Dublin City Council · 4524/19
Leech Papers
This is Leech Papers — 41 homes, up to 6 storeys. Read the scheme page →
- 25 Nov 2019Received
- 25 Aug 2020Grant permission
- 8 Oct 2020Final grant
- 19 Apr 2024Commenced
- Status
- Commenced
- Decision
- Grant permission · 25 Aug 2020
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Units
- 41
- Site
- 1,690 m²
What’s proposed
Planning permission for the demolition of the existing "Leech Papers" factory, site clearance and construction of a new six storey over partial basement apartment scheme. The scheme consists of: 33 one bedroom apartments; 8 two bedroom apartments; private balconies and 567 sqm of communal facilities (bulk storage area, meeting rooms, coffee lounge, laundry room & management suites) located on ground floor with storage for 41 bicycles. The development also includes an internal landscaped courtyard with communal bin storage, ESB substation, new boundary walls service connections and associated site development works at "Leech Papers" 1A-1C Shamrock Place, Dublin 1, D01 NV67
4524/19 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning permission for the demolition of the existing "Leech Papers" factory, site, received on 25 Nov 2019; permission was granted on 25 Aug 2020.
Planning details
- Reference
- 4524/19
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 25 Nov 2019
- Observations close
- 8 Jan 2020 (closed 2455 days ago)
- Decision due
- 25 Aug 2020 · decided 25 Aug 2020
- Decision
- Grant permission on 25 Aug 2020
- Proposed development
- Planning permission for the demolition of the existing "Leech Papers" factory, site clearance and construction of a new six storey over partial basement apartment scheme. The scheme consists of: 33 one bedroom apartments; 8 two bedroom apartments; private balconies and 567 sqm of communal facilities (bulk storage area, meeting rooms, coffee lounge, laundry room & management suites) located on ground floor with storage for 41 bicycles. The development also includes an internal landscaped courtyard with communal bin storage, ESB substation, new boundary walls service connections and associated site development works at "Leech Papers" 1A-1C Shamrock Place, Dublin 1, D01 NV67As published by the register.
- Site area
- 1,690 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
- Seven day notice SN0010217DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z2 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
G5 — Open space and amenity
Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.
Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected.
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.
- EPA-licensed facility · 1
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 61
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87199). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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