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Dublin City Council · WEB1304/25 · Permission

62 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1

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Council received 17 Feb 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (572 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB1304/25 is a planning application for permission at 62 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, received by Dublin City Council on 17 Feb 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: McDonald's Restaurants of Ireland Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for development at No. 62 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 (Protected Structure). The development will consist of proposed external and internal improvement works including improved service window and counter area, new walls and fire doors at ground floor level; new walls and fire doors to basement, upper mezzanine, first floor, second floor and third floor levels; proposed works to the existing shopfront/front eastern elevation to include new fascia board and associated works, replacement of existing lights, replacement glazing to existing window, new shopfront signage to replace existing signage to include internally illuminated projecting sign, wall mounted golden arch and McDonald's text signage, new orb, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development. The council declared the application invalid on 11 Mar 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 24 Mar 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 157 other decided applications in the last five years and 52 appeals.

Appeal window closes 8 Apr 2025 closed 522 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (11 Mar 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: McDonald's Restaurants of Ireland Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for development at No. 62 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 (Protected Structure). The development will consist of proposed external and internal improvement works including improved service window and counter area, new walls and fire doors at ground floor level; new walls and fire doors to basement, upper mezzanine, first floor, second floor and third floor levels; proposed works to the existing shopfront/front eastern elevation to include new fascia board and associated works, replacement of existing lights, replacement glazing to existing window, new shopfront signage to replace existing signage to include internally illuminated projecting sign, wall mounted golden arch and McDonald's text signage, new orb, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared inva on 11 Mar 2025
Site (from polygon)
205 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 17 Feb 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 24 Mar 2025
  • 11 Mar 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 8 Apr 2025

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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

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    • EPA-licensed facility · 1
      Independent Newspapers Ltd.
    • NIAH-recorded building · 196
      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 · 9
      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 73604). 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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