Stokes Place, St. Stephen's Green South and Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
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WEB2910/25 is a planning application for permission at Stokes Place, St. Stephen's Green South and Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, received by Dublin City Council on 18 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: KW Investment Funds ICAV acting for and on behalf of its sub-fund KW Investment Fund VII Intends to apply for Permission at a site (c. 0.7 Ha) at: Stokes Place, St Stephen’s Green South and Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. The site is generally bounded by Nos. 92-100 St. Stephen's Green (Protected Structures) to the north and east; Harcourt Street to the west; Nos. 87-91 Harcourt Street (Protected Structures) and buildings on Clonmel Street to the south; and Iveagh Gardens (Protected Structure) to the southeast. The proposed development comprising of amendments to An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-311618-21 (DCC Reg. Ref 2062/21) consisting of the following: - Reconfiguration and reduction of the basement levels and repositioned vehicular ramp; Revised ground floor layout including additional pedestrian entrance from St. Stephen’s Green with the consolidation of vehicular access from St. Stephen’s Green only, additional office space, provision of a community café (c. 55 sqm) within a retained structure at the rear of the site and change of use from permitted café/restaurant to an event/entertainment space (c. 483sqm); Inclusion of the existing Russell Court Residential Apartment Building within the application site boundary to facilitate the refurbishment of 9 no. existing apartments; Extension of floor plates from first to sixth floor level; Provision of office space at seventh floor; a newly added eighth floor; Revised car and bicycle parking arrangements, with a reduction in car parking and increase in cycle parking now proposed; Alterations to permitted facades and materials; And all associated and ancillary site development works and landscaping alterations inclusive of removal of the permitted sunken garden and provision of new publicly accessible courtyards, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments. Overall, the development at Stokes Place arising from this amendment application will result in a nine-storey building over a 1 part 2 floor basement providing office (c. 40,800sqm), event / entertainment (c. 483sqm) and community floorspace (c. 55sqm). In addition, 9no. of the existing Russell Court apartments are to be refurbished as part of these proposals. The development also includes all associated and ancillary landscaping and development works, inclusive of car and cycle parking, boundary treatments, loading bay, bin store and plant rooms. The council granted permission on 7 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 22 Sept 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 500719 on 19 Jun 2026 (grant). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 145 other decided applications in the last five years and 61 appeals.
Proposal
KW Investment Funds ICAV acting for and on behalf of its sub-fund KW Investment Fund VII Intends to apply for Permission at a site (c. 0.7 Ha) at: Stokes Place, St Stephen’s Green South and Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. The site is generally bounded by Nos. 92-100 St. Stephen's Green (Protected Structures) to the north and east; Harcourt Street to the west; Nos. 87-91 Harcourt Street (Protected Structures) and buildings on Clonmel Street to the south; and Iveagh Gardens (Protected Structure) to the southeast. The proposed development comprising of amendments to An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-311618-21 (DCC Reg. Ref 2062/21) consisting of the following: - Reconfiguration and reduction of the basement levels and repositioned vehicular ramp; Revised ground floor layout including additional pedestrian entrance from St. Stephen’s Green with the consolidation of vehicular access from St. Stephen’s Green only, additional office space, provision of a community café (c. 55 sqm) within a retained structure at the rear of the site and change of use from permitted café/restaurant to an event/entertainment space (c. 483sqm); Inclusion of the existing Russell Court Residential Apartment Building within the application site boundary to facilitate the refurbishment of 9 no. existing apartments; Extension of floor plates from first to sixth floor level; Provision of office space at seventh floor; a newly added eighth floor; Revised car and bicycle parking arrangements, with a reduction in car parking and increase in cycle parking now proposed; Alterations to permitted facades and materials; And all associated and ancillary site development works and landscaping alterations inclusive of removal of the permitted sunken garden and provision of new publicly accessible courtyards, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments. Overall, the development at Stokes Place arising from this amendment application will result in a nine-storey building over a 1 part 2 floor basement providing office (c. 40,800sqm), event / entertainment (c. 483sqm) and community floorspace (c. 55sqm). In addition, 9no. of the existing Russell Court apartments are to be refurbished as part of these proposals. The development also includes all associated and ancillary landscaping and development works, inclusive of car and cycle parking, boundary treatments, loading bay, bin store and plant rooms.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 7 Jan 2026
- Final grant
- 19 Jun 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 7,116 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 18 Aug 2025New applicationObservation window closed 22 Sept 2025
- 10 Oct 2025Further information requested
- 2 Dec 2025Further information received
- 7 Jan 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 4 Feb 2026
- 4 Feb 2026Appeal lodged
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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.
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 · 127
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 24
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87172). 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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