Dublin City Council · 3247/20
179, James's Street, Dublin 8
- 25 Aug 2020Received
- 3 Sept 2020Application declared inva
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Application declared inva · 3 Sept 2020
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 1,532 m²
What’s proposed
Planning permission for the demolition of all existing buildings on the site (total gross floor area: 1205sqm) and construction of a mixed use development as follows: 2 no. blocks of 5 and 6 storey height over 2 basement levels. Block A fronting James Street at 6 storeys with medical centre (132 sqm), café/retail at ground floor (151 sqm), above which, 4 storeys of habitable dwellings totalling 16 no. apartments (1225 sqm) with a top floor of spa/relaxation rooms (200 sqm) and rooftop garden. Block B to rear of site at 5 storeys comprising 4 storeys of habitable dwellings totalling 12 no. apartments with a top floor of spa/relaxation rooms (155 sqm) and rooftop garden. Total no. of apartments 28 no. units of which 7 no. 1 beds, 17 no. 2 beds & 3 no. 3 beds with 49 no. bicycle parking spaces. Lower basement consisting of Gym (291 sqm) pool spa and associated facilities (770 sqm) with upper level basement consisting of (treatment and procedure rooms and associated facilities (921 sqm). Access via 5 no. James Street entry/ egress points
3247/20 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning permission for the demolition of all existing buildings on the site (total, received on 25 Aug 2020; it was withdrawn on 3 Sept 2020.
Planning details
- Reference
- 3247/20
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 25 Aug 2020
- Observations close
- 29 Sept 2020 (closed 2189 days ago)
- Decision due
- 19 Oct 2020 · decided 3 Sept 2020
- Decision
- Application declared inva on 3 Sept 2020
- Proposed development
- Planning permission for the demolition of all existing buildings on the site (total gross floor area: 1205sqm) and construction of a mixed use development as follows: 2 no. blocks of 5 and 6 storey height over 2 basement levels. Block A fronting James Street at 6 storeys with medical centre (132 sqm), café/retail at ground floor (151 sqm), above which, 4 storeys of habitable dwellings totalling 16 no. apartments (1225 sqm) with a top floor of spa/relaxation rooms (200 sqm) and rooftop garden. Block B to rear of site at 5 storeys comprising 4 storeys of habitable dwellings totalling 12 no. apartments with a top floor of spa/relaxation rooms (155 sqm) and rooftop garden. Total no. of apartments 28 no. units of which 7 no. 1 beds, 17 no. 2 beds & 3 no. 3 beds with 49 no. bicycle parking spaces. Lower basement consisting of Gym (291 sqm) pool spa and associated facilities (770 sqm) with upper level basement consisting of (treatment and procedure rooms and associated facilities (921 sqm). Access via 5 no. James Street entry/ egress pointsAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 1,532 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
Nearby 88 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
- Open11, Camac Terrace, Kilmainham Lane, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn11 CAMAC TERRACE, KILMAINHAM LANE, Dublin 8, D08 C8XH
- OpenSaint James's National School, Basin View, Dublin 8
- OpenCarmac House, 1-3 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnCamac House, 1-3 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnCamac House,1-3 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8
- Open4th Floor, Roof Terrace, St. James Court, No. 8, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn64, Ceannt Fort, O'Reilly Avenue, Dublin 8
Show all 88
- GrantedCardiology and Respiratory Diagnostic Unit Building, , St James Hospital, James's Street Dublin 8
- WithdrawnCardiology and Respiratory Diagnostic Unit Building , St James Hospital , James's Street , Dublin 8
- CommencedBlock 5 (now known as The Maltings Building), Grand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnBlock 5 (now known as the Maltings Building), Grand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8
- GrantedBlock 6 (now known as The Lock Keeper's Building), Grand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8
- Commenced29 Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- Withdrawn29 Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- Withdrawn29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- Withdrawn29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08 V44T
- OpenLands at the Junction of Irwin Court and Irwin Street Kilmainham Dublin 8
- WithdrawnLands at the Junction of Irwin Street, Irwin Court and Irwin Street, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 H1W6
- GrantedBrewery at St. James's Gate and adjacent to the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin 8, D08AX97
- Appeal decided8 Camac Terrace, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- CommencedSt James's Healthcare Campus, St James's Street, Dublin 8
- Refused16-17 Grand Canal Place, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 AY88
- WithdrawnSt. James's Healthcare Campus, St. James's Street, Dublin 8, D08NHY1
- RefusedBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham Dublin 8
- WithdrawnBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- GrantedUnits 4 and 7 and the retail anchor unit, Ground Floor, Block A, Herberton, Jame's Walk, Rialto, Dublin 8
- CommencedUnit 1B, Dargan Building, Heuston South Quarter, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnUnit 1B Dargan Building, Heuston South Quarter, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnSite to the rear of St James's Roman Catholic Church, James's Street and Echlin Street, Dublin 8
- GrantedGuiness Brewery, bounded by James's Street, Victoria Quay, Watling Street and Steevens Lane, Dublin 8
- Granted180, 182-184 James's Street, Dublin 8, F08 FF21
- Commenced23 James Street, Dublin 8, D08 V3P2
- Withdrawn23 James Street, Dublin 8, D08 V3P2
- Granted76 O'Reilly Avenue, Ceannt Fort, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn76 O’Reilly Avenue, Ceannt Fort, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
- Granted22, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 KVP2
- GrantedDr Steeven's Hospital, Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8, D08 W2A8
