site of 0.66 ha at the former Apollo House, Tara Street, Dublin 2 (D02 N920)

• Permission for development at a site of 0.66 ha at the former apollo house, tara street (d02 n920); 9-15 townsend street and 31-33 tara street, incl. The former long stone pub (d02fe00) and the brokerage apartment building; the former college house, nos. 2-3 townsend street, (d02 f990), and the former screen cinema, 16-19 hawkins street (d02 dp65), dublin
• The site is bounded by townsend street to the south, tara street to the east, hawkins street to the west, hawkins house to the north and west and poolbeg street to the north. The development consists of addition to and the amendment of previous permissions relating to the former college house and former screen cinema (dcc reg. Ref. 3637/17 abp ref:pl29s. 300709) and the former apollo house (dcc reg. Ref. : 3036/16, abp ref: pl29s. 24907) and as amended by dcc reg. Ref. : 2415/19 and dcc reg. Ref. : 3668/19, abp ref: pl29s. 305652 as follows
• The demolition of existing structures (which includes the apartment building known as the brokerage, vacant ground floor retail unit and bar unit basement
• The construction of a new 8-11 storey commercial development with a building height of c. 48.25m, on the site of the existing brokerage building on the south east corner of the site, that would integrate into the adjacent permitted college house and apollo house office development at all levels to the north and west of the application site. This includes the enclosure of permitted setback/terrace adjacent the existing brokerage building and extension of permitted basement
• 1 &
• 2 into the area of existing basement
• 1 under the existing brokerage building and the construction of a new basement
• The proposed additional development relates to an 8-11 storey development with commercial office use on 1st to 9th floors with plant and office uses at 10th floor. At ground floor the permitted café/retail/restaurant provision has extended by 11sq. M, with additional 280sq. M of retail at basement
• 1 level and an additional office staff entrance is provided onto tara st. An enlarged external terrace is provided on the south east corner onto townsend street and tara street
• Alterations to the existing layouts at
• 1 and
• 2 including relocation of plants areas and cycle facilities and incorporating additional parking spaces resulting in an increase in car parking from 33 to 55 and an increase in cycle parking from 470 (incl. 20 at ground level) to 508 (incl. 40 at ground level)
• The proposal also includes for an increased public realm at the corner of tara street and townsend street and the provision of a new pedestrian crossing on tara street
• Minor alterations including infilling of permitted building insets, setbacks and façade on permitted college house and apollo house. Increase in the height of the permitted college house roof plant screen at 10th floor level on by 1.5m and the enclosure of the plant screen with a louvered cover
• Overall increase in permitted café/retail/restaurant floorspace of 291 sq. M, increase in venue floorspace of 9 sq. M and increase in commercial floorspace of 6,968 sq. M resulting from these proposed alterations
• The proposed scheme includes green roofs, associated signage and associated site works to facilitate the development

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.

1. Application received26 March 2020
2. Decision due15 July 2020
3. Decision issued14 July 2020
4. Grant issued2 December 2020
5. Appeal submitted12 August 2020
6. Appeal decided30 November 2020

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