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Dublin City Council · WEB2664/24

72 Middle Abbey Street (site with Frontage to North Lotts to rear) Dublin 1

  1. 6 Dec 2024Received
  2. 30 Jun 2025Split decision(permission & refusal)
  3. 28 Jul 2025Appealed
  4. 1 Dec 2025Appeal: Refused
  5. 1 Dec 2025Final grant
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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 development
As 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

ACP 323161 · Planning Appeal · decided · Refused 1 Dec 2025
received by the Commission 28 Jul 2025 · inspector's report · board order

Commencement

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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.

    Designations within 250 m

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 1
      Independent Newspapers Ltd.
    • NIAH-recorded building · 243
      Dunnes Stores; M.J. Boylan & Son Ltd; house
    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 15
      Quay; House - 16th/17th century; Burial

    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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