PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for amendments to a previously permitted development under Reg.

Application details

Planning reference

DSDZ2774/20

Council

Dublin City Council

Proposal description

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for amendments to a previously permitted development under Reg. Ref. DSDZ2661/17 as previously amended by Reg. Ref. DSDZ4184/18 for development at a site of 1.35 hectares located at the junction of North Wall Quay and New Wapping Street, Salesforce Tower, Station Square,City Block 7, Spencer Dock, Dublin 1. The site is bound to the north by Mayor Street Upper, to the east by New Wapping Street, to the south by North Wall Quay and to the west by an unnamed street. The application site includes the former British Rail Hotel at 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 proposed amendments result in a total gross floor area of c.59,113sq.m. (excluding basement c. 7,948sq.m. and sub-basement c. 2,503sq.m.) comprising of c. 9,006sq.m. of hotel and associates uses c. 48,851sq.m. of office use, c. 1,086sq.m. of retail/restaurant/café uses, 170sq.m. of community use, above a lower ground floor and 2 no. basement levels (c.10,451sq.m.). The proposed development will result in an increase in floor area from c. 58,670 to c. 59,113sq.m. The applications relates to a proposed development within a Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme area. The proposed amendments comprise of the following: Building 2 • Extension to the permitted restaurant at lower ground floor level by 67sq.m. • Provision of additional access point to Building 2 Mayor Street to serve the café and waste storage area. • Extension to permitted mezzanine level in Building 2 by 13sq.m. to provide for passenger lifts to this level. • Reconfiguration of the permitted plant at roof level to serve Building 2. • Minor modifications to the permitted façade of Building 2 as a result of the proposed amendments. • Proposed amendments will result in an overall increase of the permitted hotel from 8,926sq.m. to 9,006sq.m. Building 3 • Provision of additional plant at roof level associated with Building 3 located in the north east corner of the site. • Minor increase to Building 3 stair core 3.3 height from 37.700m to 38.235m. • Relocation of the Community Space in Building 3 to ground floor and new mezzanine level between ground and first floor. • Provision of new shower facilities at lower ground floor of Building 3. • Minor relocation of permitted link bridges at 3rd and 5th floor level to the east by 3.6m linking Building 3 and Building 4. • Minor modifications to the permitted façade of Building 3 as a result of the proposed amendments. • The proposed amendments will result in an increase in floor area of Building 3 gross floor area from 10,172sq.m. to 10,337sq.m. Building 1B and Building 4 • Internal reconfiguration of the north and south entrance and reception areas. • Internal alterations to the cores to allow for additional WC provision. The proposed development also include the provision of 124 no. additional bike spaces in the form of bicycle racks at ground floor level within the public realm area surrounding the site accessible to all users, minor landscape works as a result of the additional bicycle spaces within the public realm area, minor amendments to the landscape courtyards and all other associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.

Location / address

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

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

29 May 2020

Council decision

GRANT PERMISSION

Council decision date

23 Jul 2020

Final grant date

23 Jul 2020