City Block 9, North Wall Quay, and Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1
Permission for development on a site of 0.4834ha to amend Block No. 2 of a previously permitted scheme (Reg. Ref. DSDZ5296/22, which itself amends Reg. Ref. DSDZ2103/21, Reg. Ref. DSDZ3409/19 and Reg. Ref. DSDZ3780/17). (Permission (Reg. Ref. DSDZ5296/22) was on a larger site of 1.0432 hectares. (The difference in site area of 0.5598ha is due to the permitted decoupling of Block No. 2 from Block Nos. 1 and 3)). Permission Reg. Ref. DSDZ5296/22 permits the construction of 3 no. commercial office buildings totalling 67,903 sq m (including retail services (152 sq m) and gallery / exhibition (188 sq m)), identified as three blocks (Block Nos. 1-3) ranging in height from 5-storeys to 9-storeys and is valid until 21 June 2028. This application relates to a proposed development within a Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme area, located within City Block No. 9, North Wall Quay and Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1, bounded by North Wall Quay to the south, the residual City Block No. 9 lands of 1.4766 ha to the north and east and Castleforbes Road to the west as identified in the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock Planning Scheme, 2014. The permitted Block No. 2 has a GFA of 42,632 sq m (comprising 30,470 sq m above ground; 3,659 sq m at lower ground floor and 8,503 sq m at basement levels). The overall Gross Floor Area of the proposed amendment scheme increases by 118 sq m to 42,750 sq m from that granted by permission Reg. Ref. DSDZ5296/22, comprising a decrease of 3 sq m at ground and above; an increase of 118 sq m at lower ground floor level and an increase of 3 sq m at basement levels. The amendment scheme will consist of the following : 1. Relocation and resizing of the gallery / exhibition entrance door along the southern facade (for fire compliance purposes); 2. Relocation of structural columns from the interior to the exterior of the structure along the southern and eastern facades to be clad in anodic bronze aluminium to match fins remainder of the facades; 3. Structural columns amended from internal vertical to internal inclined on the western facade at first floor level and at the south west of block No. 2 at second floor level; 4. Provision of glass balustrades edge protection to the perimeter of the ground level roof light on the eastern elevation; 5. Alterations to the northern facade comprising the reconfiguration of the ESB Substation facade as per ESB compliance requirements; 6. Increase in height in level 07 atrium rooflight on the southern elevation of 320mm at the highest point and 500mm at the lowest point; 7. Relocation of six car parking spaces from basement level 03 to basement level 02. In compliance with condition no. 16 (c) of the permission reg. ref. DSDZ5296/22 (relating to three blocks), some 41 no. bicycle parking spaces have been added to the 372 no. previously proposed - now providing for a new total 413 no. bicycle parking spaces in Block no. 2.