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Dublin City Council · WEB2815/25 · Permission

Tailors Hall, 8 Back Lane, Dublin 8, D08X2A3

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Council received 1 Aug 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (407 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB2815/25 is a planning application for permission at Tailors Hall, 8 Back Lane, Dublin 8, D08X2A3, received by Dublin City Council on 1 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE. CHANGE OF USE. Liberty Renaissance Ltd. having received Planning Permission (Ref 4021/24) for fixtures and fittings in the rear yard and front garden of Tailors Hall (a protected structure RPS Ref. 332), 8 Back Lane, Dublin 8, to support the permitted uses (Ref. PL 29S.235911) in the lower ground floor, is hereby applying for planning permission to include the addition of a restaurant use in the lower ground floor to be open daily and accessed directly off High Street. For the purposes of clarity, the previous approved uses are “lower ground floor for dancing at private events and permission to use the basement and ground floors for small theatrical events and concerts”. All at Tailors Hall (a protected structure RPS Ref. 332), 8 Back Lane, Dublin 8, D08 X2A3. The council granted permission on 2 Dec 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Sept 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 146 other decided applications in the last five years and 36 appeals.

Appeal window closes 8 Jan 2026 closed 247 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (2 Dec 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

PROTECTED STRUCTURE. CHANGE OF USE. Liberty Renaissance Ltd. having received Planning Permission (Ref 4021/24) for fixtures and fittings in the rear yard and front garden of Tailors Hall (a protected structure RPS Ref. 332), 8 Back Lane, Dublin 8, to support the permitted uses (Ref. PL 29S.235911) in the lower ground floor, is hereby applying for planning permission to include the addition of a restaurant use in the lower ground floor to be open daily and accessed directly off High Street. For the purposes of clarity, the previous approved uses are “lower ground floor for dancing at private events and permission to use the basement and ground floors for small theatrical events and concerts”. All at Tailors Hall (a protected structure RPS Ref. 332), 8 Back Lane, Dublin 8, D08 X2A3.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 2 Dec 2025
Final grant
14 Jan 2026
Site (from polygon)
815 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 1 Aug 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 5 Sept 2025
  • 25 Sept 2025
    Further information requested
  • 5 Nov 2025
    Further information received
  • 2 Dec 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 8 Jan 2026

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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

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    • NIAH-recorded building · 82
      Kinlay House; ward boundary marker; Adam and Eve Friary
    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 170
      Historic town; Mural tower (Historic Town); Mural tower (Historic Town)

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 85199). 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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