- CommencedUnit 9, Sancton Wood Building, Heuston South Quarter, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 TK88
- Granted20, Bow Bridge, Dublin 8 , D08A6W4
- WithdrawnUnit 9, Sancton Wood Building, Heuston South Quarter, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08TK88
- GrantedTrinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnTrinity Centre for Health Sciences at St. James Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn20 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8 , D08A6W4
- CommencedBlock 1, ground floor retail unit, Grand Canal Harbour , Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8
- CommencedMace, 45-47, James's Street, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 K59A
- Commenced26 Faulkners tec, Dublin 8, D08 PF2H
- Appeal decidedLands at the Junction of Irwin Street, Irwin Court, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Refused16-17 Grand Canal Place, The Liberties, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnLands at the junction of Irwin Street and Irwin Court, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Commenced15, Camac Terrace, Kilmainham Lane, Dublin 8-D08F5X2
- Commenced26 Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 N59F
- Appeal decided177-179, James Street, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn177 to 179, James Street, Dublin 8
- GrantedSt. James's Healthcare Campus, St. James's Street, Dublin 8
- Appeal decided134, James's Street and the corner of Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8, D08 YV6H
- Refused22, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn22, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08KVP
- GrantedGrand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnBus Stop No. 4413, in front of Heuston Station on the public footpath on the Northern side of Saint John's Road West, Dublin 8
- Granted157, Donnellan Avenue, Ceannt Fort, Dublin 8, D08 Y9KA
- RefusedSite to the rear 10-13 Faulkners Terrace, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
- GrantedThe Malt House, 27-28 James's Street, Dublin 8
- CommencedBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 K2NP
- Appeal decided29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- WithdrawnBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 K2NP
- Withdrawn29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08 V44T
- Refused134, James's Street, and the corner of Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8, D08 YV6H
- Appeal decidedHeuston South Quarter which is bounded by St. John's Road West (to the north), Military Road (to the east) and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Protected Structure) (to the west and south), Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- CommencedLands at Guinness Brewery to the South of James Street, Dublin 8
- GrantedDiageo Brewery bounded by James's Street, Watling Street, Victoria Quay and Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8
- GrantedSite at junction of St. John's Road West and Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnDiageo Brewery, bounded by James's Street, Watling Street, Victoria Quay and Steven's Lane, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnSite at junction of St. John's Road West and Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, with access from Military Road
- GrantedSt. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8
- Granted8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Appeal decidedSite to the side of 22, Cameron Square, Dublin 8, D08 KVP2
- GrantedSite of former No. 2 Brewery, which incorporates the Brew Hall Building and connected Front Wing Building, and which is part of the existing Guinness Brewery lands to the South of James's Street, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn22A, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 D08 E4E3
- Withdrawn8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 D08 E4E3
- Withdrawn8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 D08 E4E3
- GrantedSt. Patrick's University Hospital Campus, James's Street, Dublin 8
- CommencedUnits 8 & 9, The Dargan Building (Block 7B), Heuston South Quarter, St. Johns Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- RefusedSite to the rear of St. James Roman Catholic Church, James's Street, Dublin 8 with access onto Echlin Street .
- CommencedDiageo Brewery, bounded by James's Street, Watling Street, Victoria Quay and Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnSite to the rear of St. James's Roman Catholic Church , James's Street, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnDiageo Brewery, bounded by James's Street, Watling Street, Victoria Quay and Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8
Homes nearby
- Sold175 James's Street, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnApartment 18, Chandlers Guild, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 YY31
- SoldApartment 22, Chandlers Guild, 169-171 James's Street, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn5 Mcdowell Avenue, Ceannt Fort, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 A3NE
- SoldApartment 4, Chandlers Guild, 169-171 James's Street, Dublin 8
- SoldApartment 66, Block D, Old Kilmainham Village, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8
Development land nearby
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- Permission running out · 399 homes granted 31 Mar 2022, expires 31 Mar 2027 — Heuston South Quarter (0.3 km)
- Permitted, not started · 15 homes granted 23 Jan 2025, expires 23 Jan 2030 — James's Street and the corner of Steeven's Lane (0.3 km)
- Permitted, not started · 51 homes granted 03 Jun 2026, expires 03 Jun 2031 — 42 Marrowbone Lane (0.6 km)
- Residential land off Old Kilmainham Village, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8 (0.1 km)
- Residential land off Bow Bridge Place, Irwin Street, Dublin 8 (0.1 km)
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
R2 — Existing residential
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 22
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 12
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 85510). 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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