GrantedCommercialDecided 30 November 2022

Mespil Court, Mespil Road & Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516

Construction of a four-storey mixed-use extension including office space, a cafe, and three apartments.

4997/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 6 October 2022

Reference: 4997/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 6 October 2022

Summary

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The proposed development consists of a four-storey mixed-use building extension. It will feature a two-storey raised bridge office extension, a ground-floor and basement cafe, and three two-bedroom apartment units on the upper floors.

Commercialofficecafeapartmentsextension

Residential units: 3
Storeys: 4
Floor area: 923 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at a site (c. 0.22 ha) at mespil court, mespil road & burlington road, dublin 4, d04 e516. The site is generally bounded by buildings in office use at no. 40-42 mespil road to the east, mespil court office building to the south, no. 39 mespil road (protected structure) to the west, and by mespil road and grand canal to the north. The proposed development is a 4-storey mixed use building extension comprising: -a 2-storey, raised bridge, office use building extension, adjoining the 2nd and 3rd floors of the existing mespil court office building on its northwestern elevation; plant room at 1st floor and office core extending down to ground floor level (total gfa c. 721 sqm). -a 4-storey, over basement, mixed use building comprising: 1 no. Cafe at ground floor and basement, with ancillary storage and staff welfare facilities at basement level (total gfa c. 202 sqm) and associated external northern terrace at ground floor level
3 no. 2-bedroom residential apartment units at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, each with associated balconies on the northern and southern facades; -ancillary residential remote storage facilities at ground floor level and residential roof garden at 1st floor level. -all ancillary and associated site development, infrastructural, landscaping, site boundary and signage works, including: basement plant room; ground floor bicycle store (18no. Spaces) and separate bin store; 4no. Visitor bicycle spaces in front curtilage; new plant on roof of existing mespil court office building and at 1st floor residential roof garden level of proposed new building extension; green sedum roof (c. 280 sqm) over office bridge extension; signage zones to northern and eastern ground floor elevations of cafe unit (c. 12 sqm total), and totem sign (c. 3 sqm) associated with office and residential uses within front curtilage adjacent to mespil road site boundary; removal of existing boundary wall and railing fronting mespil road; and, insertion of new pedestrian access control gate to the eastern boundary pathway, south of the proposed cafe entrance

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
11 Burlington Gardens, Burlington Rd, Dublin 4	Dec 2025	€660,000	74 m
99 Burleigh Court, Burlington Rd, Dublin 4	Apr 2026	€440,000	81 m
63 Burleigh Court, Burlington Rd, Dublin 4	Jan 2026	€440,000	81 m
31 Burlington Gardens, Burlington Rd, Ballsbridge Dublin 4	Sept 2025	€660,000	87 m
19 Rowan House, Mespil Estate, Sussex Rd Dublin 4	Jun 2026	€392,000	140 m
14 Rowan House, Mespil Estate, Dublin 4	Sept 2025	€305,000	140 m
12 Rowan House, Mespil Estate, Dublin 4	Sept 2025	€285,000	140 m
Apt 22, Burleigh Court, Burlington Rd Dublin 4	Mar 2025	€585,000	150 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 received6 October 2022
Decision due30 November 2022
Decision issued30 November 2022
Appeal submitted29 December 2022
Appeal decided31 July 2024

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