GrantedCommercialDecided 18 September 2020

Wilton Park House, Gardner House and the former Lad Lane Apartments, Dublin 2

Amendments to a permitted office and commercial development, including increased heights.

3099/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 27 July 2020

Reference: 3099/20
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 27 July 2020

Summary

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This application seeks a seven-year planning permission for amendments to a permitted development. Key changes include increasing the permitted parapet heights of two buildings by up to 2.82m, modifying roof layouts, and altering ground floor retail and restaurant spaces.

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Official record

Development description

Seven year planning permission for development at a site (c. 0.99ha), comprising lands at wilton park house, gardner house and the former lad lane apartments and a 1.1m strip off the wilton place roadway (along the southern boundary of the site), all bounded by wilton place to the southeast, cumberland road to the southwest and lad lane to the northwest. The proposed development involves amendments to a permission granted for the site on july 10th 2019 (abp 303706.19). (the permitted development comprises buildings referred to as numbers 2, 3 and 4 wilton park. ) the proposed development includes increases to permitted parapet heights ( at no’s. 2 and 3 wilton park) by up to 2.82m (leading to a maximum of 30.67m above ground compared to the permitted parapet maximum of 27.85m); changes to roof level layout and landscaping; changes to the building massing and fenestration of no’s. 2 and 3 wilton park along their lad lane frontage; changes to permitted retail, restaurant and leisure uses at lower ground and ground floors; increased depth and changes at entrances to covered street; widening of the public footpath along the wilton place frontage (extending c. 1.1m into public road); omission of esb sub-stations from rear of no. 2 and 4 wilton park; relocation of the logistics hub from rear of no. 3 to rear of no. 2 wilton park; reduction of permitted office floor space of c. 2,063sqm. , reduction in car parking spaces from 122 to 111, and increase of bicycle parking from 500 to 674 spaces, all of the preceding to include all associated and ancillary development and site works above and below ground.

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
16 Lad Lane, Dublin 2, D02 Nx72	Jun 2026	€850,000	54 m
3 Lad Lane, Dublin 2, Dublin	Aug 2025	€665,000	63 m
3a Lad Lane, Dublin 2, Dublin	Aug 2025	€615,000	63 m
Top Back Apt, 3 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2	Aug 2025	€345,000	105 m
Top Front Apt, 3 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2	Aug 2025	€345,000	105 m
7 Court Apts, Wilton Place, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€450,000	125 m
The Mews, 11 Upper Lad Lane, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€1,400,000	125 m
Apartment 19, 55 Lad Laneprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€1,233,480	142 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 received27 July 2020
Decision due18 September 2020
Decision issued18 September 2020
Grant issued2 November 2020

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