GrantedCommercialDecided 11 July 2018

Lands at 16, Saint Stephen's Green (a Protected Structure) and linked modern office building to the rear bounded by Joshua Lane, Dublin 2

Refurbishment of a protected structure and a two-storey extension to the rear office building.

2060/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 12 January 2018

Reference: 2060/18
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 12 January 2018

Summary

AI-generated

The project involves the refurbishment of a protected structure on St. Stephen's Green and the renovation of the modern office building to its rear. The rear office will be extended by two storeys and receive side extensions, resulting in a seven-storey building.

Commercialofficeprotected structureextension

Storeys: 7

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

Protected structure: the development will consist of the following: a) refurbishment of the protected structure building with works to facade onto st. Stephen's green including repairs and repointing of brickwork, limestone front door surround, minor repairs and painting of ironwork to railings and balcony, doors and windows where necessary; re-instatement of original layouts and ceilings including removal of redundant surface mounted services and removal of modern stud walls to office floors from ground to 4th floor level (the existing restaurant at basement level is excluded from this application); b) the existing modern office building to the rear will be re-clad and refurbished to allow for open plan spaces and will include two number side extensions at each existing floor level from ground to fourth floor level (c. 150 sq. M in total); c) the addition of 2 no. Storeys to the existing office building with setback terrace at top floor (c. 988 sq. M in total) resulting an office building of 7 storeys overall over lower ground level; d) the glazed link bridge between the protected structure and the office building will be upgraded with new structural glazing and 2 no. Additional levels added to facilitate connection between the office building and the protected structure at 3rd and 4th floor level; e) ventilation ducts from basement level will be re-directed to the proposed roof level of the office building where a new open plant enclosure will be located; f) a new esb sub station is proposed at lower ground floor level along with a re-configuration of the lower ground floor level of the office building to provide 12 no. Car parking spaces, 30 no. Bicycle parking spaces, bin store and a louvered plant area. Access/ egress will remain via existing laneway from st. Stephen's green and permission is also sought for all ancillary and associated site development works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z5: City CentreUC

“To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

Read the zoning objectives in the development plan

Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 24 October 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 8 August 2022.

Notified floor area: 5,140 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 3, 12b Merrion Court, Merrion Row	Dec 2025	€1,700,000	280 m
16 Hume Street, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€400,000	281 m
1 Prouds Lane, St Stephens Green, Dublin 2	May 2026	€605,000	343 m
Apt 12 Russell Court, 95/96 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€615,000	376 m
23 Dunloe Hall 27 Merrion St, Dublin 2, Dublin	Feb 2025	€950,000	378 m
Apt 14, Dunloe Hall, Merrion St	Sept 2025	€830,000	378 m
3 Upper Ely Place, Dublin 2, Dublin	Mar 2025	€500,000	398 m
Apt No 1, 4 Upper Ely Place, Dublin 2	Jan 2025	€525,000	402 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received12 January 2018
Further information requested8 March 2018
Further information received15 June 2018
Decision due12 July 2018
Decision issued11 July 2018
Grant issued17 August 2018

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.