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Site at Junction of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street, Salesforce Tower, Station Square, Block 7, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1, D01 W2Y3

One-off house / within 5 km where a location match is available

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Local planning pattern

12% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 12,665 decisions within 5 km, 27 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 1887 structured appeals.

Matched source
WEBDSDZ5156/25
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage, per county. “Not yet covered” means the source dataset is not loaded for this local authority, so the brief draws no conclusion there and says where to check — it never reads as “no constraint found”.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

27 register records are within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

27 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Dublin City Council and were intersected with the site; settlement boundary is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

1 matched

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

No verified rural-housing citation is loaded for Dublin City Council, so this brief makes no current policy claim and relies on decision history.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

2 of 4 layers are loaded for Dublin City Council and were intersected with the site; flood and built heritage are not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for them.

2 matched

Access, road and wastewater prompts

Partial coverage

0 prompts are backed by extracted nearby decision evidence; all prompts remain checks, not predictions.

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

1887 structured nearby appeal records.

1,887 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the Dublin City Council development plan.

1 matched
12,665Nearby applications
27Site-linked candidates
12%Nearby refused
1,887Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity3
Procedure Invalid2
Design1
Traffic Sightlines1
Visual Amenity1

Nearest planning decisions

WEBDSDZ5156/25

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: SFDC Ireland Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for development at this c.0.032ha site located at the junction of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street, Salesforce Tower, Station Square, Block 7, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1. The application site is within the curtilage of the former British Rail Hotel on 58-59 North Wall Quay, a protected structure (RPS 5838), and associated granite walls, railings, gates, and adjoining setts in cul-de-sac, which are also protected structures (RPS 5839). The application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning Scheme Area. The proposed development comprises the change of use at ground floor level from permitted café/restaurant use (DCC Reg. Ref. DSDZ2774/20) to gymnasium/fitness centre use, with changing rooms and ancillary retail use, and all associated works above and below ground.

Granted0.0 km07 November 2025
WEBDSDZ1312/26

RETENTION PERMISSION / PROTECTED STRUCTURE SFDC: Ireland Ltd. intend to apply for retention planning permission for development at this c.1.34 ha site located at the junction of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street, Salesforce Tower, Station Square, Block 7, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1. The application site includes the former British Rail Hotel on 58-59 North Wall Quay, a protected structure (RPS 5838), and its associated granite walls, railings, gates, and adjoining setts in cul-de-sac, which are also protected structures (RPS 5839). The application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning Scheme Area. Retention planning permission is sought for the existing 1 No. wall-mounted, LED Screen measuring c.6.76m in height, c.12m in width, and c.0.89m in depth, affixed to the north internal wall of the southern entrance lobby south of Building 4, as permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. DSDZ3194/21 and subsequently amended by DCC Reg. Ref. DSDZ4115/22, and all associated works above and below ground.

Granted0.0 km31 March 2026
DSDZ4435/23

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission to amend application Reg. Ref. DSDZ3288/22 at a c. 1.34 ha site located at the junction of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street, Station Square, Block 7, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1. The site is bound to the north by Mayor Street Upper, the east by New Wapping Street, the south by North Wall Quay and the west by an unnamed street and a green open space known as 'Central Square'. The application site includes the former British Rail Hotel on 58-59 North Wall Quay, a protected structure (RPS 5838), and associated granite walls, railings, gates and adjoining setts in cul-de-sac, which are also protected structures (RPS 5839). The application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning Scheme Area. The proposed amendments comprise the modification of the permitted alterations to the existing historic staircase balustrades and handrail of the main staircase, at first to third floor level landings of No. 58-59 North Wall Quay, including the provision of new baseplates, and all associated site development works.

