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Dublin City Council · 4982/23

53 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 HX33

Approved in Mar 2024. Building started in 2026.

  1. 15 Dec 2023Received
  2. 15 Feb 2024Approved
  3. 19 Mar 2024Final approval
  4. 8 Jun 2026Building started
Status
Building startedi
Decision
Approved · 15 Feb 2024
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Units
3
Site
148 m²

What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the development will consist of the following: (1) change of use of the first, second and third floors from office to residential and the construction of the 3no. apartment, 1no. on each level, (2) replacement of the shopfront and associated improvements to the area to the front, refurbishment of the facade over including repainting, (3) renewal of services with sustainable options, upgrade of existing staff WC on ground floor and inclusion of new additional staff services at basement level, (4) conservation works including - removal of inappropriate modern insertions including partitions, bulkheads, fixtures and fittings and internal secondary glazing - removal of two toilet spaces projecting from the rear wall of the building, - overhaul and repair of historic joinery including window cases and door cases, - overhaul and repair of 4no. timber up-and-down sash windows on first and second floors facing Dawson Street, - in locations where historic windows are missing, installation of 8 no. timber up-and-down sash windows complete with window cases, detailed to match the historic examples in the building: 2no. non-original windows at third-floor level facing Dawson Street with new to match existing 6no. to rear facade to match surviving original window on the second-floor rear facade, reinstatement of historic pattern doors and doorcases where these are missing, 6 no., - local repair of plaster cornices on the first floor and in the staircase and restatement of a cornice on the second floor, - local repair of the roof, - removal of fake greenery from the front railings and repair and reinstatement of railings

Planning details

Reference
4982/23
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
15 Dec 2023
Decision due
16 Feb 2024 · decided 15 Feb 2024
Decision
Grant permission on 15 Feb 2024
Site area
148 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

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Building started

  • 8 Jun 2026 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0014275DC

Zoning

Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M2 — Major town centre

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

Protections nearby 250 m

  • NIAH-recorded building · 274
    Trinity College; Examination Hall
  • Recorded monument · 38
    Religious house - Augustinian, of Arrouaise nuns; Ritual site - holy well

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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National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 18:51open
Summary

4982/23 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the development will consist of the following: (1) change of use of, received on 15 Dec 2023; permission was granted on 15 Feb 2024.