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Dublin City Council · 4670/23

26 Earl Street North, Dublin 1

Approved in Mar 2024. Building started in 2026.

  1. 23 Oct 2023Received
  2. 25 Jan 2024Approved
  3. 4 Mar 2024Final approval
  4. 17 Jun 2026Building started
Status
Building startedi
Decision
Approved · 25 Jan 2024
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Units
3
Site
163 m²

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What’s proposed

In plain English

Convert vacant upper floors into three apartments at Earl Street North

The applicant wants to change the use of the upper floors of this building to create three apartments. This includes building an extension and a roof terrace.

  • Adds two 1-bedroom apartments and one 3-bedroom duplex apartment
  • Includes an extension to the fourth floor
  • Adds an external roof terrace
  • Modifies the existing shopfront and ground floor restaurant entrance
Written by AI from the council’s description

An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.

The council’s description

PERMISSION:The development will consist of: Material alterations & change of use to first, second, third and fourth floors over existing basement and ground floor restaurant. Upper floors are currently vacant with part ancillary storage to restaurant. Proposed use to provide for 3 no. apartments, 2 no. 1 bedroom & 1 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartment at third and fourth floor levels. Extension to existing fourth floor level with external roof terrace. Modifications to existing shopfront and part ground floor restaurant to provide for new entrance lobby and new internal stair core to upper floor apartments

Planning details

Reference
4670/23
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
23 Oct 2023
Observations close
27 Nov 2023 (closed 1055 days ago)
Decision due
26 Jan 2024 · decided 25 Jan 2024
Decision
Grant permission on 25 Jan 2024
Site area
163 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

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Building started

  • 17 Jun 2026 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0014318DC

Zoning

Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M2 — Major town centre

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

Protections nearby 250 m

Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗

  • EPA-licensed facility · 1
    Independent Newspapers Ltd.
  • NIAH-recorded building · 216
    O'Neills Shoes; shop/retail outlet
  • Recorded monument · 13
    Bowling green; Glass works

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary

4670/23 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for PERMISSION:The development will consist of: Material alterations & change of use to, received on 23 Oct 2023; permission was granted on 25 Jan 2024.