GrantedCommercialDecided 12 June 2024

City Block No. 9 (1.96ha), North Wall Quay and Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1, bounded by North Wall Quay to the south, the residual City Block No. 9 lands of 1.4766, ha to the north and east, and Castleforbes Road to the west as identified in the North Lot

Amendments to a previously permitted commercial office development at Block No. 2.

DSDZ3552/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 18 April 2024

Reference: DSDZ3552/24
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 18 April 2024

Summary

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This application seeks to amend a previously permitted commercial scheme on a 0.4834-hectare site. The amendments relate to Block No. 2, which is part of a larger decoupled office development ranging from 5 to 9 storeys.

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Storeys: 9

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Official record

Development description

For development on a site of 0.4834ha to amend block no. 2 of a previously permitted scheme (reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23, which itself amends reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22, reg. Ref. Dsdz2103/21, reg. Ref. Dsdz3402/19 and reg. Ref. Dsdz3780/17). (permission reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23 was on the same site of 0.4834ha and permission reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22 was on a larger site of 1.0432 hectares. The difference in site area of 0.5598ha is due to the permitted decoupling of block no. 2 from block nos. 1 and
) permission reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22 (as amended by reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23) amends the earlier reg. Ref. Dsdz2103/21 (which permitted commercial blocks (block nos. 1, 2/3 and
To permit the construction of 3 no. Commercial office buildings totalling 68,031 sq m (including retail services (152 sq m) and gallery / exhibition (188 sq m), identified as block nos. 1-3, ranging in height from 5-storeys to 9-storeys. Permission reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22 permits the development of block no. 2 independently of block nos. 1 and 3 from which it is decoupled. Dcc subsequentially granted two mutually- exclusive amendment permissions (reg. Ref. Dsdz4208/23 and reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23) in respect of block no
The commercial permissions are valid until 21 june 2028 (reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22), and 9 december 2028 (for that element of the site covered by reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23), respectively. This application relates to a proposed development within a strategic development zone planning scheme area, located within city block no. 9 (1.96ha), north wall quay and mayor street upper, dublin 1, bounded by north wall quay to the south, the residual city block no. 9 lands of 1.4766ha to the north and east, and castleforbes road to the west as identified in the north lotts & grand canal dock planning scheme, 2014 (as amended). (permitted block no. 1 and block no. 3 are not affected by this application). Reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23 permitted block no. 2 with a gross floor area (gfa) of 42,750 sq m (comprising: 30,467 sq m above ground floor level
3,777 sq m at lower ground floor level
01; and 8,506 sq m at basement levels). The gross floor area of the proposed amendment scheme will decrease by 121 sq m to 42,629 sq m from that granted by permission reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/22, following: a decrease of 67 sq m at ground floor level 00 and above (from 30,467 sq m to 30,400 sq m); an increase of 4 sq m at lower ground floor level
01 (from 3,777 sq m to 3,781 sq m); and a decrease of 58 sq m at basement levels (from 8,506 sq m to 8,448 sq m) (in part due to amendment of the basement walls). The development will consist of amendments to the permitted reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23 scheme
Revised location of electrical distribution board room and plant room, including reconfiguration of car parking spaces at basement level
Addition of a structural column along gl a between gl 6/7 at basement level
03 and basement level
Addition of fire lobbies to core 02 at basement level 02 and basement level 03, as per condition 2 of the fire safety certificate
Addition of a lobby to the escape entrance including additional double doors to facilitate goods in/out and resizing of existing lobby to escape corridor at ground floor level 00
Reconfiguration of the attenuation tank (previously mis-labelled void on drawing no. Z1009, rev. D in reg. Ref. Dsdz4408/23 at lower ground floor
01) not resulting in any changes to its volume
Change from a single door to a set of double doors to office storage at lower ground floor level
Provision of access from the waste lift onto lower ground floor level 01
Addition of ventilation louvres to north façade and east façade above the doors of retail services at ground floor level 00 to reflect compliance with building regulations part f, for ventilation of office buildings
Addition of an atrium void to ground floor level 00
Addition of a set of double doors to the bike lift lobby in core 02 at ground floor level 00 along castleforbes road
Relocation of office maintenance store door at ground floor level 00
Decrease in the size of the revolving doors to the main entrance at ground floor level 00 on north wall quay, from 2.85m to 2.3m diameter each
Reduction of the ground floor level 00 retail services floorspace by 22 sq m gia from 152 sq m to 130 sq m, with the 22 sq m subsumed into the permitted office floor space
Reconfiguration of the façade at the office maintenance store at ground floor level 00 comprising an update from opaque to vision glass
Reduction of the atrium size by 16 sq m from 26 sq m to 10 sq m at main entrance and addition of full height fire-rated glazing from ground floor level 00 to first floor level 01
Relocation of the structural column at fifth floor level 05, between gl d-e/1-2
Relocation of the external doors on the fifth floor level 05 north terrace and seventh floor level 07 north and south terrace
Extension to roof plant screens at roof level 07 and roof level 09 and reconfiguration of all associated landscaping; and
All other ancillary works

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

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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	173 m
Apt 300, Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1	Jun 2026	€555,000	187 m
299e Castleforbes Square, North Wall, Dublin 1	May 2026	€375,000	187 m
Apt 277, Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd Dublin 1	Feb 2025	€476,000	188 m
291 Block E, Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1	Jun 2026	€477,000	188 m
155 Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd, Dublin 1	May 2026	€466,600	222 m
Apt 148 0 Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1, Dublin	Jan 2025	€395,000	222 m
158 Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd, Dublin 1	Sept 2025	€440,000	222 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

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Application received18 April 2024
Decision due12 June 2024
Decision issued12 June 2024
Permission expiry27 July 2029

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