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Dublin City Council · WEB5100/25 · Permission

The Shipwright Guesthouse, 16/20 Thorncastle Street, Dublin 4, D04 NT78

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Council received 10 Sept 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (367 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB5100/25 is a planning application for permission at The Shipwright Guesthouse, 16/20 Thorncastle Street, Dublin 4, D04 NT78, received by Dublin City Council on 10 Sept 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PERMISSION & RETENTION. CHANGE OF USE. Retention permission for (i) partial change of use of the ground floor level from public house to guesthouse, with associated alterations to the internal layout, to provide 2 no. guesthouse bedrooms at this level; and, (ii) removal of side extension containing boiler- room (6.9sq.m) at first floor level. Permission for (i) partial change of use of the ground floor level from unauthorised guesthouse, formerly public house area, with associated alterations to the internal layout to provide café; (ii) partial change of use of ground floor level from guest house (dining room/kitchen/plant area) to provide 2 no. additional guesthouse bedrooms; and, (ii) construction of extension at second floor level, atop existing first floor element fronting Thorncastle Street, to accommodate 2 no. additional guesthouse bedrooms. The cumulative works will provide for an 18 no. bedroom guesthouse from ground to second floor level with an 86sq.m café at ground floor level. The council declared the application invalid on 11 Sept 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 15 Oct 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 153 other decided applications in the last five years and 15 appeals.

Observations close 15 Oct 2025 closed 332 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (10 Sept 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
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Proposal

PERMISSION & RETENTION. CHANGE OF USE. Retention permission for (i) partial change of use of the ground floor level from public house to guesthouse, with associated alterations to the internal layout, to provide 2 no. guesthouse bedrooms at this level; and, (ii) removal of side extension containing boiler- room (6.9sq.m) at first floor level. Permission for (i) partial change of use of the ground floor level from unauthorised guesthouse, formerly public house area, with associated alterations to the internal layout to provide café; (ii) partial change of use of ground floor level from guest house (dining room/kitchen/plant area) to provide 2 no. additional guesthouse bedrooms; and, (ii) construction of extension at second floor level, atop existing first floor element fronting Thorncastle Street, to accommodate 2 no. additional guesthouse bedrooms. The cumulative works will provide for an 18 no. bedroom guesthouse from ground to second floor level with an 86sq.m café at ground floor level.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared invalid on 11 Sept 2025
Site (from polygon)
388 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 10 Sept 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 15 Oct 2025
  • 11 Sept 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 9 Oct 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    M3 — Neighbourhood centre

    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.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 1
      Dublin Port Company
    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
      Grand Canal
    • NIAH-recorded building · 3
      Westmoreland Lock, Buckingham Lock, Camden Lock; dry dock; dry dock
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 1
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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 79412). 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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