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Dublin City Council · WEB5996/25 · Permission

Container Coffee, Thomas Street, Dublin 8

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Council received 16 Dec 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (270 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB5996/25 is a planning application for permission at Container Coffee, Thomas Street, Dublin 8, received by Dublin City Council on 16 Dec 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council declared the application invalid on 18 Dec 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 29 Jan 2026. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 149 other decided applications in the last five years and 17 appeals.

Observations close 29 Jan 2026 closed 226 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (16 Dec 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
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Proposal

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

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared invalid on 18 Dec 2025
Site (from polygon)
81 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 16 Dec 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 29 Jan 2026
  • 18 Dec 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 26 Jan 2026

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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.

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