72 Middle Abbey Street (site with Frontage to North Lotts to rear) Dublin 1
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WEB2664/24 is a planning application for permission at 72 Middle Abbey Street (site with Frontage to North Lotts to rear) Dublin 1, received by Dublin City Council on 6 Dec 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: (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. The council refused permission on 30 Jun 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 20 Jan 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 323161 on 1 Dec 2025 (refuse). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 136 other decided applications in the last five years and 48 appeals.
Proposal
(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.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Split decision(permission & refusal) on 30 Jun 2025
- Final grant
- 1 Dec 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 162 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 6 Dec 2024New applicationObservation window closed 20 Jan 2025
- 5 Feb 2025Further information requested
- 4 Jun 2025Further information received
- 30 Jun 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 28 Jul 2025
- 31 Jul 2025Appeal lodged
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Commencement
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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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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