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Dublin City Council · WEB2937/25

59 Merrion Square South, Dublin 2

Withdrawn.

  1. 22 Aug 2025Received
  2. 15 Jun 2026Withdrawn article 33 (no sub)

Earlier approval here ran out with no sign of building: 4661/19 (2020)

Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Withdrawn article 33 (no sub) · 15 Jun 2026
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Units
2
Site
718 m²

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What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO A ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE UNDER THE DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028 (RPS REF NO.5157)

Planning details

Reference
WEB2937/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
22 Aug 2025
Observations close
26 Sept 2025 (closed 380 days ago)
Decision due
16 Oct 2025 · decided 15 Jun 2026
Decision
Withdrawn article 33 (no sub) on 15 Jun 2026
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO A ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND ONE BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE UNDER THE DUBLIN CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028 (RPS REF NO.5157)
As published by the register.
Site area
718 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Zoning

Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

O2 — Green belt

Zoned to protect the open land between urban areas. Development is strongly resisted.

R2 — Existing residential

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 288
    house
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 2
    Inscribed stone (present location); R149532

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary

WEB2937/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for protected structure: change of use from commercial to residential use of the second and, received on 22 Aug 2025; it was withdrawn on 15 Jun 2026.