GrantedDecided 30 November 2022Dublin City Council

Mespil Court, Mespil Road & Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516

Planning application 4997/22
DecisionGrant permission
Decided30 November 2022
Application typePermission
Source documentsPending

Site

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Proposed development

Application description published by Dublin City Council.
Permission for development at a site (c. 0.22 ha) at Mespil Court, Mespil Road & Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516. The site is generally bounded by buildings in office use at no. 40-42 Mespil Road to the east, Mespil Court office building to the south, no. 39 Mespil Road (Protected Structure) to the west, and by Mespil Road and Grand Canal to the North. The proposed development is a 4-storey mixed use building extension comprising: -A 2-storey, raised bridge, office use building extension, adjoining the 2nd and 3rd floors of the existing Mespil Court office building on its northwestern elevation; plant room at 1st floor and office core extending down to ground floor level (total GFA c. 721 sqm). -A 4-storey, over basement, mixed use building comprising: 1 no. cafe at ground floor and basement, with ancillary storage and staff welfare facilities at basement level (total GFA c.202 sqm) and associated external northern terrace at ground floor level; -3 no. 2-bedroom residential apartment units at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, each with associated balconies on the northern and southern facades; -Ancillary residential remote storage facilities at ground floor level and residential roof garden at 1st floor level. -All ancillary and associated site development, infrastructural, landscaping, site boundary and signage works, including: Basement plant room; Ground floor bicycle store (18no. spaces) and separate bin store; 4no. visitor bicycle spaces in front curtilage; New plant on roof of existing Mespil Court office building and at 1st floor residential roof garden level of proposed new building extension; Green sedum roof (c.280 sqm) over office bridge extension; Signage zones to northern and eastern ground floor elevations of cafe unit (c.12 sqm total), and totem sign (c.3 sqm) associated with office and residential uses 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 cafe entrance.

Application and appeal history

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ABP-315421-22Submitted 29 December 2022 / decided 31 July 2024
Status not recordedREFUSE PERMISSION
  1. Appeal submittedAppeal reference ABP-315421-22
    29 December 2022
  2. Appeal decisionREFUSE PERMISSION
    31 July 2024
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Planning analysis

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Conditions

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