Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 26 October 2023

City Block No. 9 (1.96ha), North Wall Quay and Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1.

Amendments to a previously permitted commercial office development within a Strategic Development Zone.

DSDZ4408/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 1 September 2023

Reference
DSDZ4408/23
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Permission
Received
1 September 2023

Summary

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This application seeks permission to amend Block No. 2 of a previously permitted commercial scheme within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock Strategic Development Zone. The overall permitted scheme includes three office buildings ranging from 5 to 9 storeys.

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Official record

Development description

  • Permission: site of 0.4834ha to amend block no. 2 of a previously permitted scheme (reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22, which itself amends reg. Ref. Dsdz2103/21, reg. Ref. Dsdz3409/19 and reg. Ref dsdz3780/17). Permission reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22 permits the construction of 3 no. Commercial office buildings totalling 67,903 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, and is valid until 21 june 2028. (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
  • )) 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
  • 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. (permitted block no. 1 and block no. 3 are not affected. ) the permitted block no. 2 has a gross floor area (gfa) of 42,632 sq m (comprising: 30,470 sq m above ground; 3,659 sq m at lower ground floor, and 8,503 sq m at basement levels). The gross floor area of the proposed amendment scheme increases by 118 sq m to 42,750 sq m from that granted by permission reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22, following: a decrease of 3 sq m at ground and above; an increase of 118 sq m at lower ground floor level; and an increase of 3 sq m at basement levels. The amendment scheme will consist of the following
  • Relocation and resizing of the gallery / exhibition entrance door along the southern façade (for fire compliance purposes)
  • Relocation of structural columns from the interior to the exterior of the structure along the southern and eastern facades to be clad in anodic bronze aluminium to match fins on remainder of the facades
  • Structural columns amended from internal vertical to internal inclined on the western façade at level 01 and at the south west of block no. 2 at level 02
  • Provision of glass balustrades edge protection to the perimeter of the ground floor level roof lights on the eastern elevation
  • Alterations to the northern façade comprising the reconfiguration of the esb substation façade as per esb compliance requirements
  • Increase in height in level 07 atrium rooflight on the southern elevation by 320mm at the highest point and 500mm at the lowest point
  • Relocation of six car parking spaces from basement level 03 to basement level 02 (condition no. 16(b) of permission reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22 required the removal of 2 no. Car parking spaces from the permitted 3-block scheme (reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22), separately a compliance submission to dcc illustrates that that amendment occurs in block no. 3 external to this application)
  • Relocation of 12 no. Motorbike parking spaces from basement level 02 to basement level 03
  • Part of the internal higher level of permitted ground floor level and all associated landscape and access levels lowered by 450mm from 4.55m od to 4.1m od; office storage room added with internal ramp access (included as part of the nia)
  • Alterations to the ground floor level façade along the northern, eastern and southern elevations to reflect the levels change of 450mm from 4.55m od to 4.1m od; 11.2 no. Single doors at lower ground floor level added from office storage room to access corridor for maintenance and for fire escape compliance
  • Relocation of the secondary entrance door at ground floor level along the northern façade to facilitate the change in ground levels
  • Material update to lift core overruns at low level only behind the plant screens at roof level 09
  • Relocation of internal vertical columns along gl a9, from level 01 to level 05, to align with internal ground floor level column; and
  • Increase in atrium rooflight size by 1.5m wide to house internal gantry for access and maintenance purposes to the rooflight at level
  • (items 1-7 are also the subject of another amendment application (reg. Ref dsdz4208/23) submitted to dcc on monday, 24 july 2023. ) (for information purposes, in compliance with condition no 16(c) of permission reg. Ref. Dsdz5296/22 (relating to the three blocks), some 41 no. Bicycle parking spaces have been added to the 372 no. Previously proposed in block no. 2- now for a new total of 413 no. Bicycle parking spaces

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

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
472 Castleforbes Sq, Block K, Dublin 1Apr 2025€511,000173 m
Apt 300, Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1Jun 2026€555,000187 m
299e Castleforbes Square, North Wall, Dublin 1May 2026€375,000187 m
Apt 277, Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd Dublin 1Feb 2025€476,000188 m
291 Block E, Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1Jun 2026€477,000188 m
155 Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd, Dublin 1May 2026€466,600222 m
Apt 148 0 Castleforbes Sq, Dublin 1, DublinJan 2025€395,000222 m
158 Castleforbes Sq, Castleforbes Rd, Dublin 1Sept 2025€440,000222 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

  1. Application received1 September 2023
  2. Decision due26 October 2023
  3. Decision issued26 October 2023
  4. Permission expiry9 December 2028

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