Land parcel 5672034

Area

348 m²

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 751 m².

Zoning

M2 Z5: City Centre (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 16 Jun 2026Registered application

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE Demolition of the existing rear extension and its replacement and expansion incorporating a new lift to the third floor residential unit and fire safety improvement works to the protected structure (RPS: 3980)

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2499/26

• 15 Jun 2026Application declared invalid

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Demolition of the existing rear extension and its replacement and expansion incorporating a new lift to the third floor residential unit and fire safety improvement works to the protected structure (RPS: 3980).

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2479/26

• 11 Jun 2026Application declared invalid

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE Demolition of the existing rear extension and its replacement and expansion incorporating a new lift to the third floor residential unit and fire safety improvement works to the protected structure (RPS: 3980)

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2444/26

• 6 Sept 2023Refuse permission

  PERMISSION:The development will consist of: A) Demolition of the existing 1 and 2 no. storey buildings (c. 601.8 sqm) at 13 and 13a Merrion Row & 12a and 12b Merrion Court, on part of the site. B) The construction of a part 4 and 5 no. storey (c. 18.5 metres parapet height) mixed-used development (including setback upper floor with c. 17.7 sqm terrace at northern elevation, sedum roof, plant and PV panels at roof level) comprising retail/restaurant use (c. 186 sqm) and office reception, bike store (19 spaces) and changing facilities at ground floor level and 4 no. floors of office space (c. 1,434 sqm) above with access taken from PL Merrion Row. C) Signage zones of 43 sqm on northern and western elevations. D) Refurbishment, restoration and part change of use of existing buildings at 12c, 12d & 5 Merrion Court (c. 246 sqm) from restaurant/residential/wine bar to provide 3 no. two storey residential townhouses (maximum height c. 8.2 metres) each accessed from Merrion Court. E) A separate storage unit (c. 22 sqm area) providing a refuse store serving the office & restaurant/retail use and residential refuse store (c. 8 sqm area) adjacent at the west side of Merrion Court. F) All plant and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 3 homes · Dublin City Council, 4432/23

• 11 Mar 2020Grant permission

  Planning Permission for development on two parcels of land (c. 0.042 hectares) on a site at 13 & 13a Merrion Row and 12a, 12b & 12c Merrion Court, Dublin 2, D02 AP80. The development will consist of : A) Demolition of the existing 1 and 2 no. storey buildings (c. 601.8 sqm) at the site; B) The construction of a part 4, 5 and 6 no. storey mixed-use development (including setback upper floors including sedum roof and PV panels at roof level) comprising: retail/restaurant use (c. 235.1sqm) at ground floor level and short-term let residential accommodation on upper floors, comprising 11 no. studio units, 9 no. 1-bedroom units and 4 no. 2-bedroom units, each with private amenity space (balconies/terraces at first to 5th floor levels, with ancillary space at first floor level; C) Access to the short-term accommodation and the retail/restaurant unit will be taken from Merrion Row with a separate storage unit (c. 36.2 sqm site area) providing 28 no. secure bicycle parking spaces and refuse store included at the west side of Merrion Court; D) All plant and all associated site development works. The total gross floor area of the proposals is c. 1,979.5 sqm.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2464/20

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

• House, 1775–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1777 as pair with No. 14. Now in commercial office use. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to east end, having narrower hipped roof to valley, and fronted by parapet with granite coping over cement-rendered frieze. Cement-rendered and brick long chimneystack to party wall with No. 14, and rendered chimneystack to east party wall, with yellow clay pots. Valley gutters and shared cast-iron downpipe with hopper. Flemish bond red brick walling on moulded granite plinth course and plain course over painted smooth rendered basement walls. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floor, with patent reveals and granite sills; block-and-start granite surrounds to basement. Replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground, first and second floors with ogee horns, replacement uPVC to basement and replacement timber casements to top floor. Timber sash windows to rear, three-over-three pane to top floor, nine-over-six pane to first floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere, with round-headed stairs windows to east bay, that to second floor interrupted by overhanging projection. Round-headed door opening having doorcase comprising open-bed pediment with triglyph entablature on engaged Doric columns, plain fanlight and recessed eleven-panel timber door with panelled reveals and replacement door furniture, and flanked by sidelight insertions. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and two steps from street. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron corner post, on granite plinth. Partly abutted to rear, with yard and garden.

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_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.

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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.