GrantedCommercialDecided 10 October 2018

Tom Kelly Road / Charlemont Street, Dublin 2, D02 P489

Amendments to a permitted development to increase office space and change 41 residential units to offices.

3735/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 16 August 2018

Reference: 3735/18
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 16 August 2018
Floor area: 3087 m²

Summary

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The proposed amendments to Block 1 will increase the building's gross floor area to 18,110 sq.m across eight floors. The changes include converting 41 permitted residential units into office space, expanding the building footprint, and providing a cafe and retail space.

Commercialofficeretailamendment

Storeys: 8

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of amendments to block 1 which forms part of a previously permitted development under dcc reg. Ref. 3742/10 (abp ref. Pl29s. 238212) as subsequently amended by planning permission dcc ref. 2286/12 (abp ref. Pl. 240620), dcc ref. 4443/16 and dcc ref. 4152/17. The proposed amendments to block 1 will provide for a building with total gross floor area of 18,110 sq. M, an increase of 3,087 sq. M on the approved area of 15,023 sq. M, accommodated across eight (no. ) floors (sub-basement, basement, ground, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th) with an overall height of 24.8m across six floors (above ground level), comprising c. 17,064 sq. M of office space incorporating a double height link bridge (58 sq. M), a cafe (c. 324 sq. M), retail (c. 680 sq. M) and esb substation (42 sq. M). In addition, the proposed amendments include the following: a change of use of 41 no. Residential units to office use, incorporating 4,707 sq. M of approved floor space; an extension of the approved building footprint (over 8 no. Floors from sub basement to 5th floor) to provide an additional 3,087 sq. M in floor space; a uniform height of 24.8m to block 1 to accommodate the proposed number of office floors (6no. Above ground level) as approved for residential use (6 no. Above ground level) to provide the necessary floor to ceiling height for office use from the currently approved height of 24.05m of 1a (commercial) and 21.45m of 1b (residential); and alterations to the elevations, approved plant room, internal lift core, public realm works and ancillary hard and soft landscaping are proposed on a site area of 1.54 hectares.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z10: Inner Suburban and inner City Sustainable Mixed-UsesRE

“To consolidate and facilitate the development of inner city and inner suburban sites for mixed-uses.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 7 September 2020. A completion certificate was lodged on 20 December 2021.

Notified floor area: 417 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
602 Shelbourne Plaza, Ringsend Rd, Dublin 4	Jun 2026	€700,000	20 m
15 Charlemont Mall, Portobello, Dublin 2	May 2025	€800,000	120 m
42b South Richmond St, Dublin 2, Dublin	Apr 2026	€90,000	121 m
76 Harcourt Green, Charlemont St, Dublin 2	May 2026	€725,000	123 m
77 Harcourt Green, Charlemont St, Dublin 2	Dec 2025	€315,000	123 m
51 Harcourt Green, Charlemount St, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€545,000	124 m
Apt 34, Harcourt Green, Charlemont St Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€335,000	124 m
1 Harcourt Green, Charlemont St, Dublin 2	Sept 2025	€460,000	142 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

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 received16 August 2018
Decision due10 October 2018
Decision issued10 October 2018
Grant issued14 November 2018

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