Aspen Student Accommodation, Ballymun Road, Balbutcher Lane , Dublin 11, D11ETF7
- 17 Nov 2025Received
- 20 Jan 2026Grant permission
- 25 Feb 2026Final grant
- 11 Jun 2026Commenced
- Status
- Commenced
- Decision
- Grant permission · 20 Jan 2026
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 3,418 m²
What’s proposed
The construction of 13 additional student units, in an area presently used as communal amenity space, within Block 1 consisting of 12 studio units (single occupation) and one study room (single occupation). There are no changes to the external elevations or windows on the south elevation of Block 1. The change of use of unit 4 on the ground floor of Block 2 from retail to a student amenity space/gym for use by students within development. Access to the unit would be from the internal courtyard. All associated works to complete the development
WEB5696/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the construction of 13 additional student units, in an area presently used as communal, received on 17 Nov 2025; permission was granted on 20 Jan 2026.
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB5696/25
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Observations close
- 22 Dec 2025 (closed 266 days ago)
- Decision due
- 20 Jan 2026 · decided 20 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Grant permission on 20 Jan 2026
- Proposed development
- The construction of 13 additional student units, in an area presently used as communal amenity space, within Block 1 consisting of 12 studio units (single occupation) and one study room (single occupation). There are no changes to the external elevations or windows on the south elevation of Block 1. The change of use of unit 4 on the ground floor of Block 2 from retail to a student amenity space/gym for use by students within development. Access to the unit would be from the internal courtyard. All associated works to complete the developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3,418 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
Full planning report for 53.39733, -6.26503
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0014297DC
- Short commencement notice CN0142026DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 2
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87384). 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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