Land parcel 6186815

Area

343 m²

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,547 m².

Zoning

M2 Z5: City Centre (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 9 Feb 2026Grant permission

  The refurbishment and change of use of existing buildings from commercial/light industrial to use as an immersive arts centre with complementary educational facilities focusing on audiovisual technology at 10 and 11 Ushers Island, Dublin 8. The main entrance to the immersive arts centre will be from Ushers Island, while the entrance to the educational facility will be from Island Street, to the rear. The development will include; (i) Alteration of quay-front facades to nos 10 and 11, including a new glazed single storey public entrance at number 10 with glazed canopy and the façade refurbishment of no 11, to include; the rendering of the existing elevational non-original tile cladding (no 11); new windows and doors in existing openings (no 11); new granite steps, ramp and low boundary plinth (nos 10,11); new external metal railings at entrance area (no 10) to side boundary at the adjoining site (no 9) and new external signage to no 11. (ii) Alteration of the rear façade to no 10 at Island Street, including a new metal gate and new render to existing walls and a new planted courtyard containing bicycle and bin storage facilities. (iii) Reinstatement of the first-floor to the rear of number 10, with replacement walls and flat roof, where the original roof was previously removed, and only remnants of the first-floor walls currently remain.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1262/26

• 5 Feb 2026Application declared invalid

  The refurbishment and change of use of existing buildings from commercial/light industrial to use as an immersive arts centre with complementary educational facilities focusing on audiovisual technology at 10 and 11 Ushers Island, Dublin 8. The main entrance to the immersive arts centre will be from Ushers Island, while the entrance to the educational facility will be from Island Street, to the rear. The development will include; (i) Alteration of quay-front facades to nos 10 and 11, including a new glazed single storey public entrance at number 10 with glazed canopy and the façade refurbishment of no 11, to include; the rendering of the existing elevational non-original tile cladding (no 11); new windows and doors in existing openings (no 11); new granite steps, ramp and low boundary plinth (nos 10,11); new external metal railings at entrance area (no 10) to side boundary at the adjoining site (no 9) and new external signage to no 11. (ii) Alteration of the rear façade to no 10 at Island Street, including a new metal gate and new render to existing walls and a new planted courtyard containing bicycle and bin storage facilities. (iii) Reinstatement of the first-floor to the rear of number 10, with replacement walls and flat roof, where the original roof was previously removed, and only remnants of the first-floor walls currently remain.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1241/26

• 3 Feb 2026Application declared invalid

  The refurbishment and change of use of existing buildings from commercial/light industrial to use as an immersive arts centre with complementary educational facilities focusing on audiovisual technology at 10 and 11 Ushers Island, Dublin 8. The main entrance to the immersive arts centre will be from Ushers Island, while the entrance to the educational facility will be from Island Street, to the rear. The development will include; (i) Alteration of quay-front facades to nos 10 and 11, including a new glazed single storey public entrance at number 10 with glazed canopy and the façade refurbishment of no 11, to include; the rendering of the existing elevational non-original tile cladding (no 11); new windows and doors in existing openings (no 11); new granite steps, ramp and low boundary plinth (nos 10,11); new external metal railings at entrance area (no 10) to side boundary at the adjoining site (no 9) and new external signage to no 11. (ii) Alteration of the rear façade to no 10 at Island Street, including a new metal gate and new render to existing walls and a new planted courtyard containing bicycle and bin storage facilities. (iii) Reinstatement of the first-floor to the rear of number 10, with replacement walls and flat roof, where the original roof was previously removed, and only remnants of the first-floor walls currently remain.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1219/26

• 19 Jul 2023Grant permission

  The development will consist of demolition of the existing single storey building (389sq.m. which has been previously approved under Reg. Ref. 3503/16) which extends from Usher's Island to Island Street and the construction of residential use development to the rear portion of the site accessed from Island Street. The ground floor comprising of private access to residential amenities space including bin stores, plant room, bike storage and communal space. Above 6 no. 1 bedroom studio apartments to 2 no. 2 bed apartments split over 5 floors accessed via a common stair core and lift. Private balconies are proposed to the front and rear elevations. Finishes include a mix of brick, render and metal cladding. Associated groundworks, landscaping, drainage, engineering and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development to be included at rear of site.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4174/23

