The Dublin Institute of Design, No. 45, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Change of use from educational to office at No. 45 Kildare Street, including rebuilding the fifth storey.
4416/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 8 November 2019
- Reference
- 4416/19
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 8 November 2019
- Floor area
- 1122.5 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis protected structure will undergo a change of use from educational to office space alongside repair and refurbishment works. The project includes demolishing a 1970s fifth-storey mansard roof to construct a new fifth storey with a light well garden and two roof terraces.
- Storeys
- 5
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Official record
Development description
- Protected structure: permission for development at a site at no. 45 kildare street, dublin
- No. 45 kildare street is identified on the record of protected structures (rps) under rps ref. No. 4217 and currently accommodates the third level institute known as the dublin institute of design. No. 45 forms part of a terrace of buildings that front onto kildare street, a conservation area. The adjoining structure to the north, no. 46 kildare street, is also identified as a protected structure (rps ref. No. 4218). The proposed development will consist of change of use from educational to office use and repair, refurbishment, maintenance and upgrade works including to windows, brickwork, internal joinery and plasterwork. The development will also consist of demolition of the fifth storey constructed in the 1970's (mansard roof structure) and construction of new fifth storey in its place (c. 142sq. M) encompassing a light well garden and two roof terraces (to the kildare street elevation)and demolition of non-original structures to rear and construction of new plant room, roof light to basement and outdoor sitting area. The proposed works also involve the removal of limited sections of internal fabric. The main entrance doorway to the office development will be via the existing entrance doorway off kildare street with secondary entrances at basement level. The proposed development also provides for the installation of a new internal lift to make the building accessible and useable to all. All proposed works have been subject to expert conservation assessment and will be carried out by expert conservation specialists. The development includes all associated site development works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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 planBuilt & 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| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 2, 20 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €442,666 | 232 m |
| Apartment 3, 20 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €442,666 | 232 m |
| Apartment 1, 20 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €442,666 | 232 m |
| 16 Clare Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €350,000 | 256 m |
| Apt 14, Dunloe Hall, Merrion St | Sept 2025 | €830,000 | 356 m |
| 23 Dunloe Hall 27 Merrion St, Dublin 2, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €950,000 | 356 m |
| Apt B, 116 Grafton Street, Dublin 2 | May 2026 | €660,000 | 379 m |
| Apt 3, 12b Merrion Court, Merrion Row | Dec 2025 | €1,700,000 | 412 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received8 November 2019
- Further information requested10 January 2020
- Further information received27 July 2020
- Decision due21 August 2020
- Decision issued21 August 2020
- Grant issued2 October 2020
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