Land parcel 1735760

Area

792 m²

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 37 m².

Zoning

R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 12 Sept 2025Grant permission

  Permission is sought by Focus Housing Association CLG for development at Nos. 28-34 Braithwaite Street and Nos. 63-66 Pimlico, Dublin 8 (bounded by No. 35 Braithwaite Street to the east and north, Nos. 61 and 62 Pimlico to the north, Braithwaite Street/Poole Street Playground to the west, and by St. Margaret’s Avenue and St. John’s Avenue to the south). The development will consist of the construction of a residential development of 49 no. apartments set over two blocks (connected at ground floor level) ranging from 1-6 storeys in height and consisting of 10 no. studios, 9 no. 1 bed units, 11 no. 2 bed (3-person) units and 19 no. 2 bed (4-person) units, with all apartments provided with private balconies/terraces to north, south, east and west elevations; bin store, plant room, maintenance and store rooms; 1 no. ESB substation; 107 no. bicycle parking spaces (79 no. spaces within bicycle stores at ground floor level and 28 no. spaces within communal courtyard; landscaping including recreational, exercise and play equipment; lighting; boundary treatments; upgrades to existing footpaths with new pedestrian gate to St. Margaret’s Avenue (emergency access/egress only); heat pumps and PV panels at roof level; and all associated engineering and site works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission, 49 homes · Dublin City Council, WEB5136/25

• 3 Sept 2025Application declared invalid

  Permission is sought by Focus Housing Association CLG for development at Nos. 28-34 Braithwaite Street and Nos. 63-66 Pimlico, Dublin 8 (bounded by No. 35 Braithwaite Street to the east and north, Nos. 61 and 62 Pimlico to the north, Braithwaite Street/Poole Street Playground to the west, and by St. Margaret’s Avenue and St. John’s Avenue to the south). The development will consist of the construction of a residential development of 49 no. apartments set over two blocks (connected at ground floor level) ranging from 1-6 storeys in height and consisting of 10 no. studios, 9 no. 1 bed units, 11 no. 2 bed (3-person) units and 19 no. 2 bed (4-person) units, with all apartments provided with private balconies/terraces to north, south, east and west elevations; bin store, plant room, maintenance and store rooms; 1 no. ESB substation; 107 no. bicycle parking spaces (79 no. spaces within bicycle stores at ground floor level and 28 no. spaces within communal courtyard; landscaping including recreational, exercise and play equipment; lighting; boundary treatments; upgrades to existing footpaths with new pedestrian gate to St. Margaret’s Avenue (emergency access/egress only); heat pumps and PV panels at roof level; and all associated engineering and site works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5031/25

• 26 Aug 2025Application declared invalid

  Permission is sought by Focus Housing Association CLG for development at Nos. 28-34 Braithwaite Street and Nos. 63-66 Pimlico, Dublin 8 (bounded by No. 35 Braithwaite Street to the east and north, Nos. 61 and 62 Pimlico to the north, Braithwaite Street/Poole Street Playground to the west, and by St. Margaret’s Avenue and St. John’s Avenue to the south). The development will consist of the construction of a residential development of 49 no. apartments set over two blocks (connected at ground floor level) ranging from 1-6 storeys in height and consisting of 10 no. studios, 9 no. 1 bed units, 11 no. 2 bed (3-person) units and 19 no. 2 bed (4-person) units, with all apartments provided with private balconies/terraces to north, south, east and west elevations; bin store, plant room, maintenance and store rooms; 1 no. ESB substation; 107 no. bicycle parking spaces (79 no. spaces within bicycle stores at ground floor level and 28 no. spaces within communal courtyard; landscaping including recreational, exercise and play equipment; lighting; boundary treatments; upgrades to existing footpaths with new pedestrian gate to St. Margaret’s Avenue (emergency access/egress only); heat pumps and PV panels at roof level; and all associated engineering and site works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2969/25

• 13 Oct 2020Grant permission

  Planning permission for development on a site of 1,764sqm approximately (c.0.18ha) at Nos. 28-34, Braithwaite Street and Nos. 63-66 Pimlico, Dublin 8. The development will consist of the provision of a residential apartment scheme with a gross floor area of c.4,327 in 2no. blocks, each with separate street access via private entrance lobbies from Braithwaite Street and Pimlico, respectively; an overall height of 6 storeys above ground level (with screened and setback rooftop plant) comprising 49no. residential apartments (consisting of 6no. studio apartments, 14no. one-bedroom apartments and 29no. two-bedroom apartments); private amenity space in the form of ground level courtyard terraces and upper level balconies; communal amenity space in the form of a centrally located courtyard and open space area near the southwest corner of the site (482sqm approx. in total) each with dedicated children play areas; and 103 no. cycle parking spaces. The overall development will also include: a new ESB substation; piped infrastructure and ducting; hard and soft landscaping; changes in level; boundary treatments; pedestrian circulation areas and footpaths; drainage works; provision of bio-diverse roofs for assisting with drainage attenuation; communal refuse storage areas; and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground.

  Permission, 49 homes · Dublin City Council, 3548/20

• 20 Dec 2019Refuse permission

  Planning permission for a residential & ESB sub-station development of 51 apartments comprising 21 one-beds & 30 two-bed apartments all with balconies or terraces. The development is in two blocks with heights ranging from two storeys facing St. Maraget's Avenue to a set-back sixth storey facing Braithwaite Street. The development is a total of 4,702 square metres.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4795/19

• 29 May 2019Application declared inva

  Planning permission for a social housing & ESB sub-station development comprising 20 one-bed apartments & 31 two-bed apartments at 28-34 Braithwaite Street and 63-66 Pimlico, Dublin 8. The development is in two blocks with heights ranging from two storeys facing St. Margaret's Avenue to a set back sixth storey facing Braithwaite Street. The development is a total of 4,702 square metres.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3144/19

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• DU018-020329 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Craig (1982, 159) notes the former existence of 'Dutch Billy' houses at Poole Street. These contain cruciform roof construction held together by crossed purlins from gable to gable. They were weavers houses from c. 1700 AD.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3207 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.