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Dublin City Council · WEB1370/25 · Permission

8, Merrion Square, Dublin 2, D02 YE68

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Council received 25 Feb 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (564 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB1370/25 is a planning application for permission at 8, Merrion Square, Dublin 2, D02 YE68, received by Dublin City Council on 25 Feb 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, intend to apply for Permission for development at this site: 8 Merrion Square North, Dublin D02 YE68, a Protected Structure (Ref: 5109). The development will consist of: Masonry cleaning to the steps, railing plinth-wall and granite facing of the front elevation at ground floor. The council granted permission on 23 Apr 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 1 Apr 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 128 other decided applications in the last five years and 40 appeals.

Appeal window closes 21 May 2025 closed 479 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (23 Apr 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, intend to apply for Permission for development at this site: 8 Merrion Square North, Dublin D02 YE68, a Protected Structure (Ref: 5109). The development will consist of: Masonry cleaning to the steps, railing plinth-wall and granite facing of the front elevation at ground floor.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 23 Apr 2025
Final grant
28 May 2025
Site (from polygon)
873 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 25 Feb 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 1 Apr 2025
  • 23 Apr 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 21 May 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z8 - 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.

    O2 — Green belt

    Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.

    Zoned to protect the open land between urban areas. Development is strongly resisted.

    Designations within 250 m

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

    • NIAH-recorded building · 166
      Anatomy Building; Parsons Building; Dental Hospital
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 2
      R149532; R184166

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 84554). 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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