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Dublin City Council · 5432/22

61, O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1

  1. 13 Dec 2022Received
  2. 27 Sept 2023Grant permission
  3. 18 Oct 2023Appealed
  4. 8 Apr 2025Appeal: Granted with conditions
  5. 8 Apr 2025Final grant
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Grant permission · 27 Sept 2023
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
196 m²
Appeal
ACP 318268 · Granted with conditions

What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission at a site (c.0.02Ha), at No. 61 O'Connell Street Upper (a Protected Structure), including rear onto Henry Place, Dublin 1. The site is otherwise bound by No. 62 O'Connell Street Upper to the south, the east side of Henry Place to the west, the west side of O'Connell Street Upper to the east and No. 60 O'Connell Street Upper to the north. The proposed development comprises the conservation, repair, refurbishment and adaptive reuse of an existing commercial building (4 storey over basement) to include: - a 'licensed restaurant/cafe unit with takeaway/collection facility' (c.35 sq. m gfa) at ground floor level on O'Connell Street Upper and a 'licensed restaurant/ cafe unit with takeaway/collection facility' (c.10 sq. m gfa) at ground floor level on Henry Place; 3 no. 2 bed apartments from 1st to 3rd floor (1no. unit per storey); 1no. gym/leisure studio (c.172 sq. m gfa) at basement level; All associated and ancillary site development works, conservation, demolition, landscaping, temporary works, including: - the creation of a new pedestrian link through part of the ground floor connecting O'Connell Street Upper and Henry Place; bicycle (8no.) and bin storage to rear of No. 61 O'Connell Street Upper at ground floor level; building signage zones and retractable canopy. The application site is within the O'Connell Street Architectural Conservation Area. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) accompanies this application

5432/22 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for pROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission at a site (c.0.02Ha), at No. 61 O'Connell Street Upper, received on 13 Dec 2022; permission was granted on 27 Sept 2023.

Planning details

Reference
5432/22
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “Decision Appealed
Received
13 Dec 2022
Observations close
26 Jan 2023 (closed 1327 days ago)
Decision due
27 Sept 2023 · decided 27 Sept 2023
Decision
Grant permission on 27 Sept 2023
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission at a site (c.0.02Ha), at No. 61 O'Connell Street Upper (a Protected Structure), including rear onto Henry Place, Dublin 1. The site is otherwise bound by No. 62 O'Connell Street Upper to the south, the east side of Henry Place to the west, the west side of O'Connell Street Upper to the east and No. 60 O'Connell Street Upper to the north. The proposed development comprises the conservation, repair, refurbishment and adaptive reuse of an existing commercial building (4 storey over basement) to include: - a 'licensed restaurant/cafe unit with takeaway/collection facility' (c.35 sq. m gfa) at ground floor level on O'Connell Street Upper and a 'licensed restaurant/ cafe unit with takeaway/collection facility' (c.10 sq. m gfa) at ground floor level on Henry Place; 3 no. 2 bed apartments from 1st to 3rd floor (1no. unit per storey); 1no. gym/leisure studio (c.172 sq. m gfa) at basement level; All associated and ancillary site development works, conservation, demolition, landscaping, temporary works, including: - the creation of a new pedestrian link through part of the ground floor connecting O'Connell Street Upper and Henry Place; bicycle (8no.) and bin storage to rear of No. 61 O'Connell Street Upper at ground floor level; building signage zones and retractable canopy. The application site is within the O'Connell Street Architectural Conservation Area. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) accompanies this application
As published by the register.
Site area
196 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
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Appeal

ACP 318268 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted with conditions 8 Apr 2025
received by the Commission 18 Oct 2023 · inspector's report · board order

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    M2 — Major town centre

    Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.

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

    Designations within 250 m

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 1
      Independent Newspapers Ltd.
    • NIAH-recorded building · 195
      Shoe Zone/Pillar Bed & Breakfast; HPJ Jewellers; Shu Krazy
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 10
      Brickworks; House - 18th/19th century; Monumental structure

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 71370). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.

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