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Dublin City Council · WEB5996/25

Container Coffee, Thomas Street, Dublin 8

  1. 16 Dec 2025Received
  2. 18 Dec 2025Application declared invalid
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Application declared invalid · 18 Dec 2025
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
81 m²

What’s proposed

Happy Hand Ltd intend to apply for continued planning permission for 3 years for a temporary café/retail unit on a section of derelict land located at 161-163 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. The development consists of two converted shipping containers, single storey in height. The development is situated on unused land in The Digital Hub complex. We have operated on this site for over 8 years already. 6

WEB5996/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for happy Hand Ltd intend to apply for continued planning permission for 3 years for a, received on 16 Dec 2025; the council declared it invalid on 18 Dec 2025.

Planning details

Reference
WEB5996/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Decision Notice Issued
Received
16 Dec 2025
Observations close
29 Jan 2026 (closed 228 days ago)
Decision due
18 Feb 2026 · decided 18 Dec 2025
Decision
Application declared invalid on 18 Dec 2025
Proposed development
Happy Hand Ltd intend to apply for continued planning permission for 3 years for a temporary café/retail unit on a section of derelict land located at 161-163 Thomas Street, Dublin 8. The development consists of two converted shipping containers, single storey in height. The development is situated on unused land in The Digital Hub complex. We have operated on this site for over 8 years already. 6
As published by the register.
Site area
81 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 at the site

    Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    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

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 4
      Diageo Ireland; Diageo Ireland; Diageo Ireland
    • NIAH-recorded building · 74
      Rupert Guinness Theatre Guinness Brewery; Guinness Brewery; Guinness Brewery
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 34
      Gateway; Gateway; Ritual site - holy well

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 67332). 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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