Land parcel 5734751

Area

23,504 m² (2.35 ha, 5.81 acres)

Buildings

17 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 4,753 m².

Zoning

S5 Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
G5 Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 12 Sept 2024Grant permission

  Planning permission for (1) a first floor extension to the rear and side (2) opaque window to the existing end gable and all associated site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4273/24

• 6 Dec 2022Grant permission and rete

  PERMISSION & RETENTION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: CTN Developments intend to apply for Retention Permission and Permission for development at St. Joseph's, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 (permitted under Reg. Ref. 2991/15 and An Bord Pleanála Ref PL29N.245745), a residential development which is now almost complete and known as Grace Park Wood. The constructed revisions for which Retention Permission is sought relate to the public park at the entrance to Grace Park Wood and comprise of minor revisions to the alignment of the perimeter estate railing along the western boundary of the park with the Gate Lodge (a Protected Structure); provision of 6 no.visitor car parking spaces consolidated into one banked parking location rather than two at Grace Park View; slightly amended entrances to the park at Grace Park Road and internal estate roads within Grace Park Wood and amended alignment of pathways within public park and associated minor landscape changes. The proposed revisions for which Permission is sought also relate to the public park and comprise of replacement of the Ballylusk self-binding gravel surface finish and timber edging with a more robust and universally accessible black macadam surface finish with square top concrete kerb; replacement of reconstituted stone strip paving within mown grass with more robust and universally accessible consolidated areas of shot-blast exposed aggregate concrete surface finish and proposed band of concrete pavoirs 800mm wide to be provided underneath the perimeter estate railing around the park in order to facilitate ease of park maintenance.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5386/22

• 11 May 2022Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS. No. 3236) : planning permission is sought for the construction of a prefabricated structure comprising (a) equine assisted therapy arena of approx. 1000 sq m to include 7 stable boxes, (b) single-storey administration area to include a reception, offices, disabled toilets and a viewing area and all associated site development works. The structure will remain temporarily in place for a period of no greater than ten (10) years.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3949/22

• 25 Apr 2022Application declared inva

  PROCTECTED STRUCTURE : Permission is sought by Childvision for the construction of a prefabricated structure comprising of (a) equine assisted therapy area of approx 1000 sq.m to include 7 stable boxes, (b) single-storey administration area to include reception, offices, disabled toilets, and viewing area, and all associated site development works. The structure will remain temporarily in place for a period no greater than ten (10) years. The proposed development is located at Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 WK0H and is within the curtilage of a protected structure at "St Josephs" (Protected Structure RPS. No. 3236)

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3813/22

• 23 Apr 2021Grant retention permissio

  Retention Permission for minor revisions to the permitted development at St Joseph’s, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 (permitted under Reg. Ref. 2991/15 as amended by An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL29N.245745) which is now almost completed and known as Grace Park Wood. The constructed revisions for which Retention Permission is now sought comprise of revised boundary treatments along the southern and southeastern boundaries with Ierne Social & Sports Club and St. Vincent’s Hospital; 1 no. additional ESB unit substation at Apartment Block D; relocation of bicycle parking and provision of low brick wall and estate railing enclosure (1.1m high) around Apartment Block D and its adjacent communal open space; provision of estate railing enclosure (1.1m high) around the communal open space at Apartment Block C; installation of emergency vehicular access gates in the estate railing at the end of Grace Park Close to facilitate emergency vehicle access to the adjacent playing pitches; and the provision of 3 no. additional car parking spaces, and associated repositioning of car parking spaces, including 2 no. disabled access spaces.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1441/21

• 20 Apr 2021Application declared inva

  RETENTION: Retention permission for minor revisions to the permitted development at St. Joseph's, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 (permitted under Reg.Ref. 2991/15 as amended by An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL29N.245745) which is now almost completed and known as Grace Park Wood. The constructed revisions for which Retention Permission is now sought comprise of revised boundary treatments along the southern and southeastern boundaries with Ierne Social & Sports Club and St. Vincent’s Hospital lands; -1 no. additional ESB unit substation at Apartment Block D; -relocation of bicycle parking and provision of low brick wall and estate railing enclosure (1.1m high) around Apartment Block D and its adjacent communal open space; -provision of estate railing enclosure (1.1m high) around the communal open space at Apartment Block C; -installation of emergency vehicular access gates in the estate railing at the end of Grace Park Close to facilitate emergency vehicle access to the adjacent playing pitches; -and the provision of 3 no. additional car parking spaces, and associated repositioning of car parking spaces, including 2 no. disabled access spaces.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1418/21

