Mater Misercordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, D07 R2WY
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WEB1423/25 is a planning application for permission at Mater Misercordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, D07 R2WY, received by Dublin City Council on 3 Mar 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 granted permission on 25 Apr 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 7 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.
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
- Grant permission on 25 Apr 2025
- Final grant
- 30 May 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 3,972 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 3 Mar 2025New applicationObservation window closed 7 Apr 2025
- 25 Apr 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 23 May 2025

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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
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
- NIAH-recorded building · 116
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87565). 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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