GrantedCommercialDecided 16 September 2021

Stokes Place, St. Stephen's Green South and Harcourt Street, Dublin 2

Redevelopment of a major office complex near St. Stephen's Green.

2062/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 January 2021

Reference: 2062/21
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 20 January 2021

Summary

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The proposal seeks a 7-year permission to demolish an existing 5 to 7-storey office complex and construct a new 4 to 8-storey office building of nearly 40,000 square metres. The site is adjacent to several protected structures and includes a retail/cafe unit and double basement.

Commercialofficedemolitionredevelopmentprotected structure

Storeys: 8
Floor area: 39,932 m²

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: planning permission with a life of 7 years, at a site (c. 0.7 ha). The site is generally bounded by nos. 92-100 st. Stephen's green (protected structures) and small apartment block to the rear of no. 95 st. Stephen's green to the north and east; harcourt street to the west; nos. 87-91 harcourt street (protected structures) and buildings on clonmel street to the south; and iveagh gardens (protected structure) to the south east. Proposed development comprises office redevelopment (c. 39,932 sqm total), including: a new 4 to 8 storey office building (c. 32,101 sqm gfa office space) over double basement (c. 6,347 sqm) with setbacks at 4th, 5th, and 6th floor levels; insert terraces at 1st, 2nd & 3rd floor levels to st. Stephen's green and harcourt street; and roof terraces at 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th floor levels; 1 no retail/cafe/restaurant unit (c. 465 sqm gfa); and all associated and ancillary site works, hard and soft landscaping, including: demolition of existing 5 to 7-storey office complex, including basement (c. 17,550 sqm gfa); vehicular and pedestrian access to site and basement car park at existing site entrances at st. Stephen's green south and harcourt street; new double basement to accommodate 70 no. Car parking spaces (of which 4 no. Disabled spaces and 35 no. With ev points), 600 no. Bicycle spaces, 25 no. Motorbike spaces, storage, plant and office welfare facilities; 20 no. Surface level visitor bicycle parking spaces; planting and hard landscaping of circulation and amenity spaces at lower ground to 7th floor levels; ancillary plant and stair/lift core at roof level; esb sub station; 6 no. 300mm microwave link dishes in total, on a 3m steel pole support structure together with associated equipment on the rooftop of block a; construction management measures at the interface of the proposed works and protected structures, including no. 100 st. Stephens green and no. 91 harcourt street.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas

“To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.”

National zoning type: General

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.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 12 Russell Court, 95/96 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€615,000	49 m
1 Prouds Lane, St Stephens Green, Dublin 2	May 2026	€605,000	192 m
12 Cuffe Lane, Cuffe St, Dublin 2	Aug 2025	€460,000	206 m
8 Camden Buildings, Dublin 2	Mar 2026	€575,000	236 m
37 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€2,600,000	237 m
38 Wexford St, Apt 1, Dublin 2	Feb 2025	€800,000	255 m
2 Camden Court, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€525,000	295 m
8 Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8	May 2026	€700,000	328 m

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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 received20 January 2021
Further information requested16 March 2021
Further information received20 August 2021
Decision due16 September 2021
Decision issued16 September 2021
Grant issued20 January 2023
Appeal submitted13 October 2021
Appeal decided20 January 2023

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