GrantedCommercialDecided 13 December 2022

Block 1, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2

Reconfiguration and extension of an office block to ten storeys on Harcourt Street.

4937/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 27 September 2022

Reference: 4937/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 27 September 2022

Summary

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The project involves the reconfiguration and extension of the existing office block, adding two storeys to create a ten-storey building. It will result in a net floor area increase of 2,837 square metres and includes a new reception walkway, terraces, and upgraded basement cycle facilities.

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Storeys: 10
Floor area: 9,707 m²

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Official record

Development description

A 7 year planning permission for development of this site of c 0.169 hectares . The development will consist of the following: reconfiguration and extension of the exiting office block utilising existing structural elements to provide modernised office accommodation. The proposed development includes the removal of the upper ground floor, provison of a new ground floor and provision of 2 no. Additional storeys over the existing offices (10 no. Storeys total over existing basement with roof/plant level) provision of a new covered reception/ walkway building to harcourt street. The proposed results in a net increase in gross floor area of 2,837 sq. M, resulting in a development with a total gfa of 9,707 sq. M. (excluding existing basement) provision of a setback at ninth floor level. Accessible terraces are provided to the eastern elevation of the main block at second floor and to the south west at ninth floor. Works and reconfiguration to a part of the existing basement layout including the provision of additional cycle facilities (parking, showers and lockers) resulting in an increase in cycle parking from 50 no. To 136 no. Cycle spaces and a decrease in car parking spaces from from 48no to 24no. Spaces. All associated and ancillary site development, demolition works, site clearance, landscaping, photovoltaic panels, infrastructural works, hoarding during construction, provision of plant at basement and roof levels, and suds measures.

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
6 Harcourt Hall, Charlotte Way, Dublin 2	Jan 2025	€386,000	102 m
25 Harcourt Hall, Charlotte Way, Dublin 2	Apr 2025	€470,000	102 m
9 Grantham Place, South Circular Rd, Dublin 8	Dec 2025	€600,000	163 m
3 Grantham Place, Harrington St, Dublin 8	Oct 2025	€287,500	168 m
3a Grantham Place, Harrington St, Dublin 8	Oct 2025	€287,500	174 m
2 Camden Court, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€525,000	180 m
37 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€2,600,000	184 m
Apt 1, 61 Camden St, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€460,000	193 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 received27 September 2022
Decision due6 January 2023
Decision issued13 December 2022
Permission expiry18 March 2028

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