# Land parcel 5742295, Ireland

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address.

- Parcel number at Tailte Éireann (SP_ID): 5742295
- Area: 537 m², as Tailte Éireann measures it
- Buildings (Tailte Éireann): 5 buildings touch it, 2,795 m² on the ground
- Townland: none: the statutory boundaries draw no townland here, as in the centres of Dublin, Cork and Galway

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- M2 Z5: City Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11), Dublin City. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2022-12/Final%201-14%20Land%20Use%20Zoning%2005.12.22.pdf

## Planning applications on this parcel (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 26 Oct 2022, Dublin City Council 5126/22: Grant permission. Permission. PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Dublin Central GP Limited Intends to apply for Permission for a period of 11 years at a site, 'Dublin Central - Site 2' (c. 1.33 Ha), at No. 43 (a Protected Structure), No. 44 (a Protected Structure), Nos. 45 - 49, Nos. 50 - 51 O'Connell Street Upper (a vacant site), Nos. 52 - 54 (a Protected Structure), Nos. 55 - 56, No. 57 (a Protected Structure), No. 58 (a Protected Structure) and No. 60A O'Connell Street Upper and the rear of Nos. 59 - 60 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1. Also, the site includes No. 13 Moore Lane, No. 14 Moore Lane (otherwise known as Nos. 1 - 3 O'Rahilly Parade and Nos. 14 - 15 Moore Lane or Nos. 1 - 8 O'Rahilly Parade and Nos. 14 - 15 Moore Lane) and the public realm associated with O'Rahilly Parade, Moore Lane, Henry Place and a portion of O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1. The site is otherwise bound by Henry Place and Nos. 59 - 60 O'Connell Street Upper to the south, the east side of Moore Lane to the west and west side of O'Connell Street Upper to the east and No. 42 O'Connell Street Upper to the north. The proposed development comprises a mixed-use scheme (c. 38,479 sq. m gross floor area) ranging in height from 2 - 8 storeys over single level basements including a new street between O'Connell Street Upper and Moore Lane, a new controlled Laneway from Moore Lane (adjacent No. 42 O'Connell Street Upper - a Protected Structure). The proposed development accommodates: - 6no. units for use as a 'licensed restaurant / café units with takeaway / collection facility' at ground floor level (Unit 1 - c. 67 sq. m and Unit 2 - c. 244 sq. m on Moore Lane, Unit 3 - c. 178 sq. m and Unit 4 - c. 75sq. m on O'Connell Street Upper, Unit 5 - c. 58 sq. m on New Street and Unit 6 - c. 296 sq. m on Moore Lane and New Street; 1no. unit for use as a 'licensed restaurant / café unit with takeaway / collection facility' across basement, ground, 1st and 2nd floor (c. 878 sq. m) on O'Connell Street Upper; 8no. retail units, each for use as a 'shop' or 'licensed restaurant / café units with takeaway / collection facility' at ground floor level (Unit 1 - c. 1,041 sq. m on O'Connell Street Upper and Moore Lane, Unit 2 - c. 311 sq. m and Unit 3 - c. 260 sq. m on O'Connell Street Upper and New Street, Unit 4 - c. 452 sq. m on New Street, Unit 5 - c. 251 sq. m on Moore Lane, Unit 6 - c. 162 sq. m and Unit 7 - c. 58 sq. m on O'Connell Street Upper and Unit 8 - c. 40 sq. m on Moore Lane and new controlled Laneway); Temporary use of retail Unit 8 (c. 40 sq. m) as a delivery hub, pending the completion of same at Site 5 under DCC Reg. Ref. 2863/21; Office use (c. 33,714 sq. m) from 1st to 7th floor with access from O'Connell Street Upper, rear of No. 59 O'Connell Street upper and new plaza on Henry Place and new controlled Laneway. Terraces proposed at 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th floor; Refurbishment of the 'Reading Room' (rear of No. 59 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1) as 'licensed restaurant / café unit with takeaway / collection facility' at ground floor level and ancillary café use at basement level (c. 244 sq. m in total). The single level basement comprises: - Access ramp from Moore Lane; 32no. car parking space; 372no. bicycle parking spaces with access to secure bicycle storage areas from the new plaza on Henry Place and the new controlled laneway from Moore Lane; Plant and waste storage areas; A structural box (120m length, 26m width, 34.5m depth) beneath the ground floor level that has been designed to accommodate the independent construction and operation of the planned O'Connell Street MetroLink Station by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, including provision of the structural envelope and co-ordinated voids to accommodate station entrances, ventilation and fire escape shafts through this part of the Dublin Central proposed development. These ensure that the Dublin Central proposed development is structurally independent of, and not prejudicial to, the MetroLink project. The MetroLink project will be the subject of a separate application for approval to be made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. This part of the Dublin Central proposed development is referred to as the MetroLink Enabling Works; All associated and ancillary site development, conservation, demolition, landscaping and temporary works, including: - Conservation, repair, refurbishment and adaptive reuse of part of the existing building fabric, including: - Retention of part of the rear of No. 59 O'Connell Street Upper (known as the 'Reading Room') internal and external modifications and new shopfronts; Retention of the facades of Nos. 57 - 58 O'Connell Street Upper (Protected Structures); Retention of the facades of Nos. 52 - 54 O'Connell Street Upper (Carlton Cinema - Protected Structures) including the reinstatement of the canopies; Retention of the facades of Nos. 43 - 44 O'Connell Street Upper (Protected Structures); Retention of the facade of No. 45 O'Connell Street Upper; Works to include repair and upgrade works (where required) of retained masonry, external and internal joinery, plasterwork and features of significance; Conservation and repair of existing lightwells on O'Connell Street Upper; Demolition of all other existing buildings and structures on site (c. 22,521 sq. m) including No. 13 Moore Lane and No. 14 Moore Lane (otherwise known as Nos. 1 - 3 O'Rahilly Parade and Nos. 14 - 15 Moore Lane or Nos. 1 - 8 O'Rahilly Parade and Nos. 14 - 15 Moore Lane) to facilitate a temporary construction compound; Laying of services in Parnell Street westwards from Moore Lane for approximately 49 metres; Improvement works to the public realm on O'Rahilly Parade, Moore Lane and Henry Place, including the provision of a new entrance off O'Connell Street Upper for deliveries / emergency access. There are also adjustments and improvement works proposed at the junctions of Moore Street with Henry Place and with O'Rahilly Parade; Creation of a new street connecting O'Connell Street Upper with Moore Lane and provision of a new plaza at the junction of Moore Lane and Henry Place; 3no. telecommunication lattice towers which can accommodate 3no. 800mm antenna and 2no. 300mm microwave link dishes with associated equipment on the building rooftop in Site 2C; 2no. ESB sub-stations; Building signage zones and retractable canopies. The application site is within the O'Connell Street Architectural Conservation Area. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) accompanies this application..

