GrantedApartmentsDecided 18 December 2018

City Block 2, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1

Amendments to a permitted development to increase the total number of apartments to 349 units across two blocks.

DSDZ4279/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 26 October 2018

Reference: DSDZ4279/18
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 26 October 2018

Summary

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This application seeks permission for amendments to a previously permitted development within a Strategic Development Zone. The changes involve internal reconfigurations of Block 1 and Block 2 to increase the total number of residential units from 322 to 349 apartments.

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Residential units: 349

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission for amendments to previously permitted development, reg. Ref. Dsdz2896/18 at a site of 1.26 hectares located at city block 2, spencer dock, dublin
The site is bound by sheriff street upper to the north, mayor street upper to the south, new wapping street to the east and a development site to the west (also part of block 2). The development site also includes the existing operational north lotts pumping station and its associated infrastructure - the proposed development involved building adjacent to, and over, the pumping station. The application relates to a proposed development within a strategic development zone planning scheme area. The proposed development comprises of amendments to previously permitted development dsdz2896/18 comprising of: - internal re-configuration of the previously permitted block 1 and block 2 to provide for 349 no. Residential units (174 no. 1 beds and 175 no. 2 beds) increasing the permitted total from 322 no. 349 no. Units; - block 1 will comprise of 222 no. Units (105 no. 1 beds and 117 no. 2 beds); - block 2 will comprise of 127 no. Units (69 no. 1 beds 58 no. 2 beds); - the revised block layout will result in amendments to all elevations including revised location and provision of private balconies/ terraces and revised resident amenity facilities; - revised under croft layout and increase in area to include an increase in car parking spaces from 77 no. Car parking spaces to 80 no. Car parking and increase in bicycle parking from 462 no. Spaces to 524 no. Spaces and an increase in plant area; - revised aparthotel layout to provide for 100 no. Units (240 no. Bed spaces); - provision of mezzanine level between ground and first floor level to include an extension to the cafe space permitted at ground floor level and ancillary office area to serve the aparthotel development; - provision of mezzanine level to 8 no. Ground floor aparthotel units; - revised landscaping and boundary treatment; - revision to plant at roof level; - the proposed amendments will not result in an increase in the permitted maximum building height; - the development also includes, suds drainage, the provision of a green roof on both blocks and all associated site development work necessary to facilitate the development

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 15 November 2018. A completion certificate was lodged on 31 August 2022.

Notified floor area: 32,920 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
202 Residential Units, Block 1 Spencer Place (north), Mayor Street Spencer Dock	Aug 2025	€88,452,722	63 m
3 Upper Mayor St, North Wall, Dublin 1	May 2025	€680,000	83 m
94 Residential Units, Block 2 Spencer Place (north), Mayor Street Spencer Dock	Aug 2025	€40,915,762	120 m
64 Co-living Units, Block 2 Spencer Place (north), Mayor Street Spencer Dock	Aug 2025	€24,420,751	120 m
Apt 13 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	Apr 2026	€531,750	127 m
6 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	May 2025	€320,000	127 m
32 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	Jun 2025	€338,000	127 m
28 Canon Hall, Church St East, Dublin 3	May 2026	€345,000	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 received26 October 2018
Decision due20 December 2018
Decision issued18 December 2018
Grant issued18 December 2018

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