The owners of St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre in Dublin are making a renewed bid to redevelop the landmark shopping centre.
DTDL Ltd has given notice that it is to lodge plans with Dublin City Council for an eight storey building in the next number of days.
The new application follows five months after An Coimiúsin Pleanála (ACP) saved the shopping centre's glass dome from the wrecking ball when refusing planning permission for a €100m revamp.
In its refusal, ACP concluded that the scheme "lacks a strong sense of original aesthetic and would not achieve a sufficiently high standard of placemaking, urban design and architecture at this key city centre location".
DTDL's efforts to demolish much of the existing shopping centre and redevelop date back three years to December 2022.
In the revised scheme which has slightly reduced in floor space on the rejected application, the planning notice states that the application is to involve "the removal of the existing facade at St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre and replacement with new elevational treatments".
The planning notice states that the proposal will result in a building up to eight storeys over basement with a total gross area of 87,158 sq metres.
The total gross area is slightly less than the 87,932 sq metres that was first proposed in the planning application that was rejected last July.
The new scheme is to involve "the rejuvenation of the St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre involving the internal reconfiguration and partial redevelopment of the centre while maintaining a number of existing retail units and elements of the existing built structure".
The notice states that there is a general increase in height across the development over the existing shopping centre and multi-storey car-park.
It states that the maximum height increase over the existing shopping centre is 13.27m where the height would rise from 25.5m to a proposed 38.77m.
The resulting retail floor area at basement, ground and first floor levels is 19,001 sq metres while the resulting floor area at café/restaurant/bar uses at basement, ground, first and fourth floor levels at 4,768 sq metres.
The restaurant at the fourth floor level is to be served by an outdoor terrace.
The scheme will also include 29,251 sq metres of office use and ancillary space at ground, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floor levels.
The mixed use development is to also include a new townhall at first floor level; a two screen cinema at ground and basement level and the provision of art exhibition space at first floor level.
The overall net increase in floorspace over the existing development is 20,645 sq metres compared to a net increase of 21,419 sq metres in the rejected 2023 application.
The proposal will include a reconfigured internal mall opening onto St Stephen's Green providing access to new and existing retail and cafe/restaurant units at ground and first floor.
The scheme also proposes 551 car spaces, which represents a reduction of 138 car parking spaces currently in place.
Reporting by Gordon Deegan
