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Dublin City Council · 3091/21

157-164, Townsend Street, Dublin 2

  1. 5 Jul 2021Received
  2. 28 Oct 2021Grant permission
  3. 9 Dec 2021Final grant
Status
Granted
Decision
Grant permission · 28 Oct 2021
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
1,383 m²

What’s proposed

Planning permission for amendments to the previously permitted development, Reg. Ref.: 4485/17, on a site of c.0.1419ha. at 157-164 Townsend Street at the junction with Spring Garden Lane, Dublin 2, D02 V186. The proposed development provides for: - Reconfiguration of the lower basement; - Reconfiguration of upper basement to provide for additional showers, an additional 24 no. cycle spaces (increasing from 94 no. spaces to 118 no.) and enlargement of stairwell (the enlargement continues up through the building); - Realignment of western boundary gable wall and associated stairwell; - Revision to the site boundary on the western side of the site; - At ground floor level, the addition of two new fire escape doors to Spring Garden Lane, repositioning of substation and switch room, relocation of vents, omission of door and omission of secondary door to main entrance on Townsend Street; - At sixth floor level, balconies are provided at northern and southern corners of western gable; - New additional eighth storey; - New additional set back ninth storey with terraces on northern and southern elevation providing 174sqm of external space; - Plant enclosed by plant screen at roof level, which is a green roof. The maximum height of the proposed development is increased to 38.095m (including roof-level plant) from 27.990m. The gross floor area increases from 8813sq.m. (excluding basement) to 13070sq.m. (including basement). The site is currently under construction

3091/21 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning permission for amendments to the previously permitted development, Reg. Ref., received on 5 Jul 2021; permission was granted on 28 Oct 2021.

Planning details

Reference
3091/21
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued
Received
5 Jul 2021
Observations close
9 Aug 2021 (closed 1867 days ago)
Decision due
28 Oct 2021 · decided 28 Oct 2021
Decision
Grant permission on 28 Oct 2021
Proposed development
Planning permission for amendments to the previously permitted development, Reg. Ref.: 4485/17, on a site of c.0.1419ha. at 157-164 Townsend Street at the junction with Spring Garden Lane, Dublin 2, D02 V186. The proposed development provides for: - Reconfiguration of the lower basement; - Reconfiguration of upper basement to provide for additional showers, an additional 24 no. cycle spaces (increasing from 94 no. spaces to 118 no.) and enlargement of stairwell (the enlargement continues up through the building); - Realignment of western boundary gable wall and associated stairwell; - Revision to the site boundary on the western side of the site; - At ground floor level, the addition of two new fire escape doors to Spring Garden Lane, repositioning of substation and switch room, relocation of vents, omission of door and omission of secondary door to main entrance on Townsend Street; - At sixth floor level, balconies are provided at northern and southern corners of western gable; - New additional eighth storey; - New additional set back ninth storey with terraces on northern and southern elevation providing 174sqm of external space; - Plant enclosed by plant screen at roof level, which is a green roof. The maximum height of the proposed development is increased to 38.095m (including roof-level plant) from 27.990m. The gross floor area increases from 8813sq.m. (excluding basement) to 13070sq.m. (including basement). The site is currently under construction
As published by the register.
Site area
1,383 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    M2 — Major town centre

    Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.

    The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

    Designations within 250 m

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 65
      Loop Line Railway; harbour/dock/port; house
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 17
      Hospital; Boundary stone; Chapel

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86384). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.

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