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Dublin City Council · 3344/24

The Brickworks, Brickfield Lane, Dublin 8. The site is located to the west of Brickfield Lane and, north of Brown Street South

  1. 8 Mar 2024Received
  2. 30 Apr 2024Grant permission
  3. 10 Jun 2024Final grant
  4. 12 Feb 2026Commenced
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Status
Commenced
Decision
Grant permission · 30 Apr 2024
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
3,217 m²

What’s proposed

The proposed development consists of the following: • Change of use of areas at ground and first floor of 'The Brickworks' student accommodation development from educational use to student accommodation, to provide 38 no. additional student accommodation bedspaces in 6 no. clusters (1 no. 3 bed cluster, 1 no. 5 bed cluster, 1 no. 6 bed cluster, and 3 no. 8 bed clusters). This results in an overall increase of total student accommodation bedspaces from 276 no. to 314 no. spaces; • Provision of 10 no. additional cycle parking spaces at ground floor level (replacing an existing refuse store); • Associated alterations to fenestration and façade treatment to the east, west, north and south elevations at ground and first floor level; • Use of the existing and proposed student accommodation units for tourist or visitor accommodation during academic holidays (superseding the wording of Condition 18 of Reg. Ref.: 3316/16); • All associated development

3344/24 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the proposed development consists of the following: • Change of use of areas at ground, received on 8 Mar 2024; permission was granted on 30 Apr 2024.

Planning details

Reference
3344/24
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Decision Notice Issued
Received
8 Mar 2024
Observations close
12 Apr 2024 (closed 885 days ago)
Decision due
2 May 2024 · decided 30 Apr 2024
Decision
Grant permission on 30 Apr 2024
Proposed development
The proposed development consists of the following: • Change of use of areas at ground and first floor of 'The Brickworks' student accommodation development from educational use to student accommodation, to provide 38 no. additional student accommodation bedspaces in 6 no. clusters (1 no. 3 bed cluster, 1 no. 5 bed cluster, 1 no. 6 bed cluster, and 3 no. 8 bed clusters). This results in an overall increase of total student accommodation bedspaces from 276 no. to 314 no. spaces; • Provision of 10 no. additional cycle parking spaces at ground floor level (replacing an existing refuse store); • Associated alterations to fenestration and façade treatment to the east, west, north and south elevations at ground and first floor level; • Use of the existing and proposed student accommodation units for tourist or visitor accommodation during academic holidays (superseding the wording of Condition 18 of Reg. Ref.: 3316/16); • All associated development
As published by the register.
Site area
3,217 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

  • Commencement notice CN0138430DC
    12 Feb 2026Brickfield Student Accommodation, Brown Street South, Dublin 8, D08 NY50matched by ref_exact

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.

S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.

Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

Designations within 250 m

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

  • NIAH-recorded building · 12
    Sophia Housing Association; house; The International Language and Business School
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 7
    Hospital; House - 18th/19th century; Graveyard

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87352). 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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