Land parcel 2406908

Area

7,347 m² (0.73 ha, 1.82 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 15,634 m².

Zoning

M2 Z5: City Centre (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 17 Dec 2025Grant permission

  DTDL Limited intend to apply for a 10 year planning permission for development at the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, D02 X309. The site is bound by St. Stephen’s Green West to the east, King Street South to the north, Glovers Alley to the south (in part) and Mercer Street Lower to the west, on a site area of c. 1.4 ha. The proposed development will consist of: • The rejuvenation of the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, involving the internal reconfiguration and partial redevelopment of the Centre, while maintaining a number of existing retail units and elements of the existing building structure; • The removal of the existing façade at Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre and replacement with new elevational treatments; • The proposal will result in a building of up to 8 no. storeys over basement (excluding mezzanines levels) with a total gross floor area of c. 87,158 sq.m (including multistorey car park); • There is a general increase in height across the development over the existing shopping centre and multistorey car park, which varies across the site. The maximum height increase over the existing multistorey car park (which includes plant screen parapets and when measured from the low point on King Street South), is 11.18 metres (existing 30.59m to a proposed 41.77m). The maximum height increase over the existing shopping centre (excluding the multistorey car park) (which includes plant screen parapets/glazed atrium roof and when measured from the low point on King Street South), is 13.27 metres (existing 25.5m to a proposed 38.77m); • The resulting retail floor area at basement, ground and first floor levels is 19,001 sq.m.; • The resulting café/restaurant/bar uses floor area at basement, ground, first and fourth floor levels is 4,768 sq.m.. The restaurant/bar at fourth floor level will be served by an outdoor terrace (374 sq.m); • Provision of c. 29,251 sq.m. office and ancillary spaces (including existing floor area where retained) at ground, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floor levels and associated roof terraces; • Provision of a new townhall (511 sqm) at first floor level; • Provision of a 2-no. screen cinema (714 sqm) at ground and basement level; • Provision of an art exhibition space (447 sqm) at first floor level with associated additional arts display space within the shopping mall and artium; • The overall net increase in GFA over the existing development is c. 20,645 sq.m; • The proposal will include a reconfigured internal mall opening onto St. Stephen’s Green providing access to new and existing retail and café/restaurant units at ground and first floor; • Retail, café/restaurant and bar (public house) units are provided on the King Street South frontage, and on the St. Stephen’s Green West frontage; • The proposed development will include 441 no. bicycle parking spaces and 551 no. car parking spaces (503 spaces to Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre and 48 spaces for RCSI Link). This represents a reduction in 138 no. car parking spaces from the number of spaces at present and; • The proposed development includes all associated works including partial demolition of existing structures, utilities connections, roof level plant and telecommunications infrastructure, PV panels, temporary construction works and site hoarding.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB6013/25

• 4 Nov 2025Grant permission

  Ampleforth Limited intends to apply for planning permission for development on a site on a site of c.0.26 ha, located at the Fitzwilliam Hotel, Nos. 128-134 St. Stephen's Green West, Dublin 2. D02 HE18. The development will consist of the remodelling and extension of the existing hotel at 4th - 7th floor levels fronting onto St. Stephen's Green ( 782sqm) and will include: (i) Alterations to the front façade including stone-clad framing of the existing bedroom terraces at 4th floor level; (ii) The reorganisation and extension of the existing bedrooms and circulation spaces at 5th floor level, resulting in 2 no. additional bedrooms, with new bedroom terraces at this level fronting onto St. Stephen's Green; (iii) 13 no. additional bedrooms at 6th floor level, including four with terraces fronting onto St. Stephen's Green, a new terrace to the existing presidential suite and revised circulation and servicing arrangements at 6th floor level; (iv) The development will also include the relocation of existing water tanks from the 6th floor level to the existing basement level; piped infrastructure and ducting and all associated site development works. (v) 7 no. additional bedrooms with revised circulation, Plant room and servicing arrangements at 7th floor level.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5589/25

