GrantedCommercialDecided 19 November 2024

No.1 Adelaide Road (incorporating No's 5-7 Albert Terrace) Dublin 2 & No. 13 Abbey Street Lower, D 1

Amendments to a permitted office development including facade changes and change of use.

3993/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 9 July 2024

Reference: 3993/24
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 9 July 2024

Summary

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Permission is sought to amend a permitted development across two sites. Changes include facade setbacks, infilling a void to create additional office space, widening a footpath, landscaping, and a change of use from community to office space in the basement.

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Official record

Development description

Permission to amend the permitted development at no. 1 adelaide road, dublin 2 (reg. Ref. 3136/23) (now incorporating no's 5-7 albert terrace, dublin
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And to apply for associated development at no. 13 abbey street lower, dublin 1 (the former salvation army building - site 2). Site. 1 (1 adelaide road/5-7 albert terrace): the development will consist of amendments to reg. Ref. 3136/23 and additional development, including the following elements: set back in facade line facing albert place west at levels 0, 1, 2, 3 and terrace above (resulting in a reduction of c. 95 sq m of permitted office space); infilling of a void at level 6 (creating an additional c. 60 sq m of office space at level 7); increase of footpath width on albert place west; additional planting and landscaping on albert place west and on albert terrace; setback of the external service entrance off albert place west; introduction of opaque glass fins at 45-degree angle within external façade depth in facade to albert place west at levels 1, 2 and 3; changes to planting on 4th floor terrace facing albert place west; change of use (from community to office of c. 378 sq m within the main level
1 basement (with a portion of this community use to relocate to site 2 (see below); reduction in basement footprint and lowering (by 1.5m) of part of the level
2 basement; changes to landscaping in the central sunken courtyard; separate fire-fighting lift and passenger lifts to the main core, and change to facade line of glazing to west elevation at ground floor level; change in site boundary to include no's 5-7 albert terrace (to be used to accommodate artists/writers in residence); single-storey ground floor extensions (c. 20 sq m in total) to the rear of no's. 5-7 albert terrace (with roof-terrace above), new window in south gable of no 7 and creation of a community garden at the corner of albert terrace and albert place west. The amendments will result in an overall increase in gross internal areas on the site of c. 114 sq m (with no changes to upper roof level or to overall height of the development permitted under reg. Ref 3136/23). Site 2 (13 abbey street lower): the development will consist of a change of use of no. 13 abbey street lower (currently vacant - c, 345 sq m) and associated external yard (c. 32 sq m) from hostel/church hall to community use (to accommodate the relocated portion of the community/cultural floorspace previously permitted within no. 1 adelaide road). The application does not propose any works to no. 13 abbey street lower

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

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
5 Peter Place, Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2	Jan 2025	€654,000	164 m
12 Earl Court, Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2	Sept 2025	€411,000	195 m
9 Earl Court, Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2	Dec 2025	€385,000	195 m
Apt 106, Harcourt Green, Charlemont St	Feb 2025	€327,150	204 m
23 Earlsfort Court, Hatch St Lower, Dublin 2	Apr 2026	€325,000	211 m
164 Faiche Fhearchair, Baile �tha Cliath 2	Feb 2025	€215,000	214 m
165 Harcourt Green, Charlemont St, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€183,333	214 m
165 Harcourt Green, Charlemont St, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€115,500	214 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 received9 July 2024
Decision due20 November 2024
Decision issued19 November 2024
Appeal submitted16 December 2024
Appeal decided22 January 2025

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