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Dublin City Council · WEB5360/25

St Patrick’s Cathedral, St Patrick's Close, Dublin, Dublin 8, D08 H6X3

  1. 9 Oct 2025Received
  2. 2 Dec 2025Grant permission
  3. 14 Jan 2026Final grant
Status
Granted
Decision
Grant permission · 2 Dec 2025
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
8,049 m²

What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, the Board of St Patrick's Cathedral, intend to apply for permission for works at St Patrick's Cathedral, Minot Tower (Toilets), St. Patrick's Close, Dublin 8 (a protected structure RPS ref. no. 6443 & 6444 and a Recorded Monument DU018-020269). The works will include the following: 1. Removal of all partitions and toilet fittings/fixtures from the disabled WC and three-cubicle unisex toilets. 2. Removal of tiled floor finish and installation of a new stone floor finish. 3. Removal of plasterboard wall linings to expose the historic masonry on the north, east and west walls, which will be finished with limewash. 4. Enclosure of the staff canteen staircase with fire-resistant partitions and fire doors. 5. Installation of four self-contained cubicles, one cleaner's store and one accessible WC and changing area, all with new fittings and fixtures. 6. Removal of modern oak and glass door assembly. 7. Removal of two steps, or recent construction to expose bases of medieval doorway and facilitate Installation of a new compliant ramp to replace the existing non-compliant ramp. 8. All new foul drainage to be connected to existing drains that run under the concrete slab, under the suspended ground floor of the Minot Tower. 9. All new extract to connect into existing ducting in the existing riser in the NW corner, that will be reduced in size

WEB5360/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for pROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, the Board of St Patrick's Cathedral, intend to apply for, received on 9 Oct 2025; permission was granted on 2 Dec 2025.

Planning details

Reference
WEB5360/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
9 Oct 2025
Observations close
13 Nov 2025 (closed 318 days ago)
Decision due
3 Dec 2025 · decided 2 Dec 2025
Decision
Grant permission on 2 Dec 2025
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, the Board of St Patrick's Cathedral, intend to apply for permission for works at St Patrick's Cathedral, Minot Tower (Toilets), St. Patrick's Close, Dublin 8 (a protected structure RPS ref. no. 6443 & 6444 and a Recorded Monument DU018-020269). The works will include the following: 1. Removal of all partitions and toilet fittings/fixtures from the disabled WC and three-cubicle unisex toilets. 2. Removal of tiled floor finish and installation of a new stone floor finish. 3. Removal of plasterboard wall linings to expose the historic masonry on the north, east and west walls, which will be finished with limewash. 4. Enclosure of the staff canteen staircase with fire-resistant partitions and fire doors. 5. Installation of four self-contained cubicles, one cleaner's store and one accessible WC and changing area, all with new fittings and fixtures. 6. Removal of modern oak and glass door assembly. 7. Removal of two steps, or recent construction to expose bases of medieval doorway and facilitate Installation of a new compliant ramp to replace the existing non-compliant ramp. 8. All new foul drainage to be connected to existing drains that run under the concrete slab, under the suspended ground floor of the Minot Tower. 9. All new extract to connect into existing ducting in the existing riser in the NW corner, that will be reduced in size
As published by the register.
Site area
8,049 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

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    O2 — Green belt

    Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.

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

    Designations within 250 m

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

    • NIAH-recorded building · 60
      lamp standard; Donaghy & Dimond; O'Sullivan Antiques
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 132
      Mural tower (Historic Town); Gateway; Gateway

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88251). 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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