Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 18 January 2019

Wilton Park House, Gardner House, Cumberland Road, Dublin 2

Demolition of existing office buildings to construct a major new 7-storey mixed-use office development.

4421/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 16 November 2018

Reference
4421/18
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
16 November 2018
Floor area
50621 m²

Summary

AI-generated

The applicant is seeking a 10-year permission to demolish existing structures up to 7 storeys high. In their place, a new 7-storey mixed-use office development of over 48,000 square metres will be constructed, including food and beverage spaces.

Commercialofficeredevelopmentdemolition
Storeys
7

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Official record

Development description

Iput plc intends for apply for a 10 year permission for development at lands at: a) lands at wilton park house, gardner house and lad lane apartments, cumberland road and wilton place, dublin 2 (bounded by wilton place to the southeast, cumberland road to the southwest and lad lane to the northwest ) ('plot 1' [c. 0.95] ha]); b) witon park, dublin 2 (bounded by wilton place to the northwest and northeast and wilton terrace to the south and southeast ('plot 2' (c. 0.62 ha]); and c) adjacent public roads. Indicative development, including resurfacing and traffic management works to adjacent public roads (including lad lane, cumberland road, wilton place and wilton terrace), ancillary to the main development at plots 1 and 2 above and subject to agreement with dublin city council's environment and transportation department ('plot 3' [c 0.197 ha]). The proposed development includes the following elements: a) 'plot 1': the demolition of the existing up to 7 storey structures (c. 24,476m2 and 256 car parking spaces) on this part of the site and the construction of a new up to 7 storey mixed-use office development over lower ground floor (c. 48,879m2 office, c. 1,258m2 food and beverage/retail, c. 625m2 food and beverage/retail, c. 625m2 leisure and c. 94m2 retail services) and 2 ancillary basement levels in three interlinking blocks (to be known as 'two'. 'three' and 'four wilton park', respectively) arranged as follows: i) two wilton park. Office, food and beverage and leisure use comprising of a gym (c. 470m2), cafe/food-hall/wine bar (c. 229m2)) and offices (c. 2,102m2) at lower ground floor level; gym (c. 155m2), speciality coffee shop (c. 120m2), cafe/food-hall/wine bar (c. 354m2) and offices (c. 1,032m2) at ground floor level; and c,13m479m2 offices from first floor level upwards; ii) three wilton park. Office, food and beverage and facilities management use, comprising of a restaurant (c. 285m2) and offices (c2.094m2) at lower ground floor level; retail services (c. 94m2), restaurant (c. 270m2), and offices including facility management offices (c. 1,468m2) at ground floor level; and c. 11,481m2 offices from first floor level upwards; and iii) four wilton park. Office use throughout (c. 17,225m2). The development of plot 1 will also involve the construction of a c. 1,174m2 public square (between two and three wilton park, opening onto wilton place [west]); the creation of a new public route linking lad lane with the new square; c. 122 car parking spaces at basement level (accessed via a ramp opening onto cumberland road), c. 500 cycle spaces, plant, waste and ancillary areas at basement level; rooftop plant, landscaping on rooftops and within the overall site area, roof gardens and terraces, external street furniture, lighting to landscaped areas and all other associated site excavation, safety hoardings and ancillary development and site works above and below ground. B) 'plot 2': alterations to the existing layout and access arrangements of wilton park, including provision of a pavilion/tea room (c. 74m2)) and ancillary plant enclosure, relocation and refurbishment of the existing fountain, reconfiguration of part of the park fencing, replacement of some hedging and trees with new planting, installation of new park furniture, the addition of new gated openings at the cumberland road/wilton place junction, the installation of timber children's play equipment, wayfinding lighting and all associated and ancillary development and site works above and below ground. C) 'plot 3': the proposed development includes indicative environmental improvement works to the adjacent public streets, including wilton place, wilton terrace, cumberland road and lad lane. All indicative works affecting the public streets are subject to detailed agreement with the environment and transportation department of dublin city council. The indicative works may include the reconfiguration of wilton place (west) to a one way traffic system (west to east - including removal of 15 on-street car parking spaces), reconfiguration of the wilton terrace/cumberland road/wilton place road junction, provision of pedestrian crossing areas, provision of loading bays (1 on cumberland road and 2 on lad lane - including removal of 3 car spaces on cumberland road and 3 on lad lane); removal of the existing office vehicular entry at the corner of wilton place (east & west) and relocation to cumberland road; all of the preceding to include all associated and ancillary development and site works 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

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 13 February 2020. A completion certificate was lodged on 21 June 2024.

Notified floor area: 50,930 m²

3 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
16 Lad Lane, Dublin 2, D02 Nx72Jun 2026€850,00083 m
3 Lad Lane, Dublin 2, DublinAug 2025€665,00091 m
3a Lad Lane, Dublin 2, DublinAug 2025€615,00091 m
7 Court Apts, Wilton Place, Dublin 2Mar 2025€450,000103 m
Top Back Apt, 3 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2Aug 2025€345,000134 m
Top Front Apt, 3 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2Aug 2025€345,000134 m
The Mews, 11 Upper Lad Lane, Dublin 2Nov 2025€1,400,000144 m
Apt 14, 55 Lad Lane, Dublin 2price excludes VATJan 2025€779,736145 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

  1. Application received16 November 2018
  2. Decision due18 January 2019
  3. Decision issued18 January 2019
  4. Grant issued10 July 2019
  5. Appeal submitted19 February 2019
  6. Appeal decided10 July 2019

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