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Dublin City Council · WEB1391/25 · Permission

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7

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Council received 27 Feb 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (562 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB1391/25 is a planning application for permission at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, received by Dublin City Council on 27 Feb 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of the construction of a new raised helipad with a diameter of 26.4m on a structural metal frame on the rooftop of the existing Rock Wing of Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, approx. 36m above Ground Level. Associated access/egress ramp from the helipad to the existing roof at Level 09 and emergency escape stairs to the existing roof at Level 07. New external rooftop access hatch above Level 06 to provide alternative escape access to existing internal fire escape stairs towards Eccles Street with subsequent change of existing store room and staff room to stairs and link corridor at Level 06. Associated services and plant including a Deck Integrated Fire Fighting System (DIFFS) with water storage and water retention tanks at Level 08. Associated lighting to landing deck of Helipad and access/egress routes. Roof mounted windsock on adjacent McGivney Wing with associated new maintenance ladder. Internal alterations to the existing adjacent circulation core including widening the existing stairs between levels 09 and 07 and revising a lobby to the existing fire-fighting shaft at level 07. The council declared the application invalid on 28 Feb 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 3 Apr 2025. The site is zoned S5 — sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 131 other decided applications in the last five years and 25 appeals.

Observations close 3 Apr 2025 closed 527 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (27 Feb 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
Site report

Proposal

The development will consist of the construction of a new raised helipad with a diameter of 26.4m on a structural metal frame on the rooftop of the existing Rock Wing of Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, approx. 36m above Ground Level. Associated access/egress ramp from the helipad to the existing roof at Level 09 and emergency escape stairs to the existing roof at Level 07. New external rooftop access hatch above Level 06 to provide alternative escape access to existing internal fire escape stairs towards Eccles Street with subsequent change of existing store room and staff room to stairs and link corridor at Level 06. Associated services and plant including a Deck Integrated Fire Fighting System (DIFFS) with water storage and water retention tanks at Level 08. Associated lighting to landing deck of Helipad and access/egress routes. Roof mounted windsock on adjacent McGivney Wing with associated new maintenance ladder. Internal alterations to the existing adjacent circulation core including widening the existing stairs between levels 09 and 07 and revising a lobby to the existing fire-fighting shaft at level 07.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared inva on 28 Feb 2025
Site (from polygon)
3,972 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 27 Feb 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 3 Apr 2025
  • 28 Feb 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 28 Mar 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    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

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 1
      P0054
    • NIAH-recorded building · 116
      house; The Dorset Dental Practice; house
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 1
      R149607

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87563). 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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