Former Ballsbridge Post Office, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
WEB2740/25 is a planning application for permission at Former Ballsbridge Post Office, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, received by Dublin City Council on 24 Jul 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Change of use from former Post Office, a two storey protected structure (625sqm), to licensed bar restaurant with retail & gallery (606sqm). The proposal will involve removal of a lean-to roof and demolition of external storage (19sqm); lowering of cills at both levels and breaking out of one opening to provide new door at first floor level; and building up of walls on southern boundary up to first floor level, all along the side passage/south elevation; provision of new external stairs and terrace to the south side and rear. Repair works to roof, rainwater goods, windows & doors, repointing of brickwork, minor interior alterations, fit out and provision of signage, and all associated services and site works. The council declared the application invalid on 28 Jul 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 28 Aug 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 142 other decided applications in the last five years and 27 appeals.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Change of use from former Post Office, a two storey protected structure (625sqm), to licensed bar restaurant with retail & gallery (606sqm). The proposal will involve removal of a lean-to roof and demolition of external storage (19sqm); lowering of cills at both levels and breaking out of one opening to provide new door at first floor level; and building up of walls on southern boundary up to first floor level, all along the side passage/south elevation; provision of new external stairs and terrace to the south side and rear. Repair works to roof, rainwater goods, windows & doors, repointing of brickwork, minor interior alterations, fit out and provision of signage, and all associated services and site works.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 28 Jul 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 519 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 24 Jul 2025New applicationObservation window closed 28 Aug 2025
- 28 Jul 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 25 Aug 2025
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1 Where this is — preview
1 Deadlines still open
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 80746). 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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