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Dublin City Council · WEB5130/25

Dublin Simon Community, 12-14 Carman's Hall, Dublin 8, D08 KX89

  1. 12 Sept 2025Received
  2. 6 Nov 2025Grant retention permission
  3. 11 Dec 2025Final grant
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Status
Granted
Decision
Grant retention permission · 6 Nov 2025
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Retention Permission
Site
749 m²

What’s proposed

RETENTION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Dublin Simon Community is applying for retention permission for development consisting of: The change of use of the two storey (with third level stair shaft access to paved roof) building from parish centre (originally built as a school, Saint Nicholas of Myra National School) to a hostel for the provision of short term emergency accommodation for homeless persons and associated alterations to the internal layout to provide 20 bedrooms accommodating 51 people, sanitary facilities, dining area, kitchen, offices, counselling rooms, a fire escape stairs, additional doors to the existing courtyard, conversion of the outbuilding to a laundry and plant room, external water storage tanks and associated external works including the provision of ramps to existing and additional access doors to the courtyard, at the former Parish Centre, 12-14 Carman’s Hall, Dublin 8, which is a PROTECTED STRUCTURE, RPS 8822 (Former Saint Nicholas of Myra National School)

WEB5130/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for rETENTION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Dublin Simon Community is applying for retention, received on 12 Sept 2025; permission was granted on 6 Nov 2025.

Planning details

Reference
WEB5130/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued
Received
12 Sept 2025
Observations close
17 Oct 2025 (closed 332 days ago)
Decision due
6 Nov 2025 · decided 6 Nov 2025
Decision
Grant retention permission on 6 Nov 2025
Proposed development
RETENTION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Dublin Simon Community is applying for retention permission for development consisting of: The change of use of the two storey (with third level stair shaft access to paved roof) building from parish centre (originally built as a school, Saint Nicholas of Myra National School) to a hostel for the provision of short term emergency accommodation for homeless persons and associated alterations to the internal layout to provide 20 bedrooms accommodating 51 people, sanitary facilities, dining area, kitchen, offices, counselling rooms, a fire escape stairs, additional doors to the existing courtyard, conversion of the outbuilding to a laundry and plant room, external water storage tanks and associated external works including the provision of ramps to existing and additional access doors to the courtyard, at the former Parish Centre, 12-14 Carman’s Hall, Dublin 8, which is a PROTECTED STRUCTURE, RPS 8822 (Former Saint Nicholas of Myra National School)
As published by the register.
Site area
749 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    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.

    R2 — Existing residential

    Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.

    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.

    Designations within 250 m

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 58
      An Taisce; An Taisce; Mother Redcap's Tavern
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 72
      Mural tower (Historic Town); Mural tower (Historic Town); Mural tower (Historic Town)

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 84104). 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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