Land parcel 5493064

Area

4,676 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,582 m².

Zoning

R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
C2.1 Z6: Employment/Enterprise (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 24 Oct 2022Grant permission

  Permission for development at this site at The "Boston Sidings Site" at Grand Canal Quay and Macken Street, Dublin 2. (Lands bound by Clanwilliam Square to the south, Grand Canal Quay to the east, the Dublin - Rosslare mainline railway to the north and Macken Villas and Macken Street to the west). The development will consist of: Modifications to the permitted office development Reg. Ref. 2808/19, Bord Ref. ABP304878-19 (as modified by Reg. Refs. 2682/21 and 3386/21) and involves revisions to the permitted facades as follows: South West Elevation: use of brick at the Grand Canal Quay boundary wall interface in lieu of previously permitted metal, addition of transom within double height glazing to foyer, provision of automatic opening vents (AOVS) above fire escape door, use of metal soffit above entrance door in lieu of previously permitted brick with associated minor modifications to mezzanine floorplate and provision of capping to glazing at parapet level; South East Elevation: addition of transom within double height glazing to foyer, reconfiguration of glazing and spandrel panel layouts at Level M1; North East Elevation: reconfiguration and alterations to louver, glazing and spandrel panel layouts at Levels M1 to 4.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5106/22

• 25 Aug 2021Grant permission

  Permission for the development at this site (0.37ha) known as the ''Boston Siding Site'' at Grand Canal Quay and Macken Street, Dublin 2. (Lands bounded by Clanwilliam Square to the south, Grand Canal Quay to the east, the Dublin Rosslare mainline railway to the north and Macken Villas and Macken Street to the west). The proposed development will consist of modifications to the permitted office development Reg. REF. 2808/19, Bord REF. ABP-304878-19 (as modified by Ref. Ref. 2682/21) and involves a revised layout to the permitted roof level plant, provision of additional ventilation equipment, associated ducting and 4no. stepover access structures. The overall height of the roof plant increases from 45.2m to 46.3m (+1.1m). The overall height of the permitted building parapet remains unchanged at 44.4m.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3386/21

• 28 Apr 2021Grant permission

  Permission for development at this site (0.37ha) known as the ''Boston Sidings Site'' at Grand Canal Quay and Macken Street, Dublin 2. (Lands bound by Clanwilliam Square to the south, Grand Canal Quay to the east, the Dublin – Rosslare mainline railway to the north and Macken Villas and Macken Street to the west). The proposed development comprises modifications to the permitted office development Reg. Ref: 2808/19, Bord Ref. ABP-304878-19 relating to the existing boundary wall with Clanwilliam Square to the south which is to be lowered to a height of 700mm to 1490mm and topped with a metal railing with a height of 1100mm. Revised landscape proposals are provided for the public realm areas and the access route along the southern boundary including the provision of seating, planters, lighting and associated hard and soft landscaping.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2682/21

• 18 Apr 2019Grant permission

  Permission for development at this site (0.37ha) known as "Boston Sidings Site" at Grand Canal Quay and Macken Street, Dublin 2. (Lands bound by Clanwilliam Square to the south, Grand Canal Quay to the east, the Dublin - Rosslare mainline railway to the north and Macken Villas and Macken Street to the west). The development will consist of construction of a 10 storey over basement office development with setbacks at 5th and 7th floor levels an external terrace areas at 5th, 6th and 7th floor levels with a gross floor area of 19,856sq.m. The proposed accommodation will consist of office (designed for single or multiple tenancies) and ancillary uses with associated lift and stair cores with pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access from Grand Canal Quay. The development of the site will be facilitated by removal of the existing fill material within the site to create a new ground level fronting Grand Canal Quay and modifications to the existing eastern boundary wall to Grand Canal Quay (currently c.45m in length) involving demolition of c.15.8m of the wall and the creation of openings within the remaining c.29.2m to provide visual and physical access to the proposed office accommodation behind. The proposed ground floor accommodation comprises office reception and foyer areas fronting Grand Canal Quay with office and ancillary accommodation to the rear. A proposed landscaped access route separates the proposed office block from the existing boundary wall with Clanwilliam Square to the south which is to be structurally secured and retained. This route provides access to the rear (western end) of the block which accommodates ancillary accommodation including bicycle parking (199no. spaces), bin storage, plant rooms, staff facilities and an ESB substation. A car lift provides access to the basement accommodation incorporating 25no. car parking spaces and ancillary plant and storage rooms. Above ground floor level accommodation includes a mezzanine floor level with office and additional ancillary plant and storage rooms and 8 levels of office accommodation above. Permission is also sought for hard and soft landscaping within the site, external lighting, screened plant area at 8th floor level and all ancillary site and development works. The existing Macken Street entrance will be maintained to facilitate continued access by Iarnod Eireann/CIE to the existing signalling building which will be retained on site adjacent to the proposed office building.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2808/19

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

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

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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3234 (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.