Land parcel 5516441

Area

6,578 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres)

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 4,142 m².

Zoning

S5 Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas) (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 29 Nov 2025Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The demolition of single story external store (radiology department) and external stone / masonry screen walls, removal of existing oil tank and the construction of new enclosing screen walls, New self-bunded fuel storage tank and standby electrical backup generator, construction of new external store (3.0m2), and associated site works. The development is proposed on the curtilage of a protected structure.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5823/25

• 12 Jun 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of; demolition of single storey kitchen extension to rear, removal of bay window to side, construction of a new single storey flat roof extension to side and rear (47.7 sq.m), extension to the existing single storey pitched roof rear extension (6.9 sq.m), two new windows to side (south east) elevation, modifications to windows on front (north east) elevation, external insulation to existing walls (where shown on drawings), internal modifications, landscaping and all associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2360/25

• 29 May 2025Application declared invalid

  The development will consist of; demolition of single storey kitchen extension to rear, removal of bay window to side, construction of a new single storey flat roof extension to side and rear (47.7 sq.m), extension to the existing single storey pitched roof rear extension (6.9 sq.m), new first floor window to side (south east) elevation, external insulation to existing walls (where shown on drawings), internal modifications, landscaping and all associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2198/25

• 16 May 2022Grant permission

  Planning permission for the development of a 0.67 hectare site at the former Highfield Plant Nursery located off Oakland's Crescent Road, Highfield Grove and St. Luke's Hospital Service Road, all accessed off Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6. The development site is principally bounded by the rear gardens of St. Kevin's Park to the south, Highfield Grove and Four Oaks to the North, Sunbury Park to the east and Saint Luke's Hospital to the west. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing derelict glass greenhouses and relate structures (c.4,503sqm), the construction of a four-storey building providing a 120 no. bed space nursing home (c. 7,630sqm) and all associated ancillary development including roof plant and equipment, hard and soft landscaping, 2 no. courtyards, boundary treatments internal roads and pathways, the provision of internal surface water and foul drainage pipes, attenuation tanks, SuDs features, service provision and related pipework, ESB substation, ESB switch room, generator room and 2 no. waste storerooms, car parking, bicycle parking, public lighting, signage and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground level. Vehicular access to the proposed nursing home will be via the existing vehicular access off Oakland's Crescent and Saint Luke's Hospital service road to the west. An additional pedestrian/bicycle access is proposed via Highfield Grove to the north.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3971/22

• 31 Jan 2022Grant permission

  Permission for the construction of 2 storey 2-bed detached dwelling house with amended landscaping, & creation of vehicular access & parking with new boundaries and associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3187/22

• 19 Jan 2022Application declared inva

  Planning permission is sought for the construction of 2 storey 2-bed detached dwelling house with amended landscaping and vehicular parking with new boundaries and associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3086/22

• 19 Jul 2019Grant permission

  Construction of a two-storey detached three-bedroom house with pitched roof and rooflight and associated landscaping works to side of No. 39 St. Kevin’s Park, Dublin 6, with access via existing western gates.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1434/19

• 28 Jun 2019Application declared inva

  Construction of a two-storey detached three-bedroom house with pitched roof and rooflight and associated landscaping works to side of No. 39 St. Kevin’s Park with access via existing western gates.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1376/19

• 3 Jan 2019Grant permission

  Planning permission for a residential development at this site of c. 0.69 hectares, incorporating former Highfield plant nursery located off Highfield Grove, Oaklands Crescent Road and Saint Luke's Hospital service road together with the existing "Primrose Lodge" property at 28A Highfield Grove, all accessed off Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6. The site is bounded by the rear gardens of St. Kevin's Park to the south, Highfield Grove and Four Oaks to the north, Sunbury Park to the east and Saint Luke's Hospital to the west. The development will consist of: the demolition and removal of the existing derelict glass greenhouses and related structures (c. 4450sqm) on site with the existing 1.5 storey, 3 bed dwelling at 28A Highfield Grove to be retained and included as part of the proposal; the partial demolition of existing site boundaries to provide for a new pedestrian access and entrance gate on the north-west boundary of the site within the curtilage of the property at 28A Highfield Grove (and the creation of new boundary to this property) with vehicular access maintained off Oaklands Crescent and Saint Luke's Hospital service road to the west; the construction of 14 no. new dwellings comprising: 2 no. Type A (3 storey, 4 bed) end of terrace dwellings, 2 no. Type B (3 storey, 4 bed) end of terrace dwellings, 4 no. Type B (3 storey, 4 bed) terraced dwellings, 2no. Type C (3 storey, 4 bed) detached dwellings, 2 no. Type E (3 storey, 4 bed) semi-detached dwellings, 1 no. Type F (3 storey, 4 bed) detached dwelling and 1 no. Type G (2 storey, 3 bed) detached dwelling, all with in curtilage car parking; provision of public open space (totalling c.509sqm); and, all other site development works and site services above and below the ground required to facilitate the proposed development including visitor car parking, bike parking, bin storage, incidental open space, boundary treatments, landscaping and surface water attenuation facilities required to facilitate the proposed development.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2010/19

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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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_3208 (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.

Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.

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.