Rotunda Hospital Campus, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
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WEB2689/24 is a planning application for permission at Rotunda Hospital Campus, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, received by Dublin City Council on 10 Dec 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE The proposed development comprises a 4-storey over basement maternity hospital building extension (Critical Care Wing, c. 9,946 sq m gross floor area) including: 80no. additional hospital bedrooms, new theatre and ancillary facilities, a new link corridor (Level 02) and connections with the existing Entrance Building and Main Hospital Building (protected structure); and, all ancillary demolition, site development, conservation, and landscaping and boundary works on campus, including: -•Associated refurbishment works within the existing Entrance Building. •Refurbishment of the existing ward space on Level 02 within the Plunkett Cairns Wing, Medical Residence Building and Main Hospital Building (Protected Structures). •Plant at basement of the proposed new Critical Care Wing. •Chimney flues, plant and associated screening at roof level of the proposed new Critical Care Wing and at roof level of the existing Entrance Building. •Demolition of - existing single-storey Outpatient department (c.1,174 sq m GFA), vehicular ramps and tunnel; - existing plant structures, including single-storey plant/waste store, low voltage switch room and defunct water tank, in the central garden area. •Construction of a new single-storey bicycle store to provide an additional 98no. bicycle spaces at surface level. •Replacement of the existing vehicular access ramps with two new realigned vehicular access ramps to the existing lower-level surface car parks. •Reconfiguration of the existing lower-level surface car parks, including removal of 67no. existing car parking spaces. •Relocation of the existing waste compactors, from north of the original hospital building (protected structure), to new location in the reconfigured lower-level surface car park area with associated landscape screening. •Relocation of the existing medical waste store to an external storage area, under the proposed new access ramp with associated removal of an existing caged clinical waste store. •Construction of a screened generator and medical gases compound within the northern portion of the site. •Hard & soft landscaping elements to the perimeter of the proposed building and carparks including the creation of a lightwell behind the existing boundary railings. •Minor reconfiguration, removal (c.10m) and making good of the protected boundary railings along the western perimeter of the site.•Replacement of the existing pedestrian and vehicular entrance gates at the northwest perimeter of the site. The council granted permission on 31 Jul 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Jan 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 323482 on 9 Feb 2026 (refuse). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 130 other decided applications in the last five years and 36 appeals.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE The proposed development comprises a 4-storey over basement maternity hospital building extension (Critical Care Wing, c. 9,946 sq m gross floor area) including: 80no. additional hospital bedrooms, new theatre and ancillary facilities, a new link corridor (Level 02) and connections with the existing Entrance Building and Main Hospital Building (protected structure); and, all ancillary demolition, site development, conservation, and landscaping and boundary works on campus, including: -•Associated refurbishment works within the existing Entrance Building. •Refurbishment of the existing ward space on Level 02 within the Plunkett Cairns Wing, Medical Residence Building and Main Hospital Building (Protected Structures). •Plant at basement of the proposed new Critical Care Wing. •Chimney flues, plant and associated screening at roof level of the proposed new Critical Care Wing and at roof level of the existing Entrance Building. •Demolition of - existing single-storey Outpatient department (c.1,174 sq m GFA), vehicular ramps and tunnel; - existing plant structures, including single-storey plant/waste store, low voltage switch room and defunct water tank, in the central garden area. •Construction of a new single-storey bicycle store to provide an additional 98no. bicycle spaces at surface level. •Replacement of the existing vehicular access ramps with two new realigned vehicular access ramps to the existing lower-level surface car parks. •Reconfiguration of the existing lower-level surface car parks, including removal of 67no. existing car parking spaces. •Relocation of the existing waste compactors, from north of the original hospital building (protected structure), to new location in the reconfigured lower-level surface car park area with associated landscape screening. •Relocation of the existing medical waste store to an external storage area, under the proposed new access ramp with associated removal of an existing caged clinical waste store. •Construction of a screened generator and medical gases compound within the northern portion of the site. •Hard & soft landscaping elements to the perimeter of the proposed building and carparks including the creation of a lightwell behind the existing boundary railings. •Minor reconfiguration, removal (c.10m) and making good of the protected boundary railings along the western perimeter of the site.•Replacement of the existing pedestrian and vehicular entrance gates at the northwest perimeter of the site.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 31 Jul 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 9,580 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 10 Dec 2024New applicationObservation window closed 23 Jan 2025
- 12 Feb 2025Further information requested
- 4 Jul 2025Further information received
- 31 Jul 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 28 Aug 2025
- 28 Aug 2025Appeal lodged
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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.
- NIAH-recorded building · 242
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 12
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88143). 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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