Land parcel 2990787

Area

9,643 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres)

Buildings

35 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 3,201 m².

Zoning

S5 Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 26 Nov 2020Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The site is bordered by St. Vincent Street West and Emmet Crescent. The proposed development consists of: A) Phased demolition of the middle section of the existing school building; removal of prefabricated temporary teaching accommodation units and selected trees. B) Refurbishment and alterations of the retained sections of the building including internal works to existing classrooms on ground floor to provide a new two classroom special educational needs unit and provision of the application of new insulated rendering system to building facades and upgrade of existing windows and doors. C) Construction of two-storey extension to the middle section of the existing school building, consisting of a general purpose hall, special education tuition rooms, multi-purpose room, home school liaison room, 4 no. general classrooms, a library, offices, staff room, stores, toilets, circulation areas, and ancillary accommodation. D) Provision of 22 no. on-site car parking spaces. E) Widening of existing vehicular access and provision for a new pedestrian site access with refurbishment of existing gates and provision of new gates all facing Emmet Crescent Street. F) Provision of 60 no. on-site bicycle parking spaces; refurbishment of gate facing St. Vincent Street West; provision of covered bin store. G) Provision of new hard surfaced and planted play and amenity areas, erection of 6 no. new flagpoles, refurbishment and upgrade of existing boundary walls, fences and gates (as described above and including a pedestrian gate towards the convent at the western site boundary), and provision of ancillary site works at this location. The site is in the curtilage of protected structures, Sisters of Mercy Chapel & Convent to the west.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3815/20

• 27 Jul 2020Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for previously granted permission ref: 3968/14 for development at Our Lady of Lourdes National School, Goldenbridge, Inchicore, Dublin 8. The site is bordered by St. Vincent Street West and Emmet Crescent. The proposed development consists of: (a) Phased demolition of the middle section of the existing school building; removal of prefabricated temporary teaching accommodation units and selected trees. (b) Refurbishment and alterations of the retained sections of the building including internal works and application of new insulated rendering system to all elevations and upgrade of existing windows and doors. (c) Construction of a two-storey extension, consisting of a General Purpose Hall, 10 no. Special Education Tuition Rooms, a Multi-purpose Room, a Home-School Liaison Room, a Library, associated offices, balcony to Staff Room, stores, toilets, circulation areas, and ancillary accommodation. (d) Provision of 22no. on-site car parking spaces; alteration of existing vehicular and pedestrian site access points and adjoining areas at Emmet Crescent including refurbishment of existing gates and provision of new gates. (e) Provision of 60 no. on-site bicycle parking spaces; refurbishment of gate facing St. Vincent Street West; provision of covered Bin Store. (f) Provision of new hard surfaced and planted play and amenity areas, erection of 6 no. new flagpoles, refurbishment and upgrade of existing boundary walls, fences and gates (as described above and including a pedestrian gate towards the convent at the Western site boundary), and provision of all ancillary site works at this location. The site is in the curtilage of protected structures, Sisters of Mercy Chapel & Convent to the West.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3102/20

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

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

• Canal Local Employment Service Network, convent/nunnery, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached L-plan red brick seven-bay two-storey former convent, built c.1880, having gabled breakfronts and box bay window to front (east) elevation, return extended to west c.1920. Now in use as community employment offices. Pitched slate roofs having tooled limestone copings and brackets to east gables, red brick chimneystacks with yellow brick quoins, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls to front elevation laid in Flemish bond, having yellow brick quoins and chamfered brick plinth course. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to north, south and rear elevations. Shouldered square-headed and Tudor arched window openings to front elevation, some paired, having yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, chamfered limestone sills, and six-over-six and four-over-four pane timber sash windows. Box bay window having tripartite shouldered square-headed window openings with carved limestone surround, set in yellow brick walls. Square-headed window openings to north, south and west elevations, having cut granite sills, rendered reveals and six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Pointed arch door openings to front elevation, having yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, cut limestone doorcase to main entrance with double-leaf timber battened door and plain overlight. Flat-roofed porch to south elevation, having timber framed windows and door opening, double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors, plain overlights and sidelights, granite sills and rendered riser. Extension to south, built c.1920. Chapel attached to north, built c.1860.

• Canal Local Employment Service Network, convent/nunnery, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached six-bay two-storey former convent, built c.1920, having two-bay connecting corridor to north, and two single-storey box bay windows to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and ruled rendered walls, with channelled quoins and plinth course. Decorative render panels to front and rear elevations. Square-headed windows openings having six-over-six pane timber sash windows to first floor of front elevation, two-over-two panes to connecting corridor and to south elevation. Four-over-four panes with bipartite overlights to ground floor of connecting corridor. Paired window openings to bay windows, replacement uPVC windows to rear elevation. Retains interior features. Attached to south of Saint Vincent’s convent and chapel.

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_3150 (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.

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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.