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28, Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1

EXT. OF DURATION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION & RETENTION: The development will consist of: A) Renovate the entire 4 storey over basement building including internal changes and external repairs. B) Retain and complete construction of single storey WC extension within ground floor lightwell to west side. C) Construct single storey extension at ground floor within lightwell to west side. D) Change of use 1st and 2nd floors from assembly/office use to two number one bedroom apartments, and all associated works.

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
2867/21/X1 · full record
Authority
Dublin City Council
Type
Extension of Duration of Permission
Status
Registered Application
Applicant
Society of Irish Church Missions
Units
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Floor area
—
Site area
—
Received
28 Sept 2026
We first saw it
12 Oct 2026, 23:58
Decision due
—
Decision
not yet decided

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.No register URL is recorded for this reference; search the Dublin City Council planning register for 2867/21/X1.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2867/21/X1 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Dublin City Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 2 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Dublin City Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

  • NIAH-recorded building × 26
    Dublin Tourist Office · house · Bachelor Inn
  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument × 3
    Quay · House - 17th century · R149576
  • OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
    Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
WEB3042/26Grant permission9 Oct 2026—411 mThe development will consist/consists of: Subdivision of existing ground floor retail unit into 2 no. Units, Comprising of Proposed Unit 2A – 145.70msq AND Unit 2B – 40.3msq, Removal of existing Window and plinth, replacing with new External door Unit and all associated Site works to proposed Unit 2B @ Unit 2 Trinity Plaza, Tara Street, Dublin 2 ______________________________________________________________________________
WEB2993/26Refuse permission6 Oct 2026—332 mCHANGE OF USE: Change of use of previously permitted development (file ref: 3515/22) of the three upper floors (first, second & third) with each floor containing 2 no. studio apartments (total of 6 no. apartments) from permitted use of long term residential letting, to change to short term letting for Professionally Managed Serviced Apartments (no physical alterations proposed)
WEB2991/26Refuse permission6 Oct 2026—332 mPermission: CHANGE OF USE: Change of use of previously permitted development (file ref: 3516/22) of the three upper floors (first, second & third) with each floor containing 1 no. studio apartment and 1 no. one bedroom apartment (total of 6 no. apartments) from permitted use of long term residential letting, to change to short term letting for Professionally Managed Serviced Apartments (no physical alterations proposed).
WEB2972/26Grant permission and retention permission5 Oct 2026—406 mPROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION AND PERMISSION: We, Olympia Productions Unlimited Company, intend to apply for retention permission and permission for development at 3Olympia Theatre, No. 72 Dame Street, Dublin 2, D02 K135 (a Protected Structure listed under RPS Ref. No. 2127). This application relates to amendments to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: WEB5372/25. The proposed development sought for retention permission consists of alterations to previously permitted roof ventilation works including the replacement of permitted flush roof vents with dormer-type roof structure to accommodate the vents, together with associated roof access measures, safety railings and edge protection works. The proposed development sought for permission consists of conservation repairs to 5 no. historic external timber doors, comprising 3 no. doors fronting Sycamore Street and 2 no. doors fronting Crampton Court, together with all associated and ancillary works.
WEB2968/26Grant permission1 Oct 2026—406 mPROTECTED STRUCTURE: Dublin City Council - Planning permission is sought by Dame Plaza Property Trading DAC, for development at One Central Plaza, Dame Street, Dublin 2 (Protected Structure Ref 8830), the former Central bank building. D02 P656. The proposed development consists of a change of use of the F&B 1 unit (currently vacant) at the Lower Plaza level (-1 level) from its approved use as a food and beverage unit, café/restaurant (92.1sq.m. in size) to that of a retail unit. The new unit will include a reception area for the 360 viewing venue on the top floor of the building, and the sale of associated merchandise. ______________________________________________________________________________
WEB3389/26Application declared invalid30 Sept 2026—224 mPROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION: The development consists of: Retention permission for works carried out; at ground, mezzanine and basement levels at No.7 Westmoreland Street, D02 XF76 and 39 Fleet Street (D02 EK07) a Protected Structure. The development works consisted of a two-storey extension infill to a former external yard, internal reordering and alterations. Development works at basement level consisted of: 1. Internal alterations and reordering layout 2. Provision of two internal lobbies to existing stairs. Development works at ground level consisted of: 1. A single-storey extension over infilled basement and the removal of external wall elements to enable internal connection, with provision of plant to the external roof. 2. Internal alterations and reordering layout. 3. Reconfiguration of the existing external door leaf. Development works at mezzanine level consisted of: 1. Retention of infilling of former void in mezzanine floor. 2. Internal alterations and reordering layout.
WEB3137/26Application declared invalid3 Sept 2026—224 mRETENTION & PERMISSION: The development will consist of changes to previously approved permission ref. 3679/21, namely: RETENTION for: (a) revised layout to fifth floor mansard roof, increasing the floor area by 52sq.m and associated changes to front, side and rear elevations, (b) 1no. additional bedroom to the fifth floor and (c) 2 no. additional windows to the fifth floor to the front and side. PLANNING PERMISSION to: (d) install an additional fifth floor corner window to front/side elevation, (e) change the orientation and enclosure of the rear fire escape stairs, (f) install a new ground floor corridor from fire escape stair through Fexco premises to front exit door, (g) revise the ground floor shopfronts including 2no. new fire escape doors, (h) omit one of the passenger lifts, (i) to install new windows to rear elevation on 1st to 5th floor, (j) amalgamate the Fexco basement into hotel use, (k) install a commercial kitchen and staff facilities in the Fexco basement and a hotel restaurant in the existing basement, and (l) Omit permitted fifth floor overhang to rear.
WEB2939/26Application declared invalid10 Aug 2026—406 mPROTECTED STRUCTURE, RETENTION AND PERMISSION: We, Olympia Productions Unlimited Company, intend to apply for retention permission and permission for development at 3Olympia Theatre, No. 72 Dame Street, Dublin 2, D02 K135 (a Protected Structure listed under RPS Ref. No. 2127). This application relates to amendments to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: WEB5372/25. The proposed development sought for retention permission consists of alterations to previously permitted roof ventilation works including the replacement of permitted flush roof vents with dormer-type roof structure to accommodate the vents, together with associated roof access measures, safety railings and edge protection works. The proposed development sought for permission consists of conservation repairs to 5 no. historic external timber doors, comprising 3 no. doors fronting Sycamore Street and 2 no. doors fronting Crampton Court, together with all associated and ancillary works. ______________________________________________________________________________

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324045ReferralSplit13 Aug 2026384 m
501846Planning Appealpending5 Aug 2026177 m
501721Planning Appealopen20 Jul 2026327 m
324185Disability CertificateGranted with conditions7 Jul 202697 m
500858Planning Appealopen29 Jun 2026468 m
500953Planning AppealRefused18 Jun 2026379 m
500853Planning AppealGranted with conditions17 Jun 2026193 m
323195ReferralOther18 Feb 2026495 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

  • 28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026

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