GrantedApartmentsDecided 8 April 2019

The Black And Amber Inn, 778, South Circular Road and Hospital Lane, Islandbridge, Dublin 8

Demolition of a pub to build a 6-storey building with 20 studio apartments and a ground-floor commercial unit.

4660/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 18 December 2018

Reference: 4660/18
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 18 December 2018
Residential units: 20
Floor area: 121 m²

Summary

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The development involves the demolition of The Black And Amber Inn and its basement vault. In its place, a 6-storey over ground mixed-use building will be constructed, containing 20 studio apartments with balconies and a ground-floor commercial unit.

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Storeys: 6

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Official record

Development description

The site is generally bound to the east and south by the existing clancy quay mixed-use development, to the west by the south circular road, and to the north by riverbank house apartment building. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the black and amber inn (1-2 storey building, c. 602m2 gfa) and basement vault (c. 201m2 gfa) and construction of a 6 storey over ground mixed-use building (c. 1,247m2gfa) to accommodate at 1st to 5th floor levels, 20 no. Studio apartments each with a private balcony; at ground floor level, a commercial unit (c. 88m2 gfa) fronting onto south circular road, and , all associated and ancillary site development works,landscaping and boundary treatments, including a bin store (c. 21m2), bike store (c. 17m2 and providing 20 no. Covered bicycle parking spaces), 3 no. Under croft car parking spaces accessed directly from hospital lane, 10 no. External bicycle parking spaces; a canopy above the residential entrance on the southern elevation; at roof level, 49 no. Solar pv panels and lift overrun; reconfiguration of hospital lane east of the access to riverbank house to provide vehicular access to the proposed car parking spaces, replace the existing footpath (c. 0.96m wide) on the southern edge of the carriageway with a wider footpath (c. 1.3m wide), and to replace the existing footpath (c. 0.8m wide) on the northern edge of the existing carriageway with grass verge (c. 0.5m wide), resulting in a wider carriageway (c. 4.8m wide); re-surfacing works to hospital lane; a temporary turning head and landscaped area, to be subject of future permanent works under a separate planning permission; new taxi set down/loading area on south circular road and associated reconstruction of existing steps and part of wall at south western corner of the site; all on a site c. 991.7m2.

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 13 September 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 18 December 2020.

Notified floor area: 1,302 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
15 Reverbank House, Islandbridge, Dublin 8	Apr 2025	€305,000	36 m
1 Riverbank House Islandbridge, Dublin 8, Dublin	Feb 2026	€425,000	36 m
261 Bellevue, Islandbridge, Dublin 8	May 2026	€480,127	78 m
Apartment 252, Fairbairn House, Bellevue	Nov 2025	€370,000	78 m
115 Bellevue, Islandbridge, Dublin 8	Jun 2025	€426,500	85 m
181 Bellevue, Islandbridge, Dublin 8	Apr 2025	€422,500	85 m
8 Bridge Water Quay, Islandbridge, Dublin 8	Oct 2025	€419,000	128 m
243 Neptune House, Bellevue Apts, Islandbridge	Jan 2025	€420,000	135 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 received18 December 2018
Further information requested18 February 2019
Further information received12 March 2019
Decision due8 April 2019
Decision issued8 April 2019
Grant issued14 May 2019

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