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Dublin City Council · WEB5726/25

7-8 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, D01 W2C2

Approved in 2026. No sign of building yet.

  1. 20 Nov 2025Received
  2. 27 May 2026Approved
  3. 1 Jul 2026Final approval
  4. 1 Jul 2031Approval runs out
Status
Approved
Decision
Approved · 27 May 2026
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
383 m²

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What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: 1. Subdivision of the existing ground floor and basement retail unit (Nos. 7-8 Lwr Abbey Street) into two separate units, No. 7 Lwr Abbey Street and No. 8 Lwr Abbey Street 2. Change of use of 1 no. unit (No. 8 Lwr Abbey Street) from existing use of retail to new use of café / restaurant 3. Removal of sections of non-original stud partitions at basement level. 4. Installation of sections of new stud partitions 5. New staircase from ground floor to basement in No. 8 Lwr Abbey Street 6. Replacement of existing 2 no. non original timber shopfronts with 2 no. new mild steel shopfronts

Planning details

Reference
WEB5726/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
20 Nov 2025
Observations close
5 Jan 2026 (closed 271 days ago)
Decision due
27 May 2026 · decided 27 May 2026
Decision
Grant permission on 27 May 2026
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: 1. Subdivision of the existing ground floor and basement retail unit (Nos. 7-8 Lwr Abbey Street) into two separate units, No. 7 Lwr Abbey Street and No. 8 Lwr Abbey Street 2. Change of use of 1 no. unit (No. 8 Lwr Abbey Street) from existing use of retail to new use of café / restaurant 3. Removal of sections of non-original stud partitions at basement level. 4. Installation of sections of new stud partitions 5. New staircase from ground floor to basement in No. 8 Lwr Abbey Street 6. Replacement of existing 2 no. non original timber shopfronts with 2 no. new mild steel shopfronts
As published by the register.
Site area
383 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Zoning

Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M2 — Major town centre

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

Protections nearby 250 m

Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗

  • EPA-licensed facility · 1
    Independent Newspapers Ltd.
  • NIAH-recorded building · 240
    shop/retail outlet; Talbot House
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 14
    Quay; Bowling green

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

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Summary

WEB5726/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for pROTECTED STRUCTURE: 1. Subdivision of the existing ground floor and basement retail, received on 20 Nov 2025; permission was granted on 27 May 2026.