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Dublin City Council · WEB1616/24 · Permission

26/27, Dorset Street Lower, Dublin 1

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Council received 20 May 2024We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (845 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB1616/24 is a planning application for permission at 26/27, Dorset Street Lower, Dublin 1, received by Dublin City Council on 20 May 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of • The subdivision and change of use of existing commercial (office) space of No. 26 at first, second and third floors to provide 4no. Short Term Tourist Rental Accommodation studio units. • Division of ground floor existing office use (GWD Estate Agents) of Nos. 26 and 27 to accommodate new retail space and reception/entrance to Short Term Tourist Rental Accommodation on upper floors. • Works will also include alterations to existing shopfront and signage to No. 26 with new / reinstated entrance, all associated internal, elevation alterations, site and drainage works. The council granted permission on 27 Nov 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 24 Jun 2024. A commencement notice (SN0012811DC) was lodged on 24 Jul 2025, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 143 other decided applications in the last five years and 24 appeals.

Appeal window closes 3 Jan 2025 closed 618 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (27 Nov 2024) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

The development will consist of • The subdivision and change of use of existing commercial (office) space of No. 26 at first, second and third floors to provide 4no. Short Term Tourist Rental Accommodation studio units. • Division of ground floor existing office use (GWD Estate Agents) of Nos. 26 and 27 to accommodate new retail space and reception/entrance to Short Term Tourist Rental Accommodation on upper floors. • Works will also include alterations to existing shopfront and signage to No. 26 with new / reinstated entrance, all associated internal, elevation alterations, site and drainage works.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 27 Nov 2024
Final grant
21 Jan 2025
Site (from polygon)
167 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 20 May 2024
    New application
    Observation window closed 24 Jun 2024
  • 12 Jul 2024
    Further information requested
  • 6 Nov 2024
    Further information received
  • 27 Nov 2024
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 3 Jan 2025

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Not appealed.

Commencement

  • Seven day notice SN0012811DC
    24 Jul 202526/27 Dorset Street Lower, Dublin, Dublin 1, D01 PT66matched by ref_exact
  • Commencement notice CN0122932DC
    9 Dec 202438-39 Gardiner Street Upper, Dublin, Dublin 1, D01 C2F6matched by spatial

Zoning at the site

Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M3 — Neighbourhood centre

Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.

A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.

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.

R2 — Existing residential

Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

Designations within 250 m

No OPW flood extent nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 132
    Pat Hickey Auctioneers; house; house
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 2
    House - indeterminate date; R178403

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 68996). 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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