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Rotunda Hospital Campus, Parnell Square, Dublin 1

GRANT PERMISSION

Planning application WEB2689/24

Dublin - Dublin City Council

Proposed Development

PROTECTED STRUCTURE The proposed development comprises a 4-storey over basement maternity hospital building extension (Critical Care Wing, c. 9,946 sq m gross floor area) including: 80no. additional hospital bedrooms, new theatre and ancillary facilities, a new link corridor (Level 02) and connections with the existing Entrance Building and Main Hospital Building (protected structure); and, all ancillary demolition, site development, conservation, and landscaping and boundary works on campus, including: -•Associated refurbishment works within the existing Entrance Building. •Refurbishment of the existing ward space on Level 02 within the Plunkett Cairns Wing, Medical Residence Building and Main Hospital Building (Protected Structures). •Plant at basement of the proposed new Critical Care Wing. •Chimney flues, plant and associated screening at roof level of the proposed new Critical Care Wing and at roof level of the existing Entrance Building. •Demolition of - existing single-storey Outpatient department (c.1,174 sq m GFA), vehicular ramps and tunnel; - existing plant structures, including single-storey plant/waste store, low voltage switch room and defunct water tank, in the central garden area. •Construction of a new single-storey bicycle store to provide an additional 98no. bicycle spaces at surface level. •Replacement of the existing vehicular access ramps with two new realigned vehicular access ramps to the existing lower-level surface car parks. •Reconfiguration of the existing lower-level surface car parks, including removal of 67no. existing car parking spaces. •Relocation of the existing waste compactors, from north of the original hospital building (protected structure), to new location in the reconfigured lower-level surface car park area with associated landscape screening. •Relocation of the existing medical waste store to an external storage area, under the proposed new access ramp with associated removal of an existing caged clinical waste store. •Construction of a screened generator and medical gases compound within the northern portion of the site. •Hard & soft landscaping elements to the perimeter of the proposed building and carparks including the creation of a lightwell behind the existing boundary railings. •Minor reconfiguration, removal (c.10m) and making good of the protected boundary railings along the western perimeter of the site.•Replacement of the existing pedestrian and vehicular entrance gates at the northwest perimeter of the site.

Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    10 Dec 2024

  2. Further information requested

    12 Feb 2025

  3. Further information received

    4 Jul 2025

  4. Decision due

    31 Jul 2025

  5. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

    31 Jul 2025

  6. Appeal submitted

    28 Aug 2025

  7. Appeal decided: REFUSE PERMISSION

    9 Feb 2026

Application Details

Location
Rotunda Hospital Campus, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
Permission
Planning Authority
Dublin City Council
Site Area
990 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
10 December 2024
Status
Appeal Decided
Decision
GRANT PERMISSION
Decision Date
31 July 2025

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ACP-323482-25
Decision
REFUSE PERMISSION
Submitted
28 August 2025
Decided
9 February 2026

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