# Land parcel 2945681, Ireland Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. - Parcel number at Tailte Éireann (SP_ID): 2945681 - Area: 188 m², as Tailte Éireann measures it - Buildings (Tailte Éireann): 2 buildings touch it, 296 m² on the ground - Townland: none: the statutory boundaries draw no townland here, as in the centres of Dublin, Cork and Galway ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (General): Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11), Dublin City. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2022-12/Final%201-14%20Land%20Use%20Zoning%2005.12.22.pdf ## Planning applications on this parcel (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 14 Jan 2026, Dublin City Council WEB1074/26: Grant permission. Permission, 1 home. PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of:- Change of use from commercial offices to reinstate residential use to provide 4 storey own-door residential unit (486sqm) over ancillary basement level storage (80sqm) to be used solely for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the residential unit as such, each with pedestrian access directly from Merrion Street Upper and with vehicular and rear access via the existing gated car port entrance at No. 1 Merrion Place.- Re-ordering, alteration and refurbishment of the building interiors to facilitate the above change of use / reinstatement of residential accommodation, including restoration of a number of original features, removal of a number of modern interventions and removal of some original fabric; Alteration and refurbishment works include; (i) Removal of the top floor metal fire escape gantry connecting rear of No's 31, 32 ,33 Merrion Street Upper (protected structures RPS Ref Nos. 5225, 5226, 5227) to rear of No.30 Merrion Street Upper at third floor level together with the removal of the metal fire-escape stairs located at No.1 Merrion Place discharging to the rear ground-floor car port. (ii) Demolition of modern second floor office and pitched roof to No.1 Merrion Place and replacement with flat roof, landscaped roof terrace at second floor level together with provision of raised parapet guarding. Internal alterations at first floor level to provide bedroom accommodation.(iii) Removal of later internal low pitched accommodation stairs, to No.30 Merrion Street Upper, between ground and second floor landing and replacement with standard pitch stairs modelled on the original stairs in No.31 Merrion Street Upper together with repair of associated landings and removed tying walls. (iv) Removal of the bulkhead above the main stairs and subsequent reordering/ removal of later toilet and storerooms off landings to facilitate new window to main stairs to rear east return at second floor level and insertion of new structure over. (v) Removal of the rear accommodation stairs within No.1 Merrion Place and reordering of its ground floor entrance to accommodate a new lift core between ground and second floor. Formation of new openings to original layout to 3 storeys return to No. 30 Merrion Street Upper to provide for level access to lift core. (vi) Internal subdivision of rooms to rear return No. 30 Merrion Street Upper to accommodate new bathrooms, kitchen and level access from lift core to rear. (vii) Removal of later sash window and bricking up of original window opening to second floor north elevation of No. 30 Merrion Street Upper.(viii) Repair and repointing of historic brickwork and structural tying to southern gable elevation. Partial repair of front elevation at balconies and conservation repair of front footpath metal railing and granite stallriser at street level.(ix) Insertion of conservation double glazing in existing modern replacement single glazed sash windows and conservation repairs to shutter boxes.(x) Provision of new fire compartmentation, upgrading of doors to fire doors, installation of fire alarm(s) and installation of sprinklers throughout the proposed 4 storey residential unit. (xi) Installation of insulation and screed over the existing non-original concrete basement floor to accommodate under floor heating installation at basement level only. Associated heat pump to be located in rear basement level passage way.(xii) Repairs/renewals of the existing roof to No. 30 Merrion Street Upper and insertion of 1no. new rooflight, replacement of 2no. existing rooflights.(xiii) The existing car port access from Merrion Place is to remain in situ.(xiv) The application includes all associated site and drainage works and services installations.. Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel. ## Recorded monuments around it, by their zones of notification (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - House, 1770–1790, Regional interest, registry number 50100439, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU®no=50100439. Corner-sited three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1780 as one in unequal pair with No. 31, having three-storey return of c. 1920 to rear. Now in commercial office use. Slate roof with cat-slide section, behind rebuilt parapet with concrete coping, and having lean-to section to north end of rear. Brown brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots to party wall, south gable and to rear; parapet gutters, cast-iron rainwater goods to south gable and hipped roof to return. Flemish bond red brick walling to front elevation on granite plinth over ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; brown brick to south gable; rendered to rear; return having recently refaced red brick to south elevation and rendered walling to other walls. South elevation of rear has blocked-up window opening to top floor and segmental-arch opening to ground floor. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, three-over-three pane to top floor, six-over-six pane elsewhere; south elevation having similar top and second floors, and nine-over-six pane to lower floors. Wrought-iron grilles to basement and decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed doorcase having moulded rendered reveals, pro-style Ionic columns, plain entablature, decorative replacement fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with plain brass furniture. Granite platform bridging basement, with cast-iron boot-scrape and four steps to street. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth, wrought-iron gate and concrete steps to basement, and replacement timber panelled door beneath entrance platform. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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_3234, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3234.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Neighbouring parcels within 25 m (Tailte Éireann) - Parcel 1876785: 949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1876785.md - Parcel 1876630: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1876630.md - Parcel 1736317: 374 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1736317.md - Parcel 1876786: 322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1876786.md - Parcel 1876787: 131 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1876787.md - Parcel 1736315: 31 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1736315.md ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945681.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945681.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945681.kml --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945681 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/parcel/2945681