• 31 Mar 2021Application declared inva

  RETENTION: CTN Developments intend to apply for Retention Permission for minor revisions to the permitted development at St. Joseph's, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 (permitted under Reg.Ref. 2991/15 as amended by An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL29N.2245745) which is now almost completed and known as Grace Park Wood. The constructed revisions for which Retention Permission is now sought comprise of revised boundary treatments along the southern and southeastern boundaries with Ierne Social Club and St. Vincent’s Hospital lands; 1 no. additional ESB unit substation at Apartment Block D; relocation of bicycle parking and provision of low brick wall and estate railing enclosure (1.1m high) around Apartment Block D and its adjacent communal open space; provision of estate railing enclosure (1.1m high) around the communal open space at Apartment Block C; installation of emergency vehicular access gates in the estate railing at the end of Grace Park Close to facilitate emergency vehicle access to the adjacent playing pitches; and the provision of 3 no. additional car parking spaces, and associated repositioning of car parking spaces, including 2 no. disabled access spaces.

  Retention permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1336/21

• 15 Mar 2021Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: A ten year planning permission is sought by Childvision for: Works at “St Joseph’s” (Protected Structure RPS. No. 3236) to include: 1/ the demolition of: a) non-original additions to Drumcondra Castle (Building A), a recorded monument DU018-015, at ground and first floor, b) ad hoc additions to the rear of WH Byrne building (Building B) including the reception office, the single storey link between the WH Byrne building (Building B) and the Therapy building (Building T), c) the Family Resource Centre, d) the single storey diagonally sited Office (Braille) building to the rear of the Jojo’s Cafe building (Building L), e) the single storey ad hoc storage outshoot to the West of the library building (Building L), 2/ the removal of several pre-fabricated units (storage sheds, charity shop, garden / horticulture centre (Building G) and polytunnel) within the horticulture, crafts and equestrian areas and 3/ partial demolition of a wall to create an opening between the site and the adjacent burial ground (garden of reflection); 4/ the retention of a) the existing polytunnels at the rear of the site (G), b) the internal alterations in the Castle (Building A) and the WH Byrne building (Building B), c) the internal alterations to the library and Jojo’s café (Building L) and past external additions: the Party Room and sensory space with a glass lobby, external decking, BBQ area; 5/ the erection of a) a new 3-storey reception building and an internal sensory courtyard (Building R), b) a new 2-storey hydrotherapy building to the rear of the therapies building (Building H), c) a new 2-storey C-shaped Day Learning Centre and the creation of a landscaped courtyard within, for the display or sale of crafted goods (Building D), a new single storey Garden / Horticulture Centre retail unit to the front of retained polytunnel (Building G) and 6/ works to existing elements, i.e. a) making good the existing roof to the therapy building (Building T), extension of the therapy building and the library building to serve as new entrances to each. b) the reinstatement of original window and balcony after demolition of parts of the castle building (Building A), c) the replacement of PVC windows with more appropriate conservation-type windows, d) part conversion of the first and part of ground floor of the stables building into staff accommodation, e) the upgrade of services inside the castle building without any changes to existing plan form externally or internally, f) the relocation of the historic manual water pump (NIAH 50120274) to a more appropriate setting and a demarcation of the original well location (when established through invasive means) to allow for the adaptation of existing and previously approved car parks to the above changes, g) associated landscaping, paths and paving, drainage works and h) boundary treatment including an upgrade of existing wall and main entrance from public road and new gates and fences. at Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 WK0H, located between Grace Park Road, Grace Park Way and Grace Park Row.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2396/21

• 20 Dec 2019Grant permission

  The proposed development involves modifications to a permitted school building (granted permission under An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL.29N.249253: Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 2172/17). The proposed modifications involve the provision of roof mounted, solar photovoltaic panels (max. 213 panels, all at maximum of 1.2m high); omission of all standing seam metal roofing; alterations to the permitted roof including different materials, profile and increases in height of parapets; provision of new monopitch roof over the changing rooms, introduction of aluminium on parapet wall capping; and the provision of 2 no. cycle lanes within the grounds of the permitted school. All associated works site works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4781/19

