14, Morehampton Lane, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- Commenced26 Clyde Road, Dublin 4
- Granted81 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 X0H6
- Appeal decidedLands Located at 60-63 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn81 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced38 Leeson Street Upper, Ranelagh, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn81 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn38, Leeson Street Upper, Ranelagh , Dublin 4 , D04X5P6
- Commenced27 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 F838
- Commenced31 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y960
- Commenced66, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4 , D04X3A0
- Withdrawn31, Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4
- Commenced24, Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Refused18, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook. Dublin 4, D04 P2N5
- Appeal decidedAt a 0.0756 Ha site at Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, Co. Dublin. The site forms part of the, Molyneux Home Site, Leeson Park, Dublin 6 which is a designated Protected Structure. The lands are, bounded to the north-east by Leeson Street Upper, to the sout
- Granted43, Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 A6Y0
- Granted43, Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 A6Y0
- Commenced7, Fitzwilliam Way in the curtilage of 52 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, D04 H1W5
- Granted77, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4, D04 T9T3
- GrantedLitton Hall, Methodist Centenary Grounds, Leeson Park, Dublin 6, D06 E542
- Withdrawn77, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4
- CommencedNo. 33 Wellington Place , Dublin 4, D04 K3C8
- WithdrawnLitton Hall, Methodist Centenary Grounds, Leeson Park, Dublin 6
- Withdrawn7, Fitzwilliam Way in the curtilage of 52 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, D04 H1W5
- Refused86 Waterloo Lane, Dublin 4, D04 E8W2, and within the curtilage of 86-89 Leeson St Upper,, Dublin 4,
- Withdrawn86 Waterloo Lane, Dublin 4 D04 E8W2 and within the curtilage of 86-89 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- GrantedClarendon, Raglan Road, Dublin 4
- Refused37 Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Appeal decidedSite (c. 0.22ha) at Mespil Court, Mespil Road and Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516
- Withdrawn37 Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Refused20, Pembroke Park, Dublin 4
- Granted55/56, Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Granted41, Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4
- Commenced49 Morehampton Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced4 Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 Y959
- Appeal decided34, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4
- RefusedLeeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, forming part of the Molyneux Home Site,, within the curtilage of, Molyneux Home, Dublin 6
- Refused20, Pembroke Park, Dublin 4
- Granted42, Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Appeal decided40, Leeson Park, Dublin 6 , D06H6K1
- Granted1A Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted27, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted26, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn1A, Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 P6V2
- Commenced16 Clyde Lane, Dublin 4, D04 A2X6
- Refused75 Waterloo Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced4 & 6 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 WV84
- Withdrawn16, Clyde Lane, Dublin 4, D04 A2X6
- Appeal decided65, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn65 Morehampton Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced47 Raglan Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04ED34
- Appeal decided49 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, D04 V3K0
- Granted18 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 P2N5
- Granted33 Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 F9Y9
- Commenced93, Waterloo Lane, Dublin 4
- Granted78 Waterloo Place, Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 , D04N6Y2
- Appeal decided35, Clyde Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced6 Carlisle Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 K7K3
- Granted33, Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4
- Appeal decided42 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Commenced41 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4, D04 E8K1
- Withdrawn42, Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- GrantedBurleigh Court, Burlington Road, Dublin 4
- Granted75, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced47 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, D04XE14
- CommencedNo. 2 Burlington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 WV00
- WithdrawnBurleigh Court, Burlington Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced44 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 H2X2
- Withdrawn44 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 H2X2
- Granted19a, Herbert Park, Dublin 4, D04 P5Y3
- Refused49 Morehampton Road, Dublin 4, D04TW21
- Granted18, Leeson Park, Dublin 6, D06H7T2
- Commenced69 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04K5P1
- Appeal decidedArdoyne House, Pembroke Park, Dublin 4, D04 F3C3
- Commenced7 Winton Road, Ranelagh, Dublin D06 N597
- Withdrawn69 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 K5P1
- GrantedFormer St. Mary's College, Bloomfield Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 X8N5
- GrantedArranmore Apartments, 13-17 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced40 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 H6K1
- GrantedApartment 5, Raglan Court, 14 Raglan Road, Dublin 4, D04 Y362
- Commenced69 - 71 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- Appeal decided69 - 71 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- Commenced80, Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Appeal decidedBurlington Dental Clinic, 16 Burlington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04XP89
- Granted18, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4, D04 P2N5
- Appeal decidedSite at the junction of Appian Way and Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 6 (adjacent to No., 1 Leeson Street Village and the Mitchel House Apartments).
