Dublin City Council · WEB2408/26
Camac House, 1-3 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8
Declared invalid.
- 9 Jun 2026Received
- 10 Jun 2026Application declared invalid
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Application declared invalid · 10 Jun 2026
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 417 m²
What’s proposed
In plain English
Change of office space to staff accommodation at Camac House
The applicant wants to convert first-floor offices into eight ensuite bedrooms for staff. This includes using basement space for laundry and a ground-floor entrance for residents.
- Provides eight ensuite bedrooms with shared kitchen and living areas
- Includes access to the existing roof terrace
- Uses basement area for shared laundry and storage
- Designates a separate ground-floor foyer for staff use
Written by AI from the council’s description
An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.
The council’s description
(i) change of use of first-floor level office space to provide limited-term staff accommodation, related to the operation of the new National Children’s Hospital with associated internal alterations to facilitate revised layout providing for 8 no. ensuite bedrooms each with access to shared facilities including kitchen/dining area, living area, storage/service area, linen store and existing roof terrace all at first floor level; (ii) partial change of use of basement-floor level storage area to provide shared laundry/storage room in association with limited-term staff accommodation use and re-designation of the separate entrance foyer at ground floor level to serve the limited-term staff accommodation use; and, (iii) all associated works, including drainage works, engineering works and installation of new boiler cabinet, as necessary to facilitate the development
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB2408/26
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Observations close
- 14 Jul 2026 (closed 119 days ago)
- Decision due
- 31 Jul 2026 · decided 10 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 10 Jun 2026
- Site area
- 417 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 20 · 500 m · 12 months
Distance
Time
- Awaiting decisionEnergy Centre, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, D08 NHY1
- Awaiting decision1, Saint James's Avenue, Dublin 8
- Awaiting decision11, Camac Terrace, Kilmainham Lane, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn11 CAMAC TERRACE, KILMAINHAM LANE, Dublin 8, D08 C8XH
- Awaiting decisionSaint James's National School, Basin View, Dublin 8
- Awaiting decisionCarmac House, 1-3 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnCamac House,1-3 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8
- Awaiting decision4th Floor, Roof Terrace, St. James Court, No. 8, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
Show all 20
- Withdrawn64, Ceannt Fort, O'Reilly Avenue, Dublin 8
- GrantedCardiology and Respiratory Diagnostic Unit Building, , St James Hospital, James's Street Dublin 8
- WithdrawnCardiology and Respiratory Diagnostic Unit Building , St James Hospital , James's Street , Dublin 8
- RefusedMace Grocery Shop, 578 South Circular Road/Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Commenced29 Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- Withdrawn29 Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- Withdrawn29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- Withdrawn29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08 V44T
- Awaiting decisionLands at the Junction of Irwin Court and Irwin Street Kilmainham Dublin 8
- WithdrawnLands at the Junction of Irwin Street, Irwin Court and Irwin Street, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 H1W6
- Appeal decided8 Camac Terrace, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn14 Lorne Terrace, Brookfield Street, Dublin 8, D08 H6PY
- CommencedSt James's Healthcare Campus, St James's Street, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnSt. James's Healthcare Campus, St. James's Street, Dublin 8, D08NHY1
- RefusedBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham Dublin 8
- WithdrawnBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Appeal decided578 South Circular Road/ Brookfield Road, Dublin 8
- Granted588 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 XPW0
- Appeal decidedSite north and south of and including the Camac River, that includes No. 6 Kilmainham Lane and adjacent lands and the former Irish Cone and Wafer factory, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
- Granted509 South Circular Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08T6RV
- Granted586, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
- CommencedUnit 1B, Dargan Building, Heuston South Quarter, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnUnit 1B Dargan Building, Heuston South Quarter, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn586, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
- GrantedDPL Group Ltd, 68, 69 and 71 Old Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 V3WK
- Withdrawn68, 69 and 71 Old Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 V3WK
- Granted14, Lorne Terrace, Brookfield Street, Dublin 8
- GrantedGuiness Brewery, bounded by James's Street, Victoria Quay, Watling Street and Steevens Lane, Dublin 8
- Granted180, 182-184 James's Street, Dublin 8, F08 FF21
- Commenced23 James Street, Dublin 8, D08 V3P2
- Appeal decided23-25, Old Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn23 James Street, Dublin 8, D08 V3P2
- Granted76 O'Reilly Avenue, Ceannt Fort, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn76 O’Reilly Avenue, Ceannt Fort, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
- Granted22, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 KVP2
- GrantedDr Steeven's Hospital, Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8, D08 W2A8
