Site (c. 0.22ha) at Mespil Court, Mespil Road and Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516
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WEB2434/24 is a planning application for permission at Site (c. 0.22ha) at Mespil Court, Mespil Road and Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516, received by Dublin City Council on 6 Nov 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The site is generally bounded by buildings in office use to the south, no. 39 Mespil Road (Protected Structure) to the west, and by Mespil Road and the Grand Canal to the north. The development will consist of a 3-storey mixed use building extension comprising: A 2-storey, raised bridge, office extension adjoining the 2nd and 3rd floors of the existing Mespil Court office building on its northwestern elevation; external plant room at 1st floor and office core extending down to ground floor level (total GFA c. 723.5 sqm). Proposed condenser units to the existing office roof. A 3-storey, mixed use building comprising: 1no. café at ground floor, with ancillary storage and staff facilities (total GFA c.107 sqm) and associated external terrace at ground level; 2no. floors of offices at 1st and 2nd floors, with associated support facilities (total GFA c. 254.5 sqm); Roof garden at 1st floor. All ancillary and associated site development, infrastructural, landscaping, signage and site boundary works, including: 30 no. spaces, two tier bike racks in a bicycle store (27.5 sqm); 18. no. semi vertical bike racks to replace existing bike racks; New bin store (13 sqm); 2 no. Sheffield stands in the front curtilage (visitors) and 1 no. Sheffield Stand by the bin store; Ground floor plant room (27 sqm); Signage zones to northern and eastern ground floor elevations of café unit (c.12 sqm total), and totem sign (c.3 sqm) associated with office within front curtilage adjacent to Mespil Road site boundary; Removal of existing boundary wall and railing fronting Mespil Road; and, insertion of new pedestrian access control gate to the eastern boundary pathway, south of the proposed café entrance; Associated green and blue roofs, and drainage for the proposed new works. The council granted permission on 20 Dec 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 11 Dec 2024. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 321726 on 4 Jun 2025 (grant conditions). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 143 other decided applications in the last five years and 37 appeals.
Proposal
The site is generally bounded by buildings in office use to the south, no. 39 Mespil Road (Protected Structure) to the west, and by Mespil Road and the Grand Canal to the north. The development will consist of a 3-storey mixed use building extension comprising: A 2-storey, raised bridge, office extension adjoining the 2nd and 3rd floors of the existing Mespil Court office building on its northwestern elevation; external plant room at 1st floor and office core extending down to ground floor level (total GFA c. 723.5 sqm). Proposed condenser units to the existing office roof. A 3-storey, mixed use building comprising: 1no. café at ground floor, with ancillary storage and staff facilities (total GFA c.107 sqm) and associated external terrace at ground level; 2no. floors of offices at 1st and 2nd floors, with associated support facilities (total GFA c. 254.5 sqm); Roof garden at 1st floor. All ancillary and associated site development, infrastructural, landscaping, signage and site boundary works, including: 30 no. spaces, two tier bike racks in a bicycle store (27.5 sqm); 18. no. semi vertical bike racks to replace existing bike racks; New bin store (13 sqm); 2 no. Sheffield stands in the front curtilage (visitors) and 1 no. Sheffield Stand by the bin store; Ground floor plant room (27 sqm); Signage zones to northern and eastern ground floor elevations of café unit (c.12 sqm total), and totem sign (c.3 sqm) associated with office within front curtilage adjacent to Mespil Road site boundary; Removal of existing boundary wall and railing fronting Mespil Road; and, insertion of new pedestrian access control gate to the eastern boundary pathway, south of the proposed café entrance; Associated green and blue roofs, and drainage for the proposed new works.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 20 Dec 2024
- Final grant
- 4 Jun 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 2,159 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 6 Nov 2024New applicationObservation window closed 11 Dec 2024
- 20 Dec 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 27 Jan 2025
- 27 Jan 2025Appeal lodged
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z6: Employment/Enterprise: To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.
Zoned to protect the open land between urban areas. Development is strongly resisted.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 38
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88223). 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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