The Mercantile Hotel and Dame House, 24-28 Dame Street, Dublin 2 D02 C861
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WEB5791/25 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 26 Nov 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE, PERMISSION AND RETENTION: We, Orangeseed Designated Activity Company, intends to apply for Protected Structure PERMISSION AND RETENTION planning permission at this site at 24-28 Dame Street which includes the Mercantile Hotel and Dame House, Dublin 2, D02 C861. The site of 0.0768 ha is bound by Dame Street to the north, Dame Lane to the south and South Great Georges Street to the west. 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 South Great George Street 2. Retention of art works on the West Gable facing South Great George Street 3. Retention of 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 pediments to Dame House along Dame Street 6. Permission to install metal ornate security gates painted black along Dame Lane. And all ancillary works associated. The council refused permission on 28 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 9 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.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE, PERMISSION AND RETENTION: We, Orangeseed Designated Activity Company, intends to apply for Protected Structure PERMISSION AND RETENTION planning permission at this site at 24-28 Dame Street which includes the Mercantile Hotel and Dame House, Dublin 2, D02 C861. The site of 0.0768 ha is bound by Dame Street to the north, Dame Lane to the south and South Great Georges Street to the west. 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 South Great George Street 2. Retention of art works on the West Gable facing South Great George Street 3. Retention of 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 pediments to Dame House along Dame Street 6. Permission to install metal ornate security gates painted black along Dame Lane. And all ancillary works associated.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 28 Jan 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 780 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 26 Nov 2025New applicationObservation window closed 9 Jan 2026
- 28 Jan 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 25 Feb 2026
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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
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.
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
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 75
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 84078). 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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