GrantedCommercialDecided 12 September 2019

74-75, Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2

Amendments to a permitted office development on Baggot Street, increasing floor area and adding car lifts.

3543/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 19 July 2019

Reference: 3543/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 19 July 2019

Summary

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The proposed amendments to a permitted five-storey commercial development include an increase of approximately 495 square metres in floor area. Changes also involve widening the building footprint, replacing a vehicle ramp with two car lifts, and increasing car and bicycle parking spaces.

Commercialofficecommercialcar liftparking

Storeys: 5
Floor area: 495 m²

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission for development at 74-75 baggot street lower, dublin
The site is bounded by baggot street lower to the east and wilton terrace (and beyond it, the grand canal) to the south. The proposed development seeks to amend a permission granted under reg. Ref. 4166/16 (abp 29s. 248884), and includes an overall increase over the permitted gross floorspace of c. 495 sq m (from c. 6,331 to c. 6,826 sq. M). There will be no increase in the permitted height of five storeys (c. 21.9m). The development proposes widening the footprint of the permitted building by c. 1.5 metres northwards along part of its northern elevation (with associated elevational changes); changes to the permitted atrium space at the main entrance (with associated elevational changes); replacing the permitted vehicle access ramp to the basement level
2) car park (access via pembroke row) with two car lifts and an increase of 3 car spaces (from 11 to
And 36 bicycle spaces (from 44 to
With associated improvements to shower/changing facilities (relocated from basement level
2 to
1). The proposed amendments also include an increase in basement plant provision (to improve environmental ratings to nzeb compliant), conversion to 'office/ancillary office' use of c. 585 sq. M of space at basement
1 (previously permitted as 'staff facilities'), relocating/rearranging internal cores to improve internal floor layout, minor adjustments to floor-to-floor heights, widening of lightwells (to enhance light and amenity at basement level-01) and all associated works, including landscaping, 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
Top Floor Apt, 87 Lower Baggot St, Dublin 2	Dec 2025	€435,000	87 m
Apt 1, Baggot Bridge Court, Pembroke Row Dublin 2	Dec 2025	€470,000	106 m
7 Court Apts, Wilton Place, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€450,000	108 m
2 Bagod Rath Apts, Pembroke Row, Dublin 2	May 2026	€435,000	125 m
Apt 9 The Plantation, Herbert Street, Dublin 2	Aug 2025	€680,000	166 m
Top Floor Apartment, 11 Herbert Place, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€1,058,823	188 m
102 Lower Baggot, Dublin 2	May 2025	€990,000	189 m
102 Lower Baggot, Dublin 2	May 2025	€460,000	189 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 received19 July 2019
Decision due12 September 2019
Decision issued12 September 2019
Grant issued18 March 2020
Appeal submitted14 October 2019
Appeal decided18 March 2020

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