Ballsbridge Post Office, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, D04 E038
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
WEB2766/25 is a planning application for permission at Ballsbridge Post Office, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4, D04 E038, received by Dublin City Council on 29 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 granted permission on 15 Apr 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Sept 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 501325 on 4 Jun 2026 (refuse). 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 25 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 Appealed
- Decision
- Grant permission on 15 Apr 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 519 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 29 Jul 2025New applicationObservation window closed 2 Sept 2025
- 22 Sept 2025Further information requested
- 24 Mar 2026Further information received
- 15 Apr 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 13 May 2026
- 13 May 2026Appeal lodged
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Appeal
Commencement
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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 80747). 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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