GrantedCommercialDecided 25 June 2019

St Patrick's University Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8

Part-four storey extension to an adolescent care unit and a new national hub at a hospital campus.

2881/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 1 May 2019

Reference: 2881/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 1 May 2019
Floor area: 13 m²

Summary

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The development within the St. Patrick's University Hospital campus, a protected structure, involves the demolition of a recreation hall to build a part-four storey extension. This will provide 13 new bedrooms for the adolescent care unit and a new National Hub for Mentally Healthy Living.

Commercialhospitalhealthcaredemolitionprotected structure

Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: planning permission for development on this site located within st. Patrick's university hospital campus, james's street, dublin 8 overall site area of c. 4.2 ha, which includes a protected structure: dublin city council rps ref. 856). The development will consist of the provision of additional floor space comprising a part-four storey development to incorporate a ground floor in-patient bedroom extension (13 no. Bedrooms) to the existing 'willow grove' adolescent care unit with associated recreation hall, staff, clinical support and daily living spaces (956 sq. M). Roof mounted plant room (36 sq m) linked to existing structures at ground and first floor level, including secure internal landscaped courtyards. The development will also include an advocacy and research national hub for mentally healthy living, located over the proposed adolescent unit extension (898 sq. M) all to the south eastern corner of the hospital campus. The development will also include the demolition of an existing single storey recreation hall building (466 sq. M); piped infrastructure and ducting, landscaping and boundary treatments, internal roads and pathways, bicycle parking, changes in level, plant, interfaces with existing historic structures and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z15: Community and Social InfrastructureCI

“To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
29 Bowlane West, Kilmainham, Dublin 8	Nov 2025	€800,000	106 m
Apt 402, Phoenix View, Jamess St Dublin 8	Jun 2026	€382,000	140 m
205 Phoenix View, Jamess St, Dublin 8	Jul 2025	€265,000	140 m
65 Old Kilmainham Village, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8	Apr 2026	€286,500	159 m
66 Old Kilmainham Village, Bowe Lane West, Dublin 8	May 2026	€405,000	159 m
66 Old Kilmainham Village, Bowe Lane West, Dublin 8not full market price	Dec 2025	€189,320	159 m
22 Chandlers Guild, Jamess St, Dublin 8	Jun 2025	€305,000	180 m
4 Chandlers Guild, Jamess St, Dublin 8	Sept 2025	€368,000	180 m

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Key dates

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Application received1 May 2019
Decision due25 June 2019
Decision issued25 June 2019
Grant issued6 August 2019

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