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• DU018-015001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Drumcondra Castle was built in the 16th-century on the present site of St. Joseph's Asylum for the Blind by John Bathe, a Meath family, who later became Chancellor of the Exchequer (Bowen 1963, 68). This is recorded in a tablet preserved in St. Joseph's Asylum and dated to 1561. It is located on an internal wall on the N side of the present building (Ball 1920, 159-165; 167-168). Part of the walls of the 16th century castle are at ground floor level. The original building was orientated north-south and was rectangular in plan , although it may have had a turret on the SW corner. It is intact at semi-basement /ground level, where it currently forms part of the kitchen and cane be identified by the thickness of the wall, which are almost 1.20m in width. The original vaulting survives , as does the rectangular fireplace in the S wall. After John Bathe's death in 1586 the castle became the residence of Sir William Warren, after he married Elenor preston, John Bathe's widow. The castle is marked on the Down Survey map as a large castle/house with two smaller gabled houses standing beside it. Drumcondra Castle is also mentioned in the Civil survey (1654-6) the proprietor being James Bath (Simington 1945, 180). In 1703, Drumcondra Castle was purchased by Captain Chichester Phillips, and at the time the estate was listed as a castle with a brick dwelling house, stables, a coach house, malt house, one brick house and five cabbins. Test excavations NW of the castle in 2009 revealed a series of pits and ditches that were thought to be related to the castle (09E437). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Upload date: 19 November 2012

Architectural heritage

• St. Joseph's School for Children with Visual Imp, church/chapel, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached L-plan chapel, built 1892, having five-bay nave with porch to north elevation, shallow transepts towards west end of north and south elevations, two-bay chancel to west, three-bay sacristy at northwest, and porch linking to medieval castle at east. Gabled roofs to projections. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge cresting, cut limestone copings with gable detail to kneelers, and with cross finials, sculpted to west gable of nave and chancel and to sacristy and wrought-iron elsewhere. Carved limestone brackets supporting cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick chimneystack to sacristy with carved limestone quoins and coping, and lead dressing. Carved limestone and red brick bellcote to east gable, with round-headed opening, yellow brick voussoirs, copper bell on iron wheel with chain and rope pull, carved limestone pediment and wrought-iron cross finial. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, with cut limestone platbands at impost and sill levels to nave and chancel and at impost level to sacristy, cut limestone quoins, limestone capping to rusticated granite plinth course, and red brick pilasters dividing bays in north and south walls of nave. Round-headed window openings to nave long walls, double round-headed window to north gable of sacristy, small round-headed openings flanking east porch, sexfoil openings to transepts, square-heading one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with wrought-iron bars to side walls of sacristy and to east porch, all with chamfered limestone surrounds and sills. Octofoil rose window to east gable of nave with carved hood-moulding, round-headed three-light window to chancel gable having trefoil heads with sexfoil and quatrefoils above and carved hood-moulding. Oculus openings to sacristy and north porch. Cream brick voussoirs and leaded frames to all openings (including oculi), except for those to west wall of sacristy and to east porch. Stained glass to transept gable. Round-headed doorways to porches and sacristy with chamfered limestone surrounds, north porch having double-leaf timber battened door with decorative cast-iron hinges, west wall of sacristy and south wall of east porch having similar single-leaf doors, sacristy being approached by four granite steps with rusticated granite walls having cut limestone copings. Interior has exposed timber arch-braced king-post roof trusses with hanging posts supported on carved marble colonnettes on rendered pilasters. Altar area on raised stepped platform, illuminated by large stained-glass window, with carved marble altar and reredos. Moulded plaster surround to chancel arch, having archivolt on colonnettes. Carved timber pews, gallery to rear with quatrefoil motif to balustrade, and confessionals flanking double-leaf half-glazed door to entrance. Tiled floor and plastered walls. Random rubble grotto to west. Set in grounds of Saint Joseph's School for the Blind. Pebbledashed wall to boundary, containing round-headed opening with single-leaf steel gate having inset cross, to Grace Park Road.

• St. Joseph's School for Children with Visual Imp, castle/fortified house, 1560–1850 · National interest
  Description