• 4 Mar 2022Grant permission

  The development will consist of demolition of the existing single storey building (389sq.m which has been previously approved under Reg. Ref. 3503/16) which extends from Ushers Island to Island Street and the construction of a mixed used development to Ushers Island comprising of 48.8sq.m commercial space for an office to ground floor along with private access to residential amenities space including bin stores, plant room, bike storage and communal space. Above 3 no. 2 bed apartments split over 3 floors accessed via a common stair core and lift. Private balconies area proposed to the front and rear elevations. Associated groundworks, landscaping, drainage, engineering and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development to be included to site.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3447/22

• 18 Feb 2022Application declared inva

  The development will consist of demolition of the existing single storey building (389 sqm which has been previously approved under Reg. Ref. 3503/16) which extends from Ushers Island to Island Street and the construction of a mixed use development to Ushers Island comprising of 48.8 sqm commercial space to ground floor along with private access to residential amenities space including bin stores, plant room, bike storage and communal space. Above 3 no. 2 bed apartments split over 3 floors accessed via a common stair core and lift. Private balconies are proposed to the front and rear elevations. Associated groundworks, landscaping, drainage, engineering and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development to be included to site at No. 10 Ushers Island, Dublin 8.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3307/22

• 12 Feb 2021Refuse permission

  Permission is sought for development comprising: (i) the demolition of the existing single storey building (389sq.m) which extends from Usher's Island to Island Street; (ii) the construction of a part-six. part-eight storey mixed-use development, consisting of the following uses: (a) 16 no. apartment, comprising of 5 no. studio apartments; 5 no. one-bed apartments and 6 no. two bed apartments. Each apartment is provided with a private amenity space in the form of a balcony and has access to communal amenity spaces. Access to the apartments is from Island Street and Usher's Island; and (b) 71sq.m of commercial (coffee shop) space at ground floor level with access from Usher's Island. The building is six-storey towards Usher's Island and eight-storey towards Island Street; (iii) The development features 28 no. bicycle parking spaces; 16 no. storage lockers; plant room; refuse storage; services; switch room; and an ESB substation (all at ground floor level); (iv) Permission is also sought for landscaping; drainage; and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2215/21

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 7 recorded monuments.

• DU018-020312 Bridge
  Description

  This bridge which spans the River Liffey was built in 1776 and occupies thesite of Arran Bridge, built in 1683 (Dillon Cosgrave 1977, 5 (2nd ed. ); Maher 1932, 12; Tutty 1981, 25-26).

• DU018-020313 School
  Description

  The site isidentified as the site of the medieval school of St Thomas Aquinas. Excavations in 1998 on thenorthern portion of the site extending from Bridgefoot Street to Island Street contained archaeological soils. In places there is c. 2.5m of archaeological deposits. (O'Rourke 2000, 45-46).

• DU018-020314 Bridge
  Description

  The Dublin City Development Plan (1991, No. 15) shows the 'site of Bridge'at Bonham Street N (Bradley & King 1987, 3).

• DU018-020318 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  De Courcy describes a former dwelling W of Fr. Matthew's Bridge which was associated with the Ussher family in the Sixteenth century (1996, 401-402). This backed onto the river Liffey. Perrot's survey of 1585 provide some dimensions (L 32.5m, wall T.1.25m, wall H 5.9m). This apparently occupied the site of a house mentioned in 1284 when it was granted to Robert de Notyngham and later restored in 1317 by John de Grauntsete(op cit 402). No visible trace

• DU018-020530 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Dublin Environmental Inventory. Dept. of Architecture, UCD. lists house No. 12. Date uncertain.

• DU018-020531 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Dublin Environmental Inventory, Dept. of Architecture, UCD, lists House No. 15. Date uncertain.

• DU018-556 House - 17th/18th century
  Description

  Arran Quay Watch House    Watch House is depicted on the northern side of of the River Liffey at the west end of Arran Quay, at the junction with Bridewell Bridge (DU018-020312-) and Queen Street.  Annotated ‘W.H’ on Rocque’s 1756 map of Dublin. On this map a building is depicted standing on the north side of the River Liffey, immediately to the east of Bridewell bridge (now Mellow’s Bridge). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 13 November 2025

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_3206 (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.