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

## Recorded monuments around it, by their zones of notification (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

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

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Office, 1925–1930, Regional interest, registry number 50010551, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU&regno=50010551. Terraced three-bay four-storey granite and Portland stone civil service building, built 1929, now vacant, having three-bay three story extension to rear (east). Flat roof concealed behind ashlar granite parapet with squared granite coping surmounted by recent cement blocks. Flat roof to extension having cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Ashlar limestone walls having moulded granite stringcourse above third floor openings and stepped cornice with modillions forming sill course over Portland stone platband. Stepped moulded cornice to ground floor over ashlar granite band surmounting channelled granite wall with plinth. Projecting channelled pilasters flanking doorcase and recessed window openings. Yellow brick English garden wall bond walls to rear (east) elevation of extension having cement coping to parapet, rendered stringcourse and platband to third floor. Rendered walls to side (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings with ashlar granite lintels, surrounds and Portland stone sills to upper floors with original timber sash windows comprising six-over-six pane arrangements to first and second floors and three-over-six pane arrangements to third floor openings. Portland stone architraves to first floor window openings, having dentilated hood cornice to central bay and panelled Portland stone apron to central bay of second floor. Square-headed window openings with channelled voussoirs to ground floor with moulded granite sills, ashlar surrounds and replacement single-pane windows over recent plastic inserts to panelled aprons. Square-headed window openings to rear elevation having cement lintels with steel casement and top-hung windows. Square-headed door opening within channelled surround to front elevation, having recent steel shutter, granite reveals and single bull-nosed granite step. Recent flat-roofed brick and glazed structures alternating to rear of site, flanked to sides and rear by English common bond yellow brick boundary wall. Flat-arched door opening to rear wall on Moore Lane.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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_3206, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3206.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Neighbouring parcels within 25 m (Tailte Éireann)

- Parcel 2562366: 1,316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2562366.md
- Parcel 4634526: 842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4634526.md
- Parcel 4067606: 701 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4067606.md
- Parcel 2850607: 508 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2850607.md
- Parcel 4727468: 460 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4727468.md
- Parcel 2562379: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2562379.md
- Parcel 5715238: 357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5715238.md
- Parcel 5715221: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5715221.md
- Parcel 5715205: 109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5715205.md
- Parcel 4634695: 100 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4634695.md

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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