Land parcel 5734684

Area

2,381 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)

Buildings

10 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,894 m².

Zoning

R2 Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas) (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
M1 Z10: Inner Suburban and inner City Sustainable Mixed-Uses (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

• 2 Apr 2026Application declared invalid

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development relates to two adjacent sites on Fumbally Lane including the Fumbally Square Building within the Fumbally Square site, located to the north of Fumbally Lane and southwest of New Street, and the West Court Building (known as Tower 1 &2) of the Fumbally Court site, located to the south of Fumbally Lane and to the north of Malpas Street, Dublin 8. The proposed development generally consists of a change of use from office use and the required works to facilitate the development of a 172-no. room aparthotel over two buildings. The application boundary includes a Protected Structure at 12 Fumbally Lane (RPS: 3001- entrance walls and stone setts) and sits as part of a wider site which contains a Protected Structure at 9 Fumbally Lane (RPS Ref. 3000- a stone warehouse). The development will consist of the development of a 172-no. room aparthotel, within the existing buildings, as follows: 1. Change of use of the existing 5 storey Square Building located within Fumbally Square from office to aparthotel to accommodate 119 no. rooms. The existing central courtyard of the Square Building is to be enclosed by new glazed walls at ground level and a canopy at roof level, creating a central reception and lounge area of 192.7 sq.m, at ground floor level which also includes adjacent spaces to include a social kitchen, luggage store and back of house areas. Internal reconfiguration of the existing office layouts to facilitate aparthotel rooms. A publicly accessible Wellness Studio of 122 sq.m is also provided at ground level accessed from the Fumbally Square courtyard. Upgrades to the existing landscaping of Fumbally Square is also proposed which includes alterations to existing setts (RPS: 3001) to provide for a Part M route. Amendments to the existing façade to include new openings in the on the northern elevation to provide additional windows, a new service entrance at ground level on the southern elevation, the enclosing of the existing central courtyard at ground floor level on the western elevation to form new entrance and enclosure of existing opening on the eastern elevation. Amendments are proposed to the existing basement under Fumbally Square which include the removal of 10 no. car parking spaces and the provision of storage areas, new stair to ground level, cycle parking, back of house areas, staff office and changing areas. The proposed amendments result in a minor increase in gross floor area above ground of c. 233 sq.m all contained within the footprint of the existing building. 2. Change of use of the existing 3 storey West Court Building located within Fumbally Court from office to aparthotel and to accommodate 53 no. rooms. A lounge area at ground floor level is provided as well as back of house areas and inclusion of new internal stairs/lift. Internal reconfiguration of the existing office layouts to facilitate aparthotel rooms. A number of existing blocked up window openings on the west elevation are proposed to be reopened. Upgrades to the existing landscaping of Fumbally Square is also proposed. The proposed amendments result in a minor increase in gross floor area of c. 113.07 sq.m all contained within the footprint of the existing building. 3. Use of existing and upgraded plant and other ancillary facilities at basement and ground level to service the buildings including a new foul connection to the north of the site.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1761/26

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

• Fumbally Court, maltings, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay five-storey former maltings, built c.1860, having eleven-bay two-storey range attached to rear (south), and double-pile three-bay three-storey block attached to south of this, forming Malpas Street elevation. Now in use as offices. Hipped tiled roofs with recent rooflights to north block and centre block, hipped artificial slate roofs with rounded rooflights to ridge to north pile, to south block. Snecked rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins. Segmental-headed window openings to north and south blocks, square-headed window openings to central range, with brown brick block-and-start surrounds, granite sills and timber framed windows. Some cast-iron security grills to ground floor.

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_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.

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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.