GrantedCommercialDecided 17 January 2020

Site of approximately 1.85 hectares at North Wall Quay, Dublin 1. The site is principally bounded by: Mayor Street Upper to the north; North Wall Quay to the south; North Wall Avenue to the east; and Castleforbes Road to the west

Amalgamation of two permitted basements and construction of a new second basement level at North Wall Quay.

DSDZ3042/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 May 2019

Reference: DSDZ3042/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 20 May 2019
Floor area: 17789 m²

Summary

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The development proposes to merge two previously permitted basements into a single level of approximately 17,789 square meters. It also includes building a new second basement level below it to house plant, servicing, and circulation cores, increasing the total basement depth to 16 meters.

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development on a site of approximately 1.85 hectares at this site at north wall quay, dublin
The site is principally bounded by: mayor street upper to the north; north wall quay to the south; north wall avenue to the east; and castleforbes road to the west. The overall site is located within city block 9, as identified, in the north lotts and grand canal dock sdz planning scheme. The development will consist of the: amalgamation of two basements at level
1 previously permitted under reg. Ref. Dsdz3779/17 and reg. Ref. Dsdz3780/17, respectively (resulting in an overall floor area of c. 17,789 sqm) and associated internal alterations to same; and construction of an additional basement level (c. 17,789 sqm) ) (level
2) below the proposed amalgamated basement level (i. E. Level
1). (the proposed amendments shall result in an increase in total basement depth from c. 3.85m to c. 16.0m). The new basement level (i. E. Level
2) will accommodate plant, servicing areas and circulation cores (lifts and stairs, etc. ) all associated with the previously permitted development under reg. Ref. Dsdz3779/17 and reg. Ref. Dsdz3880/17. The proposed development does not propose any amendments to the buildings previously permitted under reg. Ref. Dsdz3779/17 and reg. Ref. Dsdz3780/17 from ground to upper floor levels. The proposed development does not result in any increase in car parking or bicycle parking from that previously permitted under reg. Ref. Dsdz3779/17 and reg. Ref. Dsdz3780/17 (i. E. 378 no. Car parking spaces and 810 no. Bicycle parking spaces, in total). The proposed development includes associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, associated retaining features, and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply)

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

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 28 July 2020.

Notified floor area: 42,512 m²

2 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
472 Castleforbes Sq, Block K, Dublin 1	Apr 2025	€511,000	127 m
Apt 277, Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd Dublin 1	Feb 2025	€476,000	154 m
291 Block E, Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1	Jun 2026	€477,000	154 m
Apt 300, Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1	Jun 2026	€555,000	157 m
299e Castleforbes Square, North Wall, Dublin 1	May 2026	€375,000	157 m
158 Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd, Dublin 1	Sept 2025	€440,000	192 m
155 Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd, Dublin 1	May 2026	€466,600	192 m
Apt 148 0 Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1, Dublin	Jan 2025	€395,000	192 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 received20 May 2019
Further information requested25 October 2019
Further information received29 September 2020
Decision due17 January 2020
Decision issued17 January 2020
Grant issued17 January 2020

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