• 24 Oct 2025Application declared invalid

  Ampleforth Limited intends to apply for planning permission for development on a site on a site of c.0.26 ha, located at the Fitzwilliam Hotel, Nos. 128-134 St. Stephen's Green West, Dublin 2. D02 HE18. The development will consist of the remodelling and extension of the existing hotel at 4th - 7th floor levels fronting onto St. Stephen's Green ( 782sqm) and will include: (i) Alterations to the front façade including stone-clad framing of the existing bedroom terraces at 4th floor level; (ii) The reorganisation and extension of the existing bedrooms and circulation spaces at 5th floor level, resulting in 2 no. additional bedrooms, with new bedroom terraces at this level fronting onto St. Stephen's Green; (iii) 13 no. additional bedrooms at 6th floor level, including four with terraces fronting onto St. Stephen's Green, a new terrace to the existing presidential suite and revised circulation and servicing arrangements at 6th floor level; (iv) The development will also include the relocation of existing water tanks from the 6th floor level to the existing basement level; piped infrastructure and ducting and all associated site development works.(v) 7 no. additional bedrooms with revised circulation, Plant room and servicing arrangements at 7th floor level.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5497/25

• 6 Jan 2023Grant permission

  The site is bounded by St. Stephen's Green West to the east, King Street South to the north, Glovers Alley to the south (in part) and Mercer Street Lower to the west on a site area of 1,452 ha. The proposal is for the rejuvenation of the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, involving the internal reconfiguration and partial redevelopment of the centre, while maintaining a number of existing retail units and elements of the existing building structure. The proposal will result in a building of up to 8 no. storeys over basement of retail, cafe/restaurant/bar and office uses (excluding mezzanines in retail/cafe/ restaurant/bar units at ground floor and basement and car park level). The proposal includes the construction of three storeys of offices over the existing car parking structure (with the omission of the existing uppermost car park level). The proposal includes retail and office uses at first floor and the provision of office use at proposed 2nd to 7th floor levels. There is a general increase in height across the development over the existing shopping centre and multi-storey car park, which varies across the site. The maximum height increase over the existing multi-storey car park (which includes plant screen parapets and when measured from the low point on King Street South) is 11.18 metres (existing 30.59m to a proposed 41.77m). The maximum height increase over the existing shopping centre (excluding the multi storey car park) (which includes plant screen parapets/glazed atrium roof and when measured from the low point on King Street South) is 13.27 metres (existing 25.5m to a proposed 38.77m). A total gross floor area of 87,932 sq.m. is proposed, which includes a net reduction of retail floor area to 19,049 sq.m. a net reduction of the existing cafe/restaurant uses to 1,740 sq.m. and a net reduction of bar (public house) uses to 789 sq.m. 35,043 sq.m. of offices and ancillary spaces (including existing floor area where retained) are proposed. The overall net increase in GFA over the existing development is 21,419 sq.m. The proposal will include a reconfigured internal mall opening onto St. Stephen's Green providing access to new and existing retail and cafe/restaurant units at ground and first floor. Retail, cafe/restaurant and bar (public house) units and office entrances area provided on the King Street South frontage and on the St. Stephens' Green West frontage. The proposed development will include 551 no. car parking spaces and 512 no. bicycle-parking spaces. This represents a reduction in 138 no. car parking spaces from the number of spaces at present. The proposed development includes all associated works including demolition of existing structures, utilities connections, roof level plant and telecommunications infrastructure, temporary construction works and site hoarding and public realm works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3012/23

• 9 Dec 2022Application declared inva

  The proposal is for the rejuvenation of the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, involving the internal reconfiguration and partial redevelopment of the Centre, while maintaining a number of existing retail units and elements of the existing building structure. The proposal will result in a building of up to 8 no. storeys over basement (excluding mezzanines in retail units and basement) with a total gross floor area of 87,932 sq.m., which includes a net reduction of retail floor area to 19,049 sq.m., a net reduction of the existing café/restaurant uses to 1,740 sq.m. of and a net reduction of bar (public house) uses to 789 sq. m. 35,043 sq.m. of offices and ancillary spaces (including existing floor area where retained) are proposed. The overall net increase in GFA over the existing development is 21,419 sq.m. The proposal will include a reconfigured internal mall opening onto St. Stephen's Green providing access to new and existing retail and café/restaurant units at ground and first floor. Retail, café/restaurant and bar (public house) units are provided on the King Street South frontage, and on the St. Stephen's Green West frontage. The proposed development will include 551 no. car parking spaces and 512 no. bicycle parking spaces. This represents a reduction in 138 no. car parking spaces from the number of spaces at present. The proposed development includes all associated works including demolition of existing structures, utilities connections, roof level plant and telecommunications infrastructure, temporary construction works and site hoarding and public realm works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5412/22

