7-8 Abbey Street, Dublin 1, D01W2C2
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WEB5675/25 is a planning application for permission at 7-8 Abbey Street, Dublin 1, D01W2C2, received by Dublin City Council on 13 Nov 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE. CHANGE OF USE. 1. Subdivision of the existing ground floor and basement retail unit (Nos. 7-8 Abbey Street) into two separate units, No. 7 Abbey Street and No. 8 Abbey Street 2. Change of use of 1 no. unit (No. 8 Abbey Street) from existing use of retail to new use of café/restaurant 3. Removal of sections of non-original stud partitions 4. Installation of sections of new stud partitions 5. New staircase from ground floor to basement in No. 8 Abbey Street 6. Replacement of existing 2 no. non original timber shopfronts with 2 no. new mild steel shopfronts. The council declared the application invalid on 17 Nov 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 18 Dec 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 146 other decided applications in the last five years and 46 appeals.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE. CHANGE OF USE. 1. Subdivision of the existing ground floor and basement retail unit (Nos. 7-8 Abbey Street) into two separate units, No. 7 Abbey Street and No. 8 Abbey Street 2. Change of use of 1 no. unit (No. 8 Abbey Street) from existing use of retail to new use of café/restaurant 3. Removal of sections of non-original stud partitions 4. Installation of sections of new stud partitions 5. New staircase from ground floor to basement in No. 8 Abbey Street 6. Replacement of existing 2 no. non original timber shopfronts with 2 no. new mild steel shopfronts
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 17 Nov 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 383 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 13 Nov 2025New applicationObservation window closed 18 Dec 2025
- 17 Nov 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 15 Dec 2025

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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- EPA-licensed facility · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 240
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 14
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 79378). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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