GrantedApartmentsDecided 8 July 2019

site (c. 1.51 Ha) at City Block 3 and Northbank House, Sheriff Street Upper, New Wapping Street and Mayor Street Upper, North Lotts, Dublin 1

Construction of 6 residential blocks containing 449 units, a cafe, and a creche.

DSDZ2464/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 8 March 2019

Reference: DSDZ2464/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 8 March 2019
Residential units: 449

Summary

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The development consists of 6 residential blocks ranging from 2 to 7 storeys over a partial basement, accommodating 442 apartments/studios and 7 houses. The scheme also includes tenant amenities, a cafe, and the change of use of a retail unit to a creche.

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Storeys: 7
Floor area: 36,834 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission at a site (c. 1.51 ha) at city block 3 and northbank house, sheriff street upper, new wapping street and mayor street upper, north lotts, dublin 1 and otherwise generally bounded by nos. 7-10 mayor street upper to the south, nos. 1-14 new wapping street to the west, and existing northbank house, alexandra terrace and castleforbes road to the east. The development will consist of: - the construction of 6 no. Residential blocks, ranging from 2 to 7 storeys over partial single level basement (gross floor area c. 36,834.2 sq m excluding basement c. 5,369 sq m), to accommodate 449 no. Residential units comprising 59 no. 1-bed studios, 166 no. 1-bed apartments, 215 no. 2-bed apartments, 2 no. 3-bed apartments and 7 no. 3-bed houses. The development provides for tenant amenity area (c. 766 sq m gfa), a cafe (c. 109 sq m gfa) within the proposed block 3b, and change of use and reconfiguration of an existing retail unit to provide a crèche (c. 343 sq m gfa) and associated play area at northbank house. The breakdown of accommodation is as follows: - block 3a1 (c. 7,951.1 sq m gross floor area) fronting sheriff street upper and new wapping street, comprises a 7 storey apartment building accommodating 106 no. Residential units (13 no. Studios, 56 no. 1-beds, 36 no. 2-beds and 1 no. 3-bed). Block 3a2 (c. 9,668.8 sq m gross floor area) fronting sheriff street upper, comprises a 7 storey apartment building accommodating 117 no. Residential units (5 no. Studios, 52 no. 1-beds, 59 no. 2-beds and 1 no. 3-bed). Block 3b (c. 8,908.7 sq m gross floor area) fronting sheriff street upper and north of the proposed new civic park, comprises a 6 to 7 storey apartment building accommodating 102 no. Residential units (25 no. Studios, 24 no. 1-beds and 53 no 2-beds). This building includes tenant amenities (c. 766 sq m) at ground and first floor levels, and a cafe (c. 109 sq m) at ground floor level. Blocks 3d2 / 3e2 (c. 9,484.4 sq m gross floor area) fronting mayor street upper and west of the proposed new civic park, comprises a 3 to 6 storey apartment building accommodating 117 no. Residential units (16 no. Studios, 34 no. 1-beds and 67 no. 2-beds). Block 3d1 (c. 821.2 sq m gross floor area) located to the rear (east) of the existing houses fronting new wapping street and west of proposed block 3d2/3e2, comprises 7 no. 2 storey 3-bed houses. Balconies are provided on all elevations of the apartment blocks (3a1, 3a2, 3b, 3d2 and 3e2). Private rear gardens are provided at ground floor level to the block 3d1 houses. All associated and ancillary site development works, hard and soft landscape, boundary treatment works, including: - demolition of remaining existing non-residential structures (c. 420 sq m), previously approved under dcc reg. Ref. Dsdz2242/16. New external residential courtyards and roof terrace amenity areas. New civic park located centrally within the city block (c. 2,259 sq m) as previously permitted under dcc reg. Ref. Dsdz3357/17. New internal east-west street and north-south (pedestrian / cycle) streets. 100 no. Car parking spaces, including 94 no. Spaces at basement level and 6 no. Spaces at surface level. 552 no. Bicycle parking spaces, including 494 no. At basement level and 58 no. At surface level. New vehicular access to the basement car park from new wapping street. Basement storage, service and plant areas. Provision of a bin store (c. 39.2 sq m gfa) between blocks 3d1 and 3d2 / 3e2. Provision of 2 no. Esb sub-stations. Public realm works along sheriff street upper, new wapping street and mayor street upper, including revised treatment to the boundary with northbank house fire tender route previously approved under dcc reg. Ref. Dsdz2642/16. This application relates to a proposed development within the north lotts & grand canal dock strategic development scheme area.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs)RS

“To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

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 2 September 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 13 July 2023.

Notified floor area: 9,484.4 m²

5 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
202 Residential Units, Block 1 Spencer Place (north), Mayor Street Spencer Dock	Aug 2025	€88,452,722	108 m
3 Upper Mayor St, North Wall, Dublin 1	May 2025	€680,000	141 m
Apt 13 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	Apr 2026	€531,750	141 m
32 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	Jun 2025	€338,000	141 m
28 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	May 2026	€345,000	141 m
6 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	May 2025	€320,000	141 m
15 Church St East, East Wall, Dublin 3	May 2026	€505,000	144 m
77 Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd, Dublin 1	Jan 2026	€498,000	165 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 received8 March 2019
Further information requested3 May 2019
Further information received11 June 2019
Decision due8 July 2019
Decision issued8 July 2019
Grant issued8 July 2019

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