RefusedCommercialDecided 8 June 2023

Former Irish Glass Bottle (IGB) & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Sean Moore Road, South Bank Road, Dublin 4

Build a major office and mixed-use scheme on the former Irish Glass Bottle site in Poolbeg.

PWSDZ4380/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 1 July 2022

Reference: PWSDZ4380/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 1 July 2022

Summary

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This application seeks permission for an office and mixed-use scheme (Phase A Commercial) on an infill site of approximately 15.08 hectares. The development is located within the former Irish Glass Bottle and Fabrizia sites under the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme.

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Development description

Development of an office and mixed-use scheme (referred to as phase a commercial) on an infill site of c. 15.08 hectares (with a net focused site area of c. 1.78 ha) of land within the former irish glass bottle (igb) and fabrizia sites on sean moore road, dublin 4 (including some 198 sq metres of public domain on southbank road to accommodate vehicle and pedestrian access). The site is identified as within the a1 lands in the poolbeg west strategic development zone (sdz) planning scheme (april 2019). The overall site is bounded to the north-west by sean moore road, to the north-cast by south bank road, to the south-east by dublin port lands and dublin bay, and to the south-west by sean moore park. The overall site subsumes the 4.3 hectares site of the infrastructure permission (parent permission) (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3270/19) for which dublin city council issued a notification of final decision (10-year permission) on 28 january 2020, permitting: streets, transportation, water services and utilities' infrastructure; public realm and public amenity spaces; and temporary landscaping of a school site, to facilitate phase 1 development as provided for under the poolbeg west sdz planning scheme. The overall site also includes a recently issued planning permission approved (phase
(pwsdz3207/21) which relates to the development on a site area of some 4.46 hectares and proposes 570 no. Apartments within a mixed-use development (53,032 sq m), as well as the multi-modal transport hub (232 sq m) and the meanwhile use 'cultural hub' (1,364 sq m). The overall site is also the subject of an application for planning permission (phase 1b) (pwsdz3406/22) which relates to the development on a site area of some 0.76 hectares and proposes 356 no. Apartments and residential amenities, within a mixed-use development (43,944 sq m) comprising 1 no. Block (identified as block l). The overall site is also the subject of an application for planning permission (phase
(pwsdz4058/22) which relates to the development on a site area of some 2.10 hectares and proposes a residential and mixed-use scheme comprising a floor area of 64,906 sq m (54,682 sq m above basement). The development comprises 2 no. Blocks (identified as block d and e) to provide: 516 no. Apartment units and associated residential amenity facilities; a childcare facility: 5 no. Café restaurant units; 2 no. Retail services; 14 no. Retail units; 1 no. Foodhall, 1 no. Health facility: basement car parking; together with associated infrastructural works on the overall site. The phase 2 application for planning permission is located directly adjacent to the proposed phase a development the proposed development will consist of an office and mixed-use scheme with a total gfa of 45,993sq. M (excl. Basement / undercroft uc-02) comprising 2 no. Blocks (identified as blocks a and b). The proposed development includes the removal of tree cover located along the south bank road interface. An amendment to the parent permission (pwsdz3270/19) is also sought and relates to a reduction in the no. Of trees proposed (by 1 no. Tree) along the sean moore road interface and within the focused site area. The proposed development will consist of: block a (includes block aa & ab) of 26,545sq. M and ranging in height from 5-7 storeys over basement/undercroft car parking to include double height (uc-01 & 00 level) ground floor reception, office, a restaurant/bar, bakery/ café and event space with the upper floors to be used as offices. The offices have been designed to be suitable for a single user or multiple users with subdivisions. Block b of 19,448sq. M, and ranging in height from 5-12 storeys over basement/undercroft car parking to include double height (uc-01 & 00 level) ground floor reception, games bar and office with the upper floors to be used as offices. The offices have been designed to be suitable for a single user or multiple users with subdivisions. The uc-01 level of block a includes café, sports and recreation area, collaborative office, storage and building services. The uc-01 level of block b includes collaborative office, management facilities and building services. Each office block has a number of amenity terraces including at 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and roof level in block a and at 4th and 6th floor level in block b. A total of 77 no. Commercial car parking spaces (incl. 4 no. Disabled access spaces & 16 no. Ev spaces) and 2 no. Motorbike spaces, located at basement level with vehicular access from the street level (block a north eastern elevation), the provision of 29 no. On-street car parking spaces (incl. 8 no. Ev spaces and 6no, disabled access spaces) and 5 no. Loading bays; provision of 613 no. Bicycle parking spaces located at basement level with bicycle ramp access from street level and 130 no. Short-stay standard bicycle parking spaces (incl. 4 no. Cargo bicycle spaces) located at surface level; plant rooms, building services and energy centres, water tank, sprinkler rooms, tenant rooms, kitchenette, parcel/courier store, archive store, bin stores, bicycle stores. Lockers, showers, changing facilities, facilities management and games bar storage located at basement/uc-01 level; provision of public realm spaces including 1 no. Public square (pembroke square), glass bottle lane and public amenity spaces (totalling 1,931sq m); and two new local/side streets (pembroke place & glass bottle place) connecting to southbank road. The provision of the south bank link road as identified in the sdz planning scheme. The proposed development will include hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian and cycle links, boundary treatments, tree planting, public lighting, green roofs, solar pv panels, and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation. The scheme also provides for an option which includes for temporary site hoarding should the proposed development proceed ahead of the adjoining phase 2 residential proposal commencing

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
1 Bremen Road, Ringsend, Dublin	Nov 2025	€680,000	293 m
12 Leukos Rd, Dublin 4, Dublin	Mar 2026	€607,000	303 m
46 Bremen Rd, Ringsend Irishtown, Dublin 4	Dec 2025	€740,000	357 m
42 Bremen Rd, Ringsend Dublin 4, Dublin	Jun 2026	€698,500	366 m
313 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€823,788	395 m
114 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€493,392	395 m
117 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€484,581	395 m
45 Poolbeg Quay, Pigeon House Rd, Ringsend Dublin 4	Feb 2026	€410,000	398 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 received1 July 2022
Decision due8 June 2023
Decision issued8 June 2023

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