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Dublin City Council · WEB2502/24 · Permission

Corner of Brunswick Street North and Church Street Upper, Dublin 7

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Council received 14 Nov 2024We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (667 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB2502/24 is a planning application for permission at Corner of Brunswick Street North and Church Street Upper, Dublin 7, received by Dublin City Council on 14 Nov 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PERMISSION The development will consist of the following: 1) The demolition of existing walls within the subject site and the construction of a housing development scheme divided into 2 no. apartment blocks (A and B) ranging between 3 - 6 no. storeys in height. 2) The new development comprises 34 no. residential units (each with private balconies/winter gardens/rear gardens): • Block A (6 no. storeys): - Comprises an entrance lobby (c.44.2 sqm - fronting Brunswick Street North), a commercial retail unit (c.114.4 sqm - fronting both Church Street Upper and Brunswick Street North) including a bin store (13 sqm) and circulation space (3.6 sqm), a bike store (28.5 sqm) for a total of 28 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 2 no. cargo spaces), a bin store (19.4 sqm), and a plant room (13.8 sqm) all located at ground floor level, and - 28 no. residential units (16 no. 1 bed units & 12 no. 2 bed units). • Block B (3 no. storeys): - 6 no. residential units (3 no. 1 bed units & 3 no. 2 bed units). 3) 2 no. pedestrian access points to residential units, from Brunswick Street North and Church Street and 1 no. public pedestrian access point to the commercial retail unit from the corner of Brunswick Street North. 4) Communal open space in the form of a courtyard area (208.3 sqm) for residential use, including 3 no. separate areas for bicycle parking for a total of 38 no. bicycle parking spaces in the form of a bicycle shelter (30 no. spaces) and 2 no. separate bicycle parking areas (4 no. spaces in each - totalling to 8 no. bicycle parking spaces). 5) The associated site and infrastructural works include provision for surface water drainage services and connections, attenuation proposals, green/blue roofs, landscaping/public realm works, boundary treatment and all associated site development works. The council granted permission on 5 Sept 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 19 Dec 2024. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. The scheme is for 33 units. Within 500 m there are 114 other decided applications in the last five years and 22 appeals.

Appeal window closes 3 Oct 2025 closed 345 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (5 Sept 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

PERMISSION The development will consist of the following: 1) The demolition of existing walls within the subject site and the construction of a housing development scheme divided into 2 no. apartment blocks (A and B) ranging between 3 - 6 no. storeys in height. 2) The new development comprises 34 no. residential units (each with private balconies/winter gardens/rear gardens): • Block A (6 no. storeys): - Comprises an entrance lobby (c.44.2 sqm - fronting Brunswick Street North), a commercial retail unit (c.114.4 sqm - fronting both Church Street Upper and Brunswick Street North) including a bin store (13 sqm) and circulation space (3.6 sqm), a bike store (28.5 sqm) for a total of 28 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 2 no. cargo spaces), a bin store (19.4 sqm), and a plant room (13.8 sqm) all located at ground floor level, and - 28 no. residential units (16 no. 1 bed units & 12 no. 2 bed units). • Block B (3 no. storeys): - 6 no. residential units (3 no. 1 bed units & 3 no. 2 bed units). 3) 2 no. pedestrian access points to residential units, from Brunswick Street North and Church Street and 1 no. public pedestrian access point to the commercial retail unit from the corner of Brunswick Street North. 4) Communal open space in the form of a courtyard area (208.3 sqm) for residential use, including 3 no. separate areas for bicycle parking for a total of 38 no. bicycle parking spaces in the form of a bicycle shelter (30 no. spaces) and 2 no. separate bicycle parking areas (4 no. spaces in each - totalling to 8 no. bicycle parking spaces). 5) The associated site and infrastructural works include provision for surface water drainage services and connections, attenuation proposals, green/blue roofs, landscaping/public realm works, boundary treatment and all associated site development works.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 5 Sept 2025
Final grant
10 Oct 2025
Units
33
Site (from polygon)
1,068 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 14 Nov 2024
    New application
    Observation window closed 19 Dec 2024
  • 9 Apr 2025
    Further information requested
  • 11 Aug 2025
    Further information received
  • 5 Sept 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 3 Oct 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.

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    • NIAH-recorded building · 38
      store/warehouse; store/warehouse; King's Inns
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 16
      Religious house - Benedictine nuns; House - indeterminate date; Watercourse

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86039). 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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