GrantedCommercialDecided 24 March 2022

30-32, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2

Internal alterations and change of use from café to office space within a protected warehouse structure.

DSDZ3165/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 28 January 2022

Reference: DSDZ3165/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 28 January 2022

Summary

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The application proposes internal works to the former Tropical Fruit Company Warehouse, which is a Protected Structure. It includes reducing the permitted café area by 135 sqm to change its use to office space at the first-floor level, alongside infilling a void to create additional office space.

Commercialprotected structureofficecafe

Floor area: 230 m²

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: the development involves internal works to the former tropical fruit company warehouse, a protected structure (rps reference no. 7548), and for development at the office block to the south of the protected structure, all on land bounded by whittaker square to its rear (south) and by existing developments to east and west. The site faces (north) onto sir john rogerson's quay. The application relates to development within the north lotts and grand canal dock strategic development zone. The proposed development involves amendments to previous permissions (reg. Ref's. Dsdz 3803/19, dsdz 4446/18, dsdz 2584/18, dsdz 2533/18 and dsdz2529/21), including the following elements: protected structure - reduction of c. 135m2 in the permitted café area (from c. 338 m2 to c. 203 m2) due to removing café use from the first-floor level in the protected structure; change of use of the former c. 135m2 café area to office use at first-floor level in the protected structure; infilling of a void between ground and first-floor levels (c. 72m2) and removal of internal partitions and lobby, leading to cumulative additional office space of c. 230m2 at first-floor level (comprised of the change of use from café (c. 135m2), plus the mezzanine infill (c. 72m2) and internal lobby and partition omission (c. 23m2)) in the protected structure; and office block on south of site - increase in parapet height of c. 0.41 m of the office block to the south of the protected structure
(from c. 25.61m to c. 26.02m) and an increase in rooftop plant screen louvre height of c. 0.54m (from c. 27.01 m to c. 27.55 m) and associated elevational modifications

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 17 June 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 15 August 2022.

Notified floor area: 11,331 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apartment 18 The Ivory Building, Hanover Street East, Sir John Rogersons Quay	Jun 2025	€545,000	127 m
Apartment 22 The Ivory Building, Hanover Street East, Sir John Rogersons Quay	May 2025	€530,000	127 m
Apartment 9 The Ivory Building, Hanover Street East, Sir John Rogersons Quay	May 2025	€532,000	127 m
Apartment 24, The Ivory Building, Hanover Street East	May 2025	€645,000	127 m
Apartment 26 Ivory Building, Hanover Street East	Mar 2025	€420,000	127 m
Apt 29 Ivory Building, Hanover St East, Dublin 2	Jan 2025	€415,000	127 m
Apartment 23 The Ivory Building, Hanover Street East, Sir John Rogersons Quay	May 2025	€550,000	127 m
Apartment 16 The Ivory Building, Hanover Street East, Sir John Rogersons Quay	Jul 2025	€545,000	127 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 received28 January 2022
Decision due24 March 2022
Decision issued24 March 2022
Grant issued24 March 2022

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