  Largely detached mainly three-storey building, core being castle of 1561, comprising main block having three-bay principal (south) elevation, seven-bay west elevation (two bays at each end projecting forward, possibly c. 1740), blank north elevation and three-bay east elevation with square-plan block at northeast corner built c. 1780 and having three-bay east elevation and multiple-bay north elevation; further single-storey addition to north (c. 1780, recently given first floor to west half), three-bay two-storey block to southeast of c. 1780 and having two-stage porch with balcony above to front (south), and with recent single-storey addition to east side. Building altered c. 1840 and more recently. Connected to later Victorian buildings at northeast corner. Hipped natural slate roofs, partly hidden behind castellated rendered parapet, having dormer windows to east pitch, and rooflights to west pitch; rendered chimneystacks located along external walls, with some clay pots; clerestory apparent to flat roof to east; and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roofs to recent additions. Ruled-and-lined render to walling to front (south) and side elevations, having channelled render quoins, with moulded render stringcourses to first and second floors and to parapet; rendered walling elsewhere. Square-headed window openings with masonry sills to ground floor, two surviving six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor of east elevation (with some cylinder glass panes) and replacement windows elsewhere. Some recent round-headed windows to northeast; moulded render reveals to openings to north. Wrought-iron balconettes to first floor windows to south elevation of main block. Wrought-iron railing to balcony to west with cast-iron supporting columns. Porch is Regency-style two-stage cast-iron and timber structure with pointed-arch openings and decorative spandrels and pilasters, with balustrade to first floor. Recessed square-headed doorway with early carved timber doorcase and early timber panelled door, and having cast-iron drop handles, protected by recent outer screen comprising glazed aluminium-framed door, approached by four cut granite steps having cast-iron bootscrapes to platform. Pebbledashed boundary wall to Grace Park Road.

• St. Joseph's School for Children with Visual Imp, school, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Largely detached three-storey residential home and school for the blind, built 1882, facing south and having attic storey, main part being five-bay and flanked by two-bay projections to each end that are gable-fronted to front and rear, four-storey square-plan turret bay to west again and further block recessed to west that is three-bay to west elevation and two-bay and gable-fronted to front and rear, with slightly later infill to rear, and with recent extension to rear of same. Pitched slate roof, hipped to turret, and having terracotta ridge tiles and cresting, cut limestone copings and carved limestone apexes to gables, dormer and half dormer windows and recent rooflights, red brick chimneystacks with carved limestone capping, and with carved limestone brackets supporting cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walling to front and rear, laid in Flemish bond, with cut limestone block-and-start quoins, limestone and blue brick bands, carved limestone bands at impost level to first and second floors, and limestone capping over granite plinth course, carved limestone plaque bearing inscription 'Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo Exercituan' to front elevation, and rendered walling to east elevation. Main block has square-headed window openings to second floor and Tudor-arch openings to floors below, to front and rear elevations and variously pointed, Tudor-arch, square-headed and segmental to other blocks, with carved limestone sills and sill courses, chamfered limestone surrounds and other carved limestone elements to front elevation of west projection and turret and to second floor of rear of east projection; polychrome brick voussoirs to east and west projections at front and to lower floors (with moulded archivolts) of front elevation of main block; terracotta detailing to tympana to lower floors of western projection at front; central colonette to first floor opening to turret and to second floor opening to rearmost gabled bay; double-light windows to front elevation of turret and of westernmost projection; all having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows; some openings to rear have wrought-iron bars. Pointed-arch doorways to front elevation, that to east having stepped carved and chamfered limestone doorcase with block-and-start and chamfer stops, quatrefoil and trefoils to tympanum with leaded glass, hood-moulding and polychrome brick voussoirs, and approached by three bull-nosed granite steps; doorway to west (in turret) has carved limestone doorcase set into moulded brick surround, with polychrome brick voussoirs, carved limestone keystone, limestone tympanum with carved details, and single-leaf timber panelled doors approached by metal ramp over cut granite steps; Tudor-arch timber battened door to east end of rear. Garden to east having L-plan flat-roof late twentieth-century building to east and south, and prefab range to north. Further lawns to north bounded by south half of I-plan arrangement of single-storey yellow brick buildings with red trim, hipped slate roofs with corbelled brick eaves course and red brick chimneystacks, segmental-headed openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with cut granite sills, and timber panelled doors (some double-leaf) with paned overlights. Further later single-storey structures to north and west, with further yards, gardens, lawns and carparking. Burial ground to east. Pebbledash rendered boundary wall, having two vehicular entrances to Grace Park Road.

• St. Joseph's School for Children with Visual Imp, water pump, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1890, comprising square-plan pillar with panelled faces and panelled base, latter bearing maker's mark 'Tonge & Taggart Ltd'. Decorative roundel to panel under maker's name and bearing inscription 'Déanta in Éirinn [Made in Ireland]', moulded spout with bucket hook to south face, fluted cap and cup and ball finial, handle with ball terminal to east face, and inscribed plaque to south face with reading 'Castle Well A.D. 1568. Directly under this pump is located the original well of Drumcondra Castle (present community house) constructed of stone. It is 8 feet in diameter and over 50 feet in depth'. Bolted to masonry base incorporating bowl. Located in rear yard of Saint Joseph's School for Children with Visual Impairment.

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_3232 (ZIP).

Flooding

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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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