• 17 Aug 2022Grant permission

  Planning permission for development at Units C1, C2, C3, C4, C5A (D02 TE82), C5B (D02 E825), C6, Ground Floor, Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, St. Stephen's Green West, Dublin 2. The proposed development consists of: Demolition of existing kiosk structures (Units C1, C2, C3, C4, C5A, C5B, C6) within the ground floor mall; Construction of new café/restaurant kiosk unit, with back of house and serving areas (114 sq.m.) and associated seating area (109sq.m.) to be called Unit C4-C6; Signage zones to new unit; All associated works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4677/22

• 12 Jan 2022Grant permission

  Davy Target Developments Limited intend to apply for planning permission for development at Unit No. B4B (Wagamama) located at basement and basement mezzanine level; and, Unit No. 13, 14 and 15 (Carroll's Irish Gifts) located at ground floor and ground floor mezzanine, Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, King Street South, Dublin 2. The proposed development consists of: • Amalgamation of the two units (units B4B and 13-15) to provide for a single restaurant unit (800 sq.m.) at ground and basement levels including mezzanines.The amalgamation includes the change of use of Unit 13-15 to restaurant; • Rationalisation of internal layout to provide revised front of house and back of house areas; • New toilet facilities; • New stairs and lift from basement to ground floor mezzanine level • Demolition of internal structures and removal of existing railing and stairs to King Street South; • External elevational changes to King Street South include additional landscaping finish to match existing; signage zone; and, a new entrance to proposed unit integrated into existing shop front at street level; and • All associated works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3042/22

• 22 Jun 2021Grant permission

  The development will consist of two new awnings to the front fascia elevation at Unit 027, St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, all associated site and ancillary works at this address in accordance with the plans as submitted.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3008/21

• 29 Mar 2021Refuse permission

  The proposed development involves the erection of a c.12.5 square-metre digital advertising panel (5.65 meters high by 2.2 meters wide). The base of the panel will be c.7.15 meters above the adjacent footpath with the top of the panel c. 12.8 meters above the footpath.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2490/21

• 2 Mar 2021Grant permission

  Planning permission for the proposed development consists of the provision of own door street access to the retail unit with associated works to the street elevation.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2308/21

• 9 Feb 2021Grant permission

  The development will consist of : The change of use from Retail Shop to Coffee Shop, a new set of double entrance doors and window to the existing front elevation, new advertisement signage at front fascia elevation at unit 27, St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, all associated site and ancillary works at this address in accordance with the plans as submitted.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2183/21

• 20 Nov 2020Additional information

  Planning permission for development at this site will consist of : a new set of double entrance doors and window to the existing front elevation, a new advertisement signage at front fascia elevation at Unit 027 St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, all associated site and ancillary works at this address in accordance with the plans as submitted.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3777/20

• 13 Nov 2020Application declared inva

  The development will consist of: A new set of double entrance doors and window to the existing front elevation at Unit 27, St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, all associated site and ancillary works at this address in accordance with the plans as submitted.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3734/20

• 18 Mar 2020Refuse permission

  Permission for development at main (St Stephen’s Green/Grafton Street) entrance to the St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. The proposed development involves the replacement of the existing advertising panel over the main entrance to the shopping centre (from St Stephen’s Green/Grafton Street), which projects full-motion/dynamic content with rapid transitions, with new signage which displays a loop of static content, separated by smooth transitions.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2529/20

• 1 Aug 2019Refuse retention permissi

  RETENTION: The development to be retained comprises of advertising signage (c.7.8 x c.2.2m [c. 17.16 sq m]) which is projected from within the entrance lobby of the St. Stephen's green Shopping Centre (at the junction of Grafton Street/South King Street and St. Stephen's Green) by means of two projectors onto a vinyl strip on the curved upper glazed surface/window, c.2.95m above the main entrance, to be viewed from outside.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, 3660/19

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 2 recorded monuments.

• DU018-020166 Graveyard
  Description

  There is a 'Quakers Burying ground' Named on Rocque's map 1756. The Royal College of Surgeon's in Ireland is built on the site. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 06 December 2012

• DU018-020388 Bridge
  Description

  The Friends of Medieval Dublin Map (1978) shows a bridge here. No visible surface trace.

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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

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.