- Granted41, Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4, D04 E8K1
- Commenced1 Waterloo Road, Dublin 4 & 1A Flemings Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- WithdrawnJunction of Appian Way & Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 6 (adjacent to No. 1 Leeson Street Village and the Mitchel House Apartments)
- WithdrawnNo. 1 Waterloo Road (A Protected Structure) & No. 1A Flemings Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted3, Ambassador Court, Pembroke Lane, Dublin 4
- CommencedLands fronting Waterloo Lane & Flemings Place (to the rear of 1, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4 (A Protected Structure) & 1a Fleming's Place) Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted49, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4, D04 TW21
- Granted34 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 K156
- Commenced6, Herbert Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 Y4X9
- Granted46, Wellington Road and 46, Raglan Lane (rear of 46 Wellington Road), Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced24-25 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E409
- Commenced37 Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Refused43, Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04P8H3 (Protected Structure, RPS No. 4953)
- Withdrawn37, Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn46 Wellington Road and 46 Ranglan Lane (rear of 46 Wellington Road), Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced18, Leeson Park, Dublin, D06 H7T2
- Withdrawn6 Herbert Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- CommencedTuscany , 9a, Appian Way, Dublin 6, D06 AF85
- Commenced75 Wellington Road & 75 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4
- Commenced8 Warwick Terrace, Sallymount Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 FD72
- Commenced8, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04A5F3
- CommencedBurlington Plaza, 1, Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 RH96
- Withdrawn6, Herbert Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn8, Warwick Terrace, Sallymount Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 FD72
- Commenced20, Morehampton Terrace, Dublin 4, D04 K6WO
- Commenced32, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4, D04 K6N6
- Appeal decided26, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 A0C9
- Withdrawn8, Warwick Terrace, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Withdrawn20, Morehampton Terrace, Dublin 4, D04 K6W0
- RefusedThe Lansdowne Hotel, 27/29 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn8, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04A5F3
- Withdrawn32 Morehampton Road, Dublin 4, D04 K6N6
- Withdrawn8, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 D04 A5F3
- Granted17, Leeson Park, Dublin 6, D06 T2K3
- Granted18, Leeson Park, Dublin 6, D06 H7T2
- Withdrawn8, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 D04 A5F3
- Appeal decided16, Leeson Park, Dublin 6
- Granted49, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted28, Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E2R3
- Refused11, Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Refused9, Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted4, Leeson Village, Dublin 4 D04 E8A0
- Withdrawn4, Leeson Village, Dublin 4 D04 E8AO
- Appeal decidedMespil Court, Mespil Road & Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516
- Awaiting decision15, Leeson Park Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 D06 NY74
- Granted57A & 57B, Leeson Park, Dublin 6
- WithdrawnMespil Court, Mespil Road & Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516. The site is bounded by buildings at no. 40-42 Mespil Road to the east, Mespil Court to the south, no. 39 Mespil Road (Protected Structure) to the west & by Mespil Road & Grand Canal
- GrantedLeeson Park Creche and Montessori , 39 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 CX63
- WithdrawnLeeson Park Creche & Montessori, Garden Level, 39 Leeson Park, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 D06 CX63
- Commenced34, Wellington Road, Dublin 4, D04P2X5
- Commenced18, Morehampton Terrace, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 Y9C9
- Withdrawn34, Wellington Road, Dublin 4, D04 P2X5
- Granted42, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4
- CommencedMews Site to the rear of 26, Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, accessed via Sibthorpe Lane, (Dublin 6)
- Withdrawn42 Waterloo Road, Dublin 4, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced15, Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 H9C3
- Granted32 Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn15, Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 H9C3
- WithdrawnThe mews site to the rear of no. 26 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, accessed via Sibthorpe Lane, (Dublin 6)
- Granted7 Morehampton Lane, Dublin 4, D04 V6K3
- Withdrawn7, Morehampton Lane, Dublin 4, D04 V6K3
- Commenced80A, Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn80A, Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4 D04 WV84
- Withdrawn80A, Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced31, Leeson Village, Ranelagh, Dublin 4, D04 Y2Y8
- Commenced75, Waterloo Road, Dublin 4
- Commenced1A, Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn1A Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Commenced21, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Granted92, Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y8C8
- Granted54 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn54 Heytesbury Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn92, Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin D04 Y8C8.
- Commenced7 Raglan Court, 14 Raglan Road, Dublin 4. D04 AE76
- Appeal decidedSwanbrook House, Bloomfield Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 K3V9
- Commenced1, Herbert Court, Morehampton Lane, Dublin 4, D04 X2VO
- WithdrawnSwanbrook House, Bloomfield Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 KV39
- Refused49, Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Appeal decidedBurlington House, Waterloo Lane, Dublin 4
- Withdrawn1, Herbert Court, Morehampton Lane, Dublin 4, D04 X2VO
- GrantedBank of Ireland, 27-33 Baggot Street Upper, Dublin 4
- Commenced47, Raglan Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and backing onto Raglan Lane
- Granted18, Leeson Park , Dublin 6
- Commenced39 Wellington Road, Dublin 4
Homes nearby
- For sale77 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, D04 E6P3
- For sale75 Morehampton Square, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 V0T2
- For sale26 Leeson Village, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 V9RV
- For sale93 Waterloo Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 C4A3
- For saleLot 1 House & Site, 43 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 A6Y0
- For sale82 Bloomfield Park, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 WT78
Development land nearby
- Permitted, not started · 25 homes granted 31 Jan 2025, expires 31 Jan 2030 — Pembroke known as 55 Lad Lane (0.8 km)
- Permitted, not started · 38 homes granted 01 Oct 2026, expires 01 Oct 2031 — Former Donnybrook Laundry (0.9 km)
- Permitted, not started · 27 homes granted 15 May 2026, expires 15 May 2031 — James Place East and Mount Street Upper (0.9 km)
- Residential land off Swan Mews, Swan Place, Dublin 4 (0.1 km)
- Residential land off Wellington Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 (0.1 km)
Zoning
Zone Z2 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
R2 — Existing residential
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.
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
WEB5631/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for PROTECTED STRUCTURE The development will consist of internal and external alterations to, received on 10 Nov 2025; permission was granted on 9 Jan 2026.