Land parcel 5955033

Area

126 m²

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 289 m².

Zoning

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 Oct 2024Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Tottoria Trading Limited intend to apply for permission for development at 78 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2 (D02 RX94), a protected structure (RPS 4440). The proposed development will consist of the change of use of 78 Leeson Street Lower from solely residential use to residential use and office use associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. To facilitate the proposed uses, alterations are proposed to the protected structure as follows: Alterations to the existing basement plan to provide 1 no. 1 bed residential apartment unit and associated open space. Facilitative works to provide this unit include provision of new extended glazing at basement level fronting Leeson Street Lower, provision of an outdoor planting/ seating area at basement level fronting Leeson Street Lower on the existing basement level terrace, reconfiguration of the internal layout at ground floor level including the relocation of the toilet facility, and changes to the rear façade of the building at basement level to provide a new exterior glass door for access to the rear private amenity space associated with this unit. 1 no. cycle parking space associated with the residential apartment unit is provided as a secure lock up accessed from the provided rear private amenity space. Alterations to the existing ground floor plan to provide an enrolment/ reception office and tutorial/ conference room associated with the educational use of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this enrolment/ reception office and tutorial/ conference room space include the provision of 2 no. toilets, and the removal of an existing toilet to be replaced with a kitchen area. 5 no. bicycle parking spaces are provided within the rear private garden area at ground floor level. Alterations to the existing 1st floor plan to provide a tutorial support room and student services support area associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this tutorial support room and student services support area include removal of 2 no. existing bathrooms and the demolition of a dividing wall, to be replaced with glass doors. Alterations to the existing 2nd floor plan to provide an admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area include removal of 2 no. internal bathroom areas and the demolition of a non-original cantilever toilet to be replaced with a sliding sash window, and the demolition of a non-original partition wall and door to allow for a larger landing space. Alterations to the existing 3rd floor plan to provide a tutorial support room, admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this tutorial support room, admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area include the relocation of an existing bathroom area. 2 no. roof lights are proposed to the rear of the roofline, not visible from Leeson Street Lower. As part of the internal works to the protected structure existing balustrades associated with the original staircase through the building will be repainted and damaged or missing balustrades will be replaced. The staircase and handrails will be sanded and repainted. All window reveals will be sanded and repainted. All skirting and architraves will be maintained, sanded and repainted. Decorative coving and cornices will be brushed, cleaned and repainted by a conservation decorator.

  Permission, 1 home · Dublin City Council, WEB2308/24

• 10 Oct 2024Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development will consist of the change of use of 78 Leeson Street Lower from solely residential use to residential use and office use associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. To facilitate the proposed uses, alterations are proposed to the protected structure as follows: Alterations to the existing basement plan to provide 1 no. 1 bed residential apartment unit and associated open space. Facilitative works to provide this unit include provision of new extended glazing at basement level fronting Leeson Street Lower, provision of an outdoor planting/ seating area at basement level fronting Leeson Street Lower on the existing basement level terrace, reconfiguration of the internal layout at ground floor level including the relocation of the toilet facility, and changes to the rear façade of the building at basement level to provide a new exterior glass door for access to the rear private amenity space associated with this unit. 1 no. cycle parking space associated with the residential apartment unit is provided as a secure lock up accessed from the provided rear private amenity space. Alterations to the existing ground floor plan to provide an enrolment/ reception office and tutorial/ conference room associated with the educational use of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this enrolment/ reception office and tutorial/ conference room space include the provision of 2 no. toilets, and the removal of an existing toilet to be replaced with a kitchen area. 5 no. bicycle parking spaces are provided within the rear private garden area at ground floor level. Alterations to the existing 1st floor plan to provide a tutorial support room and student services support area associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this tutorial support room and student services support area include removal of 2 no. existing bathrooms and the demolition of a dividing wall, to be replaced with glass doors. Alterations to the existing 2nd floor plan to provide an admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area include removal of 2 no. internal bathroom areas and the demolition of a non-original cantilever toilet to be replaced with a sliding sash window, and the demolition of a non-original partition wall and door to allow for a larger landing space. Alterations to the existing 3rd floor plan to provide a tutorial support room, admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area associated with the educational functioning of the Institute of Education. Facilitative works to provide this tutorial support room, admin support/ career guidance room and student services support area include the relocation of an existing bathroom area. 2 no. roof lights are proposed to the rear of the roofline, not visible from Leeson Street Lower. As part of the internal works to the protected structure existing balustrades associated with the original staircase through the building will be repainted and damaged or missing balustrades will be replaced. The staircase and handrails will be sanded and repainted. All window reveals will be sanded and repainted. All skirting and architraves will be maintained, sanded and repainted. Decorative coving and cornices will be brushed, cleaned and repainted by a conservation decorator.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2275/24

• 24 Nov 2023Refuse permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for change of use from existing residential to administrative office use for an educational institution including the following: a) demolition of non-original WC block to the rear between ground and first floor levels and the associated changes to the rear facade, b) internal works, and c) installation of 2 no. rooflights.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4844/23

• 10 Nov 2023Application declared inva

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: permission for change of use from existing residential to administrative office use for an educational institution including associated internal works and external signage.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4761/23

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, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited attached five-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1800, with single-bay elevation to west on Leeson Street Lower. Now in use as offices. Pitched roof, hipped to south-west, with shouldered rendered chimneystacks having replacement clay pots to party walls, concealed behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping. Parapet gutters with replacement hopper and downpipe to south elevation. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish bond (rebuilt to third floor), over ruled-and-lined rendered walls to basement beneath granite stringcourse. Square-headed window openings with masonry sills, brick voussoirs and patent reveals. Multi-paned timber sliding sashes; six-over-six to second floor largely without horns, three-over-three to third floor with convex horns, two-over-two to ground and first floors with ogee horns and recent timber casement to basement. Decorative iron balconettes to first floor. Openings to west elevation, those to upper floors blind. Those to lower floors narrowed. Round-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and engaged Adamesque-Ionic columns flanked by leaded sidelights and respond pilasters, supporting fluted frieze with rosettes and simplified cornice, having spoked fanlight with raised-and-field timber-panelled door. Square-headed door opening to basement with plain surrounds and replacement timber and glazed door. Granite entrance platform with iron boot scraper and four granite steps flanked by iron railings with decorative cast-iron corner posts on granite plinth, enclosing basement well to east.

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. 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.

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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.