Land parcel 2477587

Area

5,019 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres)

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 2,190 m².

Zoning

R2 Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas) (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
G5 Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 22 Jul 2020Grant retention permissio

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE & RETENTION: Retention Permission for development at Block C, Verville Retreat, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, which was initially granted permission under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. No. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Reg. Ref. No. 302344-18. The development consists of retaining the changes made to the previously granted units numbered 28 and 68. Permission is sought to retain the amendment of granted apartment number 28 (now numbered 33), from a studio apartment to a 1 bedroom apartment and to retain the amendment of unit number 68 (now numbered 47), from a 1-bedroom apartment to a 2 bedroom apartment. The changes, including all associated site development works, are on a site area measuring circa 1,254m2 (0.1254 hectares), The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 3081/20

• 10 Feb 2020Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Development within a permitted residential development, currently under construction, located at Verville Retreat, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, as granted under Dublin City Council Ref. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18. Permission is sought for the construction of an ESB substation (circa 15.42m2) & associated switchroom (circa 5.62m2) which directly abuts the permitted Block D, and all associated site development works. The area subject to the current proposed development measures circa 30m2 (0.003 hectares) within the overall permitted development site area of circa 0.53 hectares. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2235/20

• 21 Jan 2020Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development which will consist of a modification to part of a previously permitted residential development located at Verville Retreat (a Protected Structure), Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Permission is sought for the construction of an ESB substation (circa 15.42m2) & associated switchroom (circa 5.62m2) which will directly abut the permitted Block D, as permitted under Dublin City Council Ref. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18 and all associated site development works on a site area measuring circa 30m2 (0.003 hectares). The effect of the proposed development will result in a modification to extant Ref. 2038/18 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18). The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2078/20

• 16 Aug 2019Refuse permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Development which will consist of a modification to part of a previously permitted residential development located at Verville Retreat (a Protected Structure), Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Permission is sought to modify Block C, as permitted under Dublin City Council Ref. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18, from a permitted four storey building (i.e. 3 storeys with a fourth storey setback) to a proposed five storey building (with the proposed fifth storey further setback from the permitted fourth storey below it), the effect of which will be the addition of 5 no. apartments units consisting of 1 no. 1 bed apartment, 1 no. 2 bed apartment & 3 no. 3 bed apartments, bringing the total number of apartment units in Block C from 44 no. permitted apartments to 49 no. proposed apartments consisting of 18 no. 1 bed apartments, 22 no. 2 bed apartments & 9 no. 3 bed apartments. Balconies are also proposed at the fifth floor setback on the northern, southern, western & eastern elevations. The proposed development also includes for all associated site development works on a site area measuring circa 787m2 (0.078ha). The effect of the proposed development will result in a modification to an extant permission Ref. 2038/18 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18). The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3768/19

• 30 Jul 2019Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development which will consist of a modification to part of a previously permitted residential development located at Verville Retreat (a protected structure), Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Permission is sought to modify Block C, as permitted under Dublin City Council Ref. 2038/18 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. 302344-18, from a permitted four storey building (3 storeys with a setback fourth storey) to a proposed five storey building (with fifth storey setback from the fourth storey below it), the effect of which will be the addition of 5 no. apartment units, bringing the total number of apartment units in Block C from 48 no. permitted apartments to 53 no. proposed apartments. The proposed development also includes for all associated site development works on a site area measuring circa 787m2 (0.078ha). The effect of the proposed development will result in a modification to an extant permission Ref. 2038/18 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. 3023344-18). The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3632/19

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

• Verville, house, 1720–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey house over basement, comprising pedimented five-bay house of c. 1730 with dormer attic and slightly lower single-bay rear stairs return, flanked to west by three-bay bow and three-bay wing of c. 1800, latter having single-storey flat-roofed sunroom, flanked to east by two-bay block that is recessed front and rear and has attic floor. Early block has later flanking piles, that to west continuing to rear of western additions, and two-bay block having lower flat-roofed extension to rear. Slightly lower return block of c. 1870 has further skewed return to rear with single-storey flat-roofed red brick extension. Natural slate roof, pitched to front pile of early block and to two-bay eastern block, and hipped elsewhere, with red brick and rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Front roof slope to early block has gabled dormer windows with slate roofs and are boarded up. Tympanum framed by two courses of brick, similarly with eaves of house. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls, laid in Flemish bond, to front elevation, with render plinth course, lined-and-ruled render to west and rear elevations, and yellow brick laid in English garden wall bond to return of easternmost addition. Balcony to bow with cast-iron balustrade, supported on brackets. Square-headed window openings to front elevation of early block, with granite sills and having ten-over-ten pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor, those of ground floor boarded up. Lunette to pediment having granite sill, now boarded up. Two-bay block has square-headed window openings, possibly formerly triple to first floor and paired to ground floor and basement, latter within segmental-arch recess, all with continuous sills, openings of ground and basement floors now boarded up, and one round-headed window with bars, two openings in façade having visible six-over-six pane windows, and round-headed opening also having metal bars. Camber-arch window openings to bow, with timber sash window partly visible to ground floor. Square-headed window openings to eastern block, with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window visible to first floor, other openings boarded up. East gable has one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to attic. Replacement timber casement windows to top floor of return to two-bay block. Lunette windows, now boarded up, to attic level of early return and to bay immediately to west, round-headed stairs windows to early return and to two bays of western addition. Four-over-four pane timber sliding windows visible to upper floors of skew block, and six-over-six pane windows to west elevation. Otherwise all windows are boarded up, and have granite sills. Pedimented carved timber doorcase to front of early block, with square-headed door opening, moulded architrave, fanlight not visible behind boarding, having flight of splaying granite steps flanked by wrought-iron railings, and with cast-iron boot-scrape to platform. Elliptical-headed door opening to rear with painted carved timber surround, opening boarded up, with plain fanlight. Metal fire escape to east elevation of building. Set within own grounds, enclosed by rendered boundary wall.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3254 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.