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Dublin City Council · WEB5553/25 · Permission

21 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2

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Council received 31 Oct 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (316 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB5553/25 is a planning application for permission at 21 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, received by Dublin City Council on 31 Oct 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Luhmann Dublin Ltd intend to apply for Permission for development at, 21 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, D02 Y189 (a Protected Structure). The development will consist of a change of use of the building above basement level from office units at ground, first and second floor and an apartment at third floor level, back to a single dwelling. The proposed works to the basement, granted under planning ref: 4771/22, are unaffected by these proposed works. The proposed works will include fire upgrades to the building instructed by Dublin City Council’s Fire Officer under the Fire Services Act consisting of the following: • Upgrade of a number of existing original doors and frames to increase their fire resistance and replacement of a number of modern doors and frames with fire resistant doors. • Upgrade of the basement ceiling from above to provide 60-minute fire compartmentation. • Construction of an external shed in rear garden to house bicycle storage and a domestic sprinkler system water storage tank • Installation of sprinkler system heads, pipework throughout house • Construction of a fire rated wall to separate the basement area from the ground floor level and fire stopping works under an existing wall at second floor level and to top of party walls in attic space to maintain fire separation. • Upgrade works in the house to provide a new kitchen, family bathroom, shower room and ensuite bathroom for the dwelling. The council granted permission on 18 Dec 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Dec 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. The scheme is for 1 unit. Within 500 m there are 145 other decided applications in the last five years and 34 appeals.

Appeal window closes 26 Jan 2026 closed 229 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (18 Dec 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Luhmann Dublin Ltd intend to apply for Permission for development at, 21 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, D02 Y189 (a Protected Structure). The development will consist of a change of use of the building above basement level from office units at ground, first and second floor and an apartment at third floor level, back to a single dwelling. The proposed works to the basement, granted under planning ref: 4771/22, are unaffected by these proposed works. The proposed works will include fire upgrades to the building instructed by Dublin City Council’s Fire Officer under the Fire Services Act consisting of the following: • Upgrade of a number of existing original doors and frames to increase their fire resistance and replacement of a number of modern doors and frames with fire resistant doors. • Upgrade of the basement ceiling from above to provide 60-minute fire compartmentation. • Construction of an external shed in rear garden to house bicycle storage and a domestic sprinkler system water storage tank • Installation of sprinkler system heads, pipework throughout house • Construction of a fire rated wall to separate the basement area from the ground floor level and fire stopping works under an existing wall at second floor level and to top of party walls in attic space to maintain fire separation. • Upgrade works in the house to provide a new kitchen, family bathroom, shower room and ensuite bathroom for the dwelling.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 18 Dec 2025
Final grant
29 Jan 2026
Units
1
Site (from polygon)
382 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 31 Oct 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 5 Dec 2025
  • 18 Dec 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 26 Jan 2026

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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.

    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

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
      Grand Canal
    • NIAH-recorded building · 161
      Communications Clinic; waterworks; stables, outbuilding
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 79361). 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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