GrantedCommercialDecided 22 June 2021

''Boston Sidings Site'' at Grand Canal Quay and Macken Street, Dublin 2

Modifications to a permitted office development, including lowering a boundary wall and landscaping.

2682/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 28 April 2021

Reference: 2682/21
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 28 April 2021

Summary

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The application seeks modifications to a previously permitted office development at the Boston Sidings Site. Works include lowering the southern boundary wall, adding metal railings, and revising landscaping proposals for the public realm.

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at this site (0.37ha) known as the ''boston sidings site'' at grand canal quay and macken street, dublin
(lands bound by clanwilliam square to the south, grand canal quay to the east, the dublin – rosslare mainline railway to the north and macken villas and macken street to the west). The proposed development comprises modifications to the permitted office development reg. Ref: 2808/19, bord ref. Abp-304878-19 relating to the existing boundary wall with clanwilliam square to the south which is to be lowered to a height of 700mm to 1490mm and topped with a metal railing with a height of 1100mm. Revised landscape proposals are provided for the public realm areas and the access route along the southern boundary including the provision of seating, planters, lighting and associated hard and soft landscaping

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z6: Employment/EnterpriseSI

“To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
13 Carlingford Parade, Macken St, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€577,000	134 m
14 Albert Court East, Lower Grand Canal St, Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€620,000	173 m
13 Albert Court East, Grand Canal St Lower, Dublin 2	Dec 2025	€415,000	174 m
5 Island Villa, Off Lwr Grand Canal St, Dublin 2	Oct 2025	€470,000	175 m
1 Island Villas, Grand Canal St Lower, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€420,000	175 m
3 Island Villa, Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€720,000	175 m
7 Island Villa, Grand Canal St, Dublin 2	Feb 2025	€368,000	175 m
41 Eblana Villas, Grand Canal St Lower, Dublin 2	Oct 2025	€523,000	176 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

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Application received28 April 2021
Decision due22 June 2021
Decision issued22 June 2021
Grant issued6 August 2021

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