Planning Permission Ireland
InvalidInfrastructureDecided 17 November 2021

St. Vincent's University Hospital Campus, Elm Park, Dublin 4, D04 T6F4

Construction of a new three-storey, 10-bed Intensive Care Unit at St. Vincent's University Hospital.

3844/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 November 2021

Reference
3844/21
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Permission
Received
11 November 2021

Summary

AI-generated

The proposed development comprises a new three-storey building to house a 10-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and office accommodation. The building will connect to the existing Clinical Services building and includes a basement and an undercroft space for future emergency department expansion.

Infrastructurehospitalicumedicalexpansion
Storeys
3
Floor area
71 m²

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

  • Planning permission for the proposed development comprises the construction of a new 10 bed intensive care unit (icu) at the western end of the hospital campus, adjacent to the existing clinical services building, on a c. 0.2217 ha site; this connectivity is required to link into the existing icu service and theatres. The proposed works include the construction of a new three storey building to an overall height of 24.163m odm. Level 01 will comprise of 10 icu bedrooms and clinical support accommodation and level 02 will comprise of office accommodation, staff support spaces and plantroom spaces. These two floors are elevated above level 00/ ground floor level, which comprises lift shafts, a fire evacuation stair and lobby and structural elements creating an undercroft space for future expansion of the existing emergency department. Works also include a 71sqm basement at level
  • 01; this basement will link into the existing clinical services building basement for utility services and deliveries. The project includes a connection to the stair of the existing clinical services building to link the existing and new building and amendments to the facade of the existing building where the proposed new building abuts. The total proposed new building floor area is approx. 2,047 sqm (1,881 sqm internal space & 166sqm internal plantroom). The screened external spaces comprise of the 830sqm undercroft expansion area at level 00 and 20sqm of external plant at level
  • The development also comprises of modifications to the existing ambulance access route and arrivals area incorporating a dedicated blue light lane to the west of the proposed building and the reconfiguration of the ambulance area to provide 4 no. Ambulance parking set down spaces; hard landscaping roadways, paths, lighting and signage and all associated site works and diversions are also inlcuded

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

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.

Read the zoning objectives in the development plan

Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Apt 6, Brooklands, Nutley Lane Dublin 4Feb 2025€475,000126 m
42 Brooklands, Nutley Lane, Donnybrook Dublin 4Jun 2025€490,000163 m
55 Brooklands, Nutley Lane, Donnybrook Dublin 4Feb 2026€560,000164 m
33 Nutley Ave, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4Jan 2025€2,000,000244 m
16 Merrion View Ave, Dublin 4, Co DublinJun 2026€775,000258 m
9 Merrion View Ave, Dublin 4, DublinFeb 2026€1,045,000259 m
7b Merrion View Ave, Ballsbridge, DublinJan 2026€1,870,000266 m
12 Elm Park, Merrion Road, BallsbridgeAug 2025€505,000271 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

  1. Application received11 November 2021
  2. Decision due14 January 2022
  3. Decision issued17 November 2021

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

Sign in to have your say on this application.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Sign in to join the discussion on this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.