Sold June 2025
Secondhand Books, 2a Parnell Street, Dublin 1
Listed on daft.ie
Live at or near Secondhand Books? What's planned, stalled or derelict around it.
Not in the search index: sold over 3 months ago, no outside visitor.
Busy area: 56 applications within 500 m in 12 months.
4 lodged in 90 days56 in 12 monthslast 31 days ago
14 things worth knowing before you buy
- 1 job on this site started but never signed off as finished.
- Zoned M2 (major town centre); protected building; heritage-listed; no vacant land tax; flood risk area nearby.
- 20 sites nearby could change: 2 derelict, 4 stalled builds, 8 approved schemes, 6 empty zoned plots.
- 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 9 Oct 2026.
- 1 application refused within 100 m since 2021; latest for change of use (2024), appeal refused too.
- 206 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 64 at Mary's Lane, Halston Street and Little….
- Ormond Quay Upr (bus 23, 24) 395 m away: 42 an hour at morning peak; 355 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 73% rent (council 45%); 26% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1991–2000; 2% drive to work (council 28%); population up 19% since 2016.
On this site
M2
Zoning · Major town centre
Yes
Protected or listed · a protected building (House and shop); inside the zone around a recorded monument (DU018-426----); a building in the national heritage inventory (50010612)
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Around it
1
Open for comments · you can comment
85%
Approved, when decided · 141 approved · 25 refused
63 days
Time to a decision · median; 43% asked for more information
20
Sites that could change · see the list
Yes
Flood risk area nearby (OPW map) · see floodinfo.ie
0
Protected buildings nearby · not this site
16%
Owner-occupied (2022) · council 47%
26%
Homes empty (2022) · council 8%
355/h
Public transport, morning peak · services from stops within 500 m
Questions to ask before you buy 6
- Keeping work already done was refused (4747/19, 2020): was it removed?Ask for: Proof it was removed, or a later grant.
- Driveway (WEB1155/26) approved 2026, not started: still planned?Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- Alterations (WEB6055/25) approved 2026, not started: still planned?Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
- Protected building: what changes would you be allowed?Ask for: A section 57 declaration from the council.
- Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
- Any work done without planning permission?Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
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About this home
Secondhand Books, 2a Parnell Street, Dublin 1 is a home in North City, Dublin. It was advertised as sold on daft.ie in June 2025. Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 458 planning applications: 9 open for observation, 134 granted, 26 refused, 3 under appeal, 45 decided on appeal, 87 commenced. Derelict nearby: 7-13 Ormond Quay Upper, 388 m.
More about this address
The site is on the council's Record of Protected Structures (House and shop). The building is recorded by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (reg. 50010612). It is inside the zone of notification of a recorded monument (DU018-426----). The nearest EPA-licensed facility is Independent Newspapers Ltd., 505 m away.
- Sold
- 12 Jun 2025
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- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Location precision
- Rooftop
- Protected structure
- House and shop
- NIAH
- Recorded, reg. 50010612 · Regional rating
- Monument zone (SMR)
- House - 17th century · DU018-426----
- EPA licence within 1.0 km
- Independent Newspapers Ltd. (505 m)
- Named schemes within 1.0 km
- Mary's Lane, Halston Street and Little Green Street Site · 64 homes +7 more
- Most active applicant within 500 m
- Yamamori Sushi Limited · 4 applications
- Schools within 1.0 km
- PRESENTATION PRIMARY SCHOOL (primary school · 165 pupils, 240 m) +7 more
- Crèche inspected nearby
- Pitter Patter Community Play Group · inspected 17 Feb 2026 (101 m)
Sources: cara_listings, daft_gateway, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14
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