7-8 Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, D01 W2C2
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WEB5728/25 is a planning application for permission at 7-8 Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, D01 W2C2, received by Dublin City Council on 20 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 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. The council declared the application invalid on 25 Nov 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Jan 2026. 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 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
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 25 Nov 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 383 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 20 Nov 2025New applicationObservation window closed 5 Jan 2026
- 25 Nov 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 23 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 79384). 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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