39 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1

What’s proposed

CHANGE OF USE: change of use from a shop to a restaurant with all ancillary site works and alterations to shop frontage

Reference: 5206/26
Local authority: Dublin City Council
Status: With the council, no decision yet · register status “Registered Application”
Received: 24 Aug 2026
Observations close: 28 Sept 2026 (closed 9 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: CHANGE OF USE: change of use from a shop to a restaurant with all ancillary site works and alterations to shop frontage
As published by the register.
Site area: No site boundary mapped
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

This application has no location yet, so there is no nearby list.

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:38.

Source: council_registers · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:38

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