Development of an office and mixed-use scheme (Referred to as Phase A Commercial)…

Proposed development

Planning permission for development of an office and mixed-use scheme (Referred to as Phase A Commercial) on an infill site of c.15.08 hectares (with a net focused site area of c. 1.75 ha) of land within the former Irish Glass Bottle (IGB) and Fabrizia sites on Sean Moore Road, Dublin 4 (including some 198 sq metres of public domain on Southbank Road to accommodate vehicle and pedestrian access). The site is identified as within the A1 Lands in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme (April 2019). The overall site is bounded to the north-west by Sean Moore Road, to the north-east by South Bank Road, to the south-east by Dublin Port lands and Dublin Bay, and to the south-west by Sean Moore Park. The overall site subsumes the 4.3 hectares site of the infrastructure permission (Parent Permission) (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3270/19) for which Dublin City Council issued a Notification of Final Decision (10-year permission) on 28 January 2020, permitting: streets, transportation, water services and utilities’ infrastructure; public realm and public amenity spaces; and temporary landscaping of a school site, to facilitate Phase 1 development as provided for under the approved Poolbeg West SDZ Planning Scheme. The proposed development will consist of an office and mixed-use scheme with a total GFA of 46,101 sq m (excl. basement / undercroft UC-02) comprising 2 No. blocks (identified as Blocks A and B). The proposed development will consist of: Block A (includes Block AA & AB) of 26,254 sq m and ranging in height from 5-7 storeys over basement/undercroft carparking to include double height (UC-01 & 00 Level) ground floor reception, office, a restaurant/ bar, bakery/ café and event space with the upper floors to be used as offices. The offices have been designed to be suitable for a single user or multiple users with subdivisions. Block B of 19,847 sq m, and ranging in height from 5-12 storeys over basement/undercroft car parking to include double height (UC-01 & 00 Level) ground floor reception, games bar and office with the upper floors to be used as offices. The offices have been designed to be suitable for a single user or multiple users with subdivisions. The UC-01 level of Block A includes café, sports and recreation area, collaborative office, storage and building services. The UC-01 level of Block B includes collaborative office, management facilities and building services. Each office block has a number of amenity terraces including at 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and roof level in Block A and at 4th and 6th floor level in Block B. A total of 77 no. commercial car parking spaces (incl. 4 no. disabled access spaces & 16 no. EV spaces) and 4 no. motorbike spaces, located at basement level with vehicular access from the street level (Block A north eastern elevation), and the provision of 27 no. on-street car parking spaces (incl. 7 no. EV spaces and 6 no. disabled access spaces). Provision of 616 no. bicycle parking spaces located at basement level with bicycle ramp access from street level and 100 no. short-stay standard bicycle parking spaces located at surface level. Plant rooms, building services and energy centres, water tank, sprinkler rooms, tenant rooms, kitchenette, parcel/ courier store, archive store, bin stores, bicycle stores, lockers, showers, changing facilities, facilities management and games bar storage located at basement/ UC-01 level. Provision of public realm spaces including 1 no. public square (Pembroke Square), Glass Bottle Lane and public amenity spaces (totalling 1,920 sq m). Two new local/side streets (Pembroke Place & Glass Bottle Place) connecting to South Bank Road. The provision of the South Bank Link Road as identified in the SDZ Planning Scheme. The proposed development will include hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian and cycle links, boundary treatments, tree planting, public lighting, green roofs, solar pv panels, and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation. The scheme also provides for an option which includes for temporary site hoarding, and cycle lane alongside Sean Moore Road, should the proposed development proceed ahead of the adjoining Phase 2 residential proposal commencing. This application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

What happens next

Permission was granted on 18 Oct 2024. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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