GrantedCommercialDecided 12 June 2019

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

Construction of a 10-storey office building with a basement at Grand Canal Quay and Macken Street.

2808/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 18 April 2019

Reference: 2808/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 18 April 2019
Floor area: 19856 m²

Summary

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The development will consist of a 10-storey over basement office building with a gross floor area of 19,856 sq.m. It includes setbacks and external terraces at upper levels, pedestrian and vehicular access from Grand Canal Quay, and the partial demolition of an existing boundary wall.

Commercialofficeredevelopmentdemolition

Storeys: 10

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at this site (0.37ha) known as "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 development will consist of construction of a 10 storey over basement office development with setbacks at 5th and 7th floor levels an external terrace areas at 5th, 6th and 7th floor levels with a gross floor area of 19,856sq. M. The proposed accommodation will consist of office (designed for single or multiple tenancies) and ancillary uses with associated lift and stair cores with pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access from grand canal quay. The development of the site will be facilitated by removal of the existing fill material within the site to create a new ground level fronting grand canal quay and modifications to the existing eastern boundary wall to grand canal quay (currently c. 45m in length) involving demolition of c. 15.8m of the wall and the creation of openings within the remaining c. 29.2m to provide visual and physical access to the proposed office accommodation behind. The proposed ground floor accommodation comprises office reception and foyer areas fronting grand canal quay with office and ancillary accommodation to the rear. A proposed landscaped access route separates the proposed office block from the existing boundary wall with clanwilliam square to the south which is to be structurally secured and retained. This route provides access to the rear (western end) of the block which accommodates ancillary accommodation including bicycle parking (199no. Spaces), bin storage, plant rooms, staff facilities and an esb substation. A car lift provides access to the basement accommodation incorporating 25no. Car parking spaces and ancillary plant and storage rooms. Above ground floor level accommodation includes a mezzanine floor level with office and additional ancillary plant and storage rooms and 8 levels of office accommodation above. Permission is also sought for hard and soft landscaping within the site, external lighting, screened plant area at 8th floor level and all ancillary site and development works. The existing macken street entrance will be maintained to facilitate continued access by iarnod eireann/cie to the existing signalling building which will be retained on site adjacent to the proposed office building

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

Timeline

Application received18 April 2019
Decision due12 June 2019
Decision issued12 June 2019
Grant issued7 October 2019
Appeal submitted15 July 2019
Appeal decided7 October 2019

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