72 Middle Abbey Street (site with Frontage to North Lotts to rear) Dublin 1
- 6 Dec 2024Received
- 30 Jun 2025Split decision(permission & refusal)
- 28 Jul 2025Appealed
- 1 Dec 2025Appeal: Refused
- 1 Dec 2025Final grant
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused
- Decision
- Split decision(permission & refusal) · 30 Jun 2025
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 162 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 323161 · Refused
What’s proposed
(i) omission of existing recessed mezzanine floor areas atop third floor level and reinstatement of full fourth floor level; (ii) works to external elevations including paint removal and repairing of pointing on Middle Abbey Street elevation; and replacement of sand cement plaster with insulating lime plaster and increasing height of ground level window openings to North Lotts elevation; (iii) removal of existing internal staircases, relocation of entrance door to North Lotts, provision of new internal staircases and reconfiguration of internal floor plans through provision of new wall partitions; (iv) change of use of building from retail (at basement/ground floor level) and retail storage (at all above ground floor levels) to a mixed-use building comprising a commercial retail unit at basement floor level, a café at ground floor level and a tourist accommodation development (comprising 9 no. short-stay apartments) from ground to fourth floor level; and, (v) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
WEB2664/24 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for (i) omission of existing recessed mezzanine floor areas atop third floor level and, received on 6 Dec 2024; permission was refused on 30 Jun 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB2664/24
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 6 Dec 2024
- Observations close
- 20 Jan 2025 (closed 602 days ago)
- Decision due
- 1 Jul 2025 · decided 30 Jun 2025
- Decision
- Split decision(permission & refusal) on 30 Jun 2025
- Proposed development
- (i) omission of existing recessed mezzanine floor areas atop third floor level and reinstatement of full fourth floor level; (ii) works to external elevations including paint removal and repairing of pointing on Middle Abbey Street elevation; and replacement of sand cement plaster with insulating lime plaster and increasing height of ground level window openings to North Lotts elevation; (iii) removal of existing internal staircases, relocation of entrance door to North Lotts, provision of new internal staircases and reconfiguration of internal floor plans through provision of new wall partitions; (iv) change of use of building from retail (at basement/ground floor level) and retail storage (at all above ground floor levels) to a mixed-use building comprising a commercial retail unit at basement floor level, a café at ground floor level and a tourist accommodation development (comprising 9 no. short-stay apartments) from ground to fourth floor level; and, (v) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 162 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
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Appeal
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
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.
- EPA-licensed facility · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 243
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 15
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 68761). 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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