- CommencedUnit 9, Sancton Wood Building, Heuston South Quarter, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 TK88
- Granted20, Bow Bridge, Dublin 8 , D08A6W4
- WithdrawnUnit 9, Sancton Wood Building, Heuston South Quarter, Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08TK88
- GrantedTrinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnTrinity Centre for Health Sciences at St. James Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn20 Bow Bridge, Dublin 8 , D08A6W4
- Granted622, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn622 South Circular Road, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn622, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 WDP8
- Commenced26 Faulkners tec, Dublin 8, D08 PF2H
- RefusedThe former Fodhla Printing Works site, Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Commenced513, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
- Appeal decidedLands at the Junction of Irwin Street, Irwin Court, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnLands at the junction of Irwin Street and Irwin Court, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Commenced15, Camac Terrace, Kilmainham Lane, Dublin 8-D08F5X2
- Commenced26 Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 N59F
- Appeal decidedThe Former Fodhla Printing Works site, Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Appeal decided177-179, James Street, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn177 to 179, James Street, Dublin 8
- GrantedSt. James's Healthcare Campus, St. James's Street, Dublin 8
- RefusedSite at corner of Old Kilmainham and Shannon Terrace, Dublin 8
- Appeal decidedThe former Fodhla Printing Works Site, Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Commenced28, Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 H1W0
- WithdrawnSite at corner of Old Kilmainham and Shannon Terrace, Dubllin 8
- Appeal decided134, James's Street and the corner of Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8, D08 YV6H
- Refused22, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Commenced596, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 D08 V10F
- Withdrawn22, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08KVP
- CommencedGrand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8
- Granted157, Donnellan Avenue, Ceannt Fort, Dublin 8, D08 Y9KA
- RefusedSite to the rear 10-13 Faulkners Terrace, Mount Brown, Dublin 8
- GrantedThe Malt House, 27-28 James's Street, Dublin 8
- CommencedBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 K2NP
- Appeal decided29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08V44T
- WithdrawnBow Bridge Business Centre, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 K2NP
- Commenced5 Lorne Terrace, Brookfield Street, Dublin 8, D08 V9HV
- Withdrawn29, Bow Lane West, Dublin 8, D08 V44T
- Refused134, James's Street, and the corner of Steeven's Lane, Dublin 8, D08 YV6H
- Appeal decidedHeuston South Quarter which is bounded by St. John's Road West (to the north), Military Road (to the east) and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (Protected Structure) (to the west and south), Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Granted6, Adelaide Terrace, Brookfield Street, Dublin 8
- GrantedSite at junction of St. John's Road West and Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- WithdrawnSite at junction of St. John's Road West and Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, with access from Military Road
- Granted8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Appeal decidedSite to the side of 22, Cameron Square, Dublin 8, D08 KVP2
- Withdrawn22A, Cameron Square, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- Granted7, Almeida Avenue, Dublin 8
- Withdrawn8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 D08 E4E3
- Withdrawn8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 D08 E4E3
- Withdrawn8, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 D08 E4E3
- GrantedSt. Patrick's University Hospital Campus, James's Street, Dublin 8
- CommencedUnits 8 & 9, The Dargan Building (Block 7B), Heuston South Quarter, St. Johns Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Homes nearby
- For saleApartment 13, Bow Bridge House, Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 FD35
- For saleBlock A, Bow Bridge Place with private parking, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 R2X3
- For sale15 Bow Bridge, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 RCW2
- For sale7 Irwin Court, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 F6C5
- For sale36 St. James Court, Mount Brown, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
- For sale70 Bow Bridge Place, Block D1, Irwan Street, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 H367
Development land nearby
- Permission running out · 399 homes granted 31 Mar 2022, expires 31 Mar 2027 — Heuston South Quarter (0.3 km)
- Permitted, not started · 15 homes granted 23 Jan 2025, expires 23 Jan 2030 — James's Street and the corner of Steeven's Lane (0.4 km)
- Permitted, not started · 51 homes granted 03 Jun 2026, expires 03 Jun 2031 — 42 Marrowbone Lane (0.7 km)
- Residential land off Manor Hall, Mount Brown, Dublin 8 (0.1 km)
- Residential land off St Jamess Court, Mount Brown, Dublin 8 (0.1 km)
Zoning
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
G3 — High amenity
Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
R2 — Existing residential
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.
Protections nearby 250 m
Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗
- NIAH-recorded building · 15
- Recorded monument · 12
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 | open |
Summary
WEB2408/26 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for (i) change of use of first-floor level office space to provide limited-term staff, received on 9 Jun 2026; the council declared it invalid on 10 Jun 2026.