Land parcel 5958839

Area

2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 967 m².

Zoning

O2 Z8: Georgian 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

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 30 Jun 2025Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Esprit Investments Limited intend to apply for permission for development at this 0.461 Ha landholding generally bound by James Place East and Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2. The landholding comprises 2 No. physically separated, yet proximate sites (referred to as Plot A and Plot B for the purposes of this Planning Application). Plot A (0.125 Ha), which incorporates No. 50 James Place East (a Protected Structure), is generally bound to the north by Nos. 47-50 Mount Street Upper, to the south by James Place East, to the east by No. 46 James Place East, and to the west by the car park to the rear of No. 51 Mount Street Upper. Plot B (0.336 Ha), which incorporates No. 40 Mount Street Upper (a Protected Structure), is generally bound to the north by Nos. 37-39 and 41-43 Mount Street Upper and Mount Street Upper, to the south by James Place East, to the east by No. 30 Herbert Street and the car park to the rear of No. 36 Mount Street Upper, and to the west by No. 44 James Place East and No. 44 Mount Street Upper. The development will principally consist of: the demolition of the 2 No. storey office building (1,412 sq m) and single storey rear stores (215 sq m) at Nos. 38-43 James Place East, shed (17 sq m) to the rear of No. 40 Mount Street Upper and single storey rear extension (17 sq m) attached to the mews building at No. 50 James Place East; and the construction of a Mixed-Use Development (12,994 sq m) across Plot A and Plot B as follows: Plot A: The construction of a part 1 No. - part 5 No. storey Mixed-Use Development (2,521 sq m). The Mixed-Use Development (including the internal reconfiguration of the existing 2 No. storey mews building at No. 50 James Place East) will comprise 26 No. apartments (2 No. studio units, 14 No. 1 bed units and 10 No. 2 bed units) and office accommodation (140 sq m). Plot B: The construction of a part 1 No. - part 5 No. storey (over basement) Mixed-Use Development (10,473 sq m) comprising office accommodation (9,522 sq m) and a community space (358 sq m). The development will also comprise of the following at No. 40 Mount Street Upper: the provision of a platform lift at the main entrance and associated alterations to the existing railings; elevational changes including the replacement of a window on the rear elevation with double doors; and the provision of a bridge above the existing courtyard. The development will also include: internal footpaths; bicycle parking; bin storage; hard and soft landscaping; balconies / terraces principally facing north and south; boundary treatments including the demolition of part of the existing stone walls; lighting; plant; lift overruns; an ESB substation; green and blue roofs; PV panels; signage; and all other associated site and development works above and below ground.

  Permission, 27 homes · Dublin City Council, WEB2536/25

• 1 Dec 2023Split decision(permission & refusal)

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development will consist of: The demolition of the existing buildings at Nos.. 38-43 James's Place East. The construction of a part 4, part 5 part 6 and part 7 storey Hotel building over basement level on the site to the rear of Nos. 37-43 Mount Street Upper fronting onto James's Place East; • Change of use of No. 38, 39 and 40 Mount Street Upper from office to hotel use and associated changes to layout to accommodate the change of use; • The hotel will provide for a total of 300 no. guest rooms and will have an overall floor area of c. 11,550sq.m within the new build development, and 1,540sq.m within Nos. 38, 39 and 40 Mount Street Upper; • Provision of a glazed link and bridge from the rear of Nos. 38 and 39 Mount Street Upper to the proposed hotel building at ground floor level; • Provision of 2 no. platform lifts to the front of No. 38 and 39 Mount Street Upper; • Provision of a glazed link and bridge from the rear of No. 38 and 39 Mount Street Upper to the proposed hotel building at ground floor level; • Provision of a multi-use school space (c. 180sq.m at ground floor level within the hotel building fronting James's Place East; • Provision of an arts/cultural space (c. 130sq.m at lower ground floor level within No. 38 Mount Street Upper; • Change of use of Nos. 37 and 41 Mount Street Upper from office to residential to provide 8 no. 1 bed apartment units and 1 no. 3 bed apartment unit and 1 no. 4 bed apartment unit; • Conversion of the existing mews building at No. 50 James's Place East (to the rear of No. 50 Mount Street Upper) to a residential dwelling (2 no. bedrooms); • Construction of a 3 storey residential building to the rear of No. 47 Mount Street Upper fronting onto James's Place East to provide for a total of 2 no. 2 bedroom apartment units; • Construction of a 3 storey residential building located between the rear of No. 50 Mount Street Upper and the rear of No. 50 James's Place East to provide for a total of 1 no. studio unit and 2 no. 2 bedroom apartment units; • Provision of a park within the grounds of Nos. 33-34 Mount Street Upper; • Provision of bicycle spaces to serve the proposed development and; • All ancillary landscaping, boundary treatments, associated infrastructure, and site development works to support the development.

  Permission, 16 homes · Dublin City Council, 4899/23

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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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_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.