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Dublin City Council · WEB5721/25 · Permission

The Mercantile Hotel and Dame House, 24-28 Dame Street, Dublin 2, D02 C861

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Council received 19 Nov 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (297 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB5721/25 is a planning application for permission at The Mercantile Hotel and Dame House, 24-28 Dame Street, Dublin 2, D02 C861, received by Dublin City Council on 19 Nov 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission and Retention: The subject site includes protected structures, RPS Ref. 2103 (24 Dame Street), RPS Ref: 2104 (25 Dame Street) and RPS Ref. 2105 (26-27-28 Dame Street), Dublin 2. The development will consist of the following: 1. Retention of a hand paints sign on the West Gable facing Great George Street 2. Retention of art works on the West Gable facing Great George Street 3. Retention of keg lift and all ancillary works associated: • At Basement; installation of lift shaft and all ancillary works associated • At Ground floor; paved concealed lift cover and all ancillary works associated 4. Permission to install 2 number entrance signs above street level along Dame Street 5. Permission to reinstatement window impediments to Dame House along Dame Street And all ancillary works associated. The council declared the application invalid on 21 Nov 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Jan 2026. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 157 other decided applications in the last five years and 63 appeals.

Observations close 2 Jan 2026 closed 253 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (19 Nov 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
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Proposal

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission and Retention: The subject site includes protected structures, RPS Ref. 2103 (24 Dame Street), RPS Ref: 2104 (25 Dame Street) and RPS Ref. 2105 (26-27-28 Dame Street), Dublin 2. The development will consist of the following: 1. Retention of a hand paints sign on the West Gable facing Great George Street 2. Retention of art works on the West Gable facing Great George Street 3. Retention of keg lift and all ancillary works associated: • At Basement; installation of lift shaft and all ancillary works associated • At Ground floor; paved concealed lift cover and all ancillary works associated 4. Permission to install 2 number entrance signs above street level along Dame Street 5. Permission to reinstatement window impediments to Dame House along Dame Street And all ancillary works associated

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared invalid on 21 Nov 2025
Site (from polygon)
780 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 19 Nov 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 2 Jan 2026
  • 21 Nov 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 19 Dec 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    G5 — Open space and amenity

    Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.

    Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected.

    M2 — Major town centre

    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.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 343
      house; Dwarf Jar Coffee; Memories Bridal Boutique Dublin
    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 75
      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 84062). 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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