Unit 2, Temple Bar Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
WEB1642/26 is a planning application for permission at Unit 2, Temple Bar Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, received by Dublin City Council on 19 Mar 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of the following: (1) Change of use of an existing financial services unit to a restaurant. (2) Removal of two existing ATMs and installation of a new façade treatment fronting onto Temple Bar Square, including a new shopfront window. (3) Provision of internal restaurant facilities, including kitchen accommodation, waste storage, ventilation, staff welfare areas, customer seating, and an accessible restroom. (4) Installation of ventilation ducting on the south elevation to serve the proposed kitchen, together with an extractor fan at roof level. (5) Erection of signage on the north elevation. (6) All associated site development and services work on a site of c.0.0067ha. The council granted permission on 11 May 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Apr 2026. A commencement notice (SN0014761DC) was lodged on 9 Sept 2026, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 150 other decided applications in the last five years and 60 appeals.
Proposal
The development will consist of the following: (1) Change of use of an existing financial services unit to a restaurant. (2) Removal of two existing ATMs and installation of a new façade treatment fronting onto Temple Bar Square, including a new shopfront window. (3) Provision of internal restaurant facilities, including kitchen accommodation, waste storage, ventilation, staff welfare areas, customer seating, and an accessible restroom. (4) Installation of ventilation ducting on the south elevation to serve the proposed kitchen, together with an extractor fan at roof level. (5) Erection of signage on the north elevation. (6) All associated site development and services work on a site of c.0.0067ha.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Grant permission on 11 May 2026
- Final grant
- 15 Jun 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 91 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 19 Mar 2026New applicationObservation window closed 23 Apr 2026
- 11 May 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 8 Jun 2026
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0014761DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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.
- NIAH-recorded building · 261
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 50
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 66151). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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