GrantedInfrastructureDecided 9 October 2020

Coach Park, Park Lane, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1

Continued temporary use of an access road and entrance for a coach park in Spencer Dock.

WEBDSDZ1562/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 17 August 2020

Reference: WEBDSDZ1562/20
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 17 August 2020

Summary

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The application seeks a five-year temporary permission for an entrance and access road from Park Lane to the North Wall Yard. The site is located within the North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock Strategic Development Zone.

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Official record

Development description

For temporary development of a site at coach park, park lane, spencer dock, dublin
This application relates to proposed development within the north lotts and grand canal dock strategic development zone (within block 2a & 2c of planning scheme). This application relates to proposed development within the north lotts and grand canal dock strategic development zone (within block 2a & 2c of planning scheme). The proposed development consists of the continued temporary use for a period of five years (subsequent to extant permission reg. Ref. Dsdz3650/15), comprising 1,900sq. M (0.19hecares), of an entrance and access road from park lane to iarnród éireann’s north wall yard, via an underpass beneath sheriff street upper. The development includes (as constructed in accordance with reg. Ref dsdz3650/15), a gated entrance (28m frontage opening) north of mayor street on the eastern side of park lane. The private access road is generally 8m in width and 150m in total length, part of which is an existing private road previously constructed by iarnród éireann. Lighting, fencing, cctv and vehicle management controls will be implemented at the entrance and along the route. The facility will only permit access to empty private coaches. The coach park will continue to operate as per the existing requirements of condition no. 3 (7am to midnight) of the extant planning permission for the coach park reg. Ref. 3651/15 pl29n. 245861. It is intended to continue to use the former north wall freight depot as a coach parking facility on a temporary basis until the lands are necessary for the construction of dart underground, for which a railway order has been approved. This application is also subject to a concurrent and inter-related planning application for the continued temporary use of a coach parking facility (further to extant permission reg. Ref 3651/15 pl29n. 245861) to the north of sheriff street upper, which is on lands outside the grand canal and north lotts strategic development zone

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
11 Saunders House, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1	Dec 2025	€543,000	46 m
27 Saunders House, Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay Dublin 1	Oct 2025	€525,000	50 m
2 Copebridge House, Spencer Dock, Wall Quay North Dublin 1	Mar 2025	€297,000	61 m
Apt 8 Copebridge House, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1	Mar 2026	€400,000	61 m
4 Copebridge House, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1	Jun 2025	€310,000	61 m
Apt 3 Copebridge House, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1	Apr 2026	€285,000	61 m
8 Packenham House, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1	Feb 2025	€462,000	70 m
13 Pakenham House, Spencer Dock, Wall Quay North Dublin 1	May 2025	€490,000	70 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 received17 August 2020
Decision due9 October 2020
Decision issued9 October 2020
Grant issued9 October 2020

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