Granted0.0 km24 April 2024
DSDZ3190/23

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development at a c. 1.34 ha site located at the junction of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street, Station Square, Block 7, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1. The site is bound to the north by Mayor Street Upper, the east by New Wapping Street, the south by North Wall Quay and the west by an unnamed street and a green open space known as ‘Central Square’. The application site includes the former British Rail Hotel on 58-59 North Wall Quay, a protected structure (RPS 5838), and associated granite walls, railings, gates and adjoining setts in cul-de-sac, which are also protected structures (RPS 5839). The application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning Scheme Area. The development will consist of permission for new illuminated business identification signage on the southern elevation of the Protected Structure (0.33 sqm), to be affixed to the building above an existing doorway to North Wall Quay. In addition, 4 no. new security cameras are proposed to be affixed to the building between ground and first floor level (1 no. to be erected on the south elevation and 3 no. to be erected on the west elevation of the Protected Structure). The development also includes all associated ancillary ducting and cabling works above and below ground.

Granted0.0 km05 April 2023
DSDZ3288/22

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: SFDC Ireland Limited intends to apply for permission for development at a c. 1.34 ha site located at the junction of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street, Station Square, Block 7, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1. The site is bound to the north by Mayor Street Upper, the east by New Wapping Street, the south by North Wall Quay and the west by an unnamed street and a green open space known as 'Central Square'. The application site includes the former British Rail Hotel on 58-59 North Wall Quay, a protected structure (RPS 5838), and associated granite walls, railings, gates and adjoining setts in cul-de-sac, which are also protected structures (RPS 5839). The application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning Scheme Area. The development will consist of permission for internal works to the protected structure. The proposed works include the installation of a new door at basement level; alterations at Ground Floor Level, including the creation of a new ope to the Elevator in the western wing and the replacement of an existing pier wall in the eastern wing; construction of a new sloping floor to the Lobby in the East Wing, to facilitate wheelchair access; installation of a new glazed door and glazed screen in existing opes in the Entrance Lobby; alterations to the existing Winter Garden to the rear of the structure, which include the installation of a new transparent acoustic drape at the southern end of the area; the replacement of permitted sliding doors with swing doors, installation of new planters; the construction of new access stairs and an elevator at the northern end of the space. Works proposed at first floor level include the removal of some modern doors; the construction of a new partition wall to the Conference Room in the West Wing; the relocation of existing doors internally in the building; construction of a new screen wall and door to the existing Lift Lobby in the West Wing; provision of new glazed security screen to the staircase at First Floor level. At second floor level it is proposed to remove modern doors; construction of a new partition wall to the Conference Room in the West Wing and the relocation of existing doors. At third floor level it is proposed to remove modern doors and a modern screen wall and to construct new lightweight partition walls within the existing rooms in the West Wing and relocate existing doors. At roof level it is proposed to undertake repair works to the existing chimney pots and to replace the existing roof lantern to the staircase with a replica and related ancillary works above and below ground. In the interest of clarity, no external works are proposed to the structure.

Granted0.0 km01 September 2022
DSDZ4115/22

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The site is bound to the north by Mayor Street Upper, the east by New Wapping Street, the south by North Wall Quay and the west by an unnamed street and a green open space known as 'Central Square'. The application site includes the former British Rail Hotel at 58-59 North Wall Quay (Protected Structure) (RPS 5838) and its associated granite walls, railings, gates and adjoining setts (Protected Structure) (RPS 5839). This application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning Scheme Area. The development will consist of amendments to the previously permitted development, which allowed for the installation of new business identification signage (Reg. Ref. DSDZ3194/21). The proposed amendments include a reduction in scale and removal of return of the previously permitted wall-mounted, LED Screen with return, affixed to the north internal wall of the southern entrance lobby, south of Building 4, fronting onto North Wall Quay (new total area c.81 sq m). In addittion, the previously permitted, LED Screen with return, affixed to the western internal wall of the northern entrance lobby, between Building 1B and Building 4, fronting onto the north-south pedestrian plaza (total area c. 16sq m) is to be omitted.

Granted0.0 km26 July 2022

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