Observation pack · Dublin City Council

Dunnes Stores, 48-50 Henry Street, Dublin 1, D01 PT93

The development will consist of - The proposed development seeks to install new 2.4m / 2.77m high Bi folding stainless steel security gates to the side entrance / exit of Dunnes Stores for use outside trading hours including minor ground works and step alterations.

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: WEB3446/26 · full record
Authority: Dublin City Council
Type: Permission
Status: Registered Application
Applicant: Better Value Unlimited Company
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: —
Received: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 17 Oct 2026, 00:07
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

Read the file on the council register.No register URL is recorded for this reference; search the Dublin City Council planning register for WEB3446/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3446/26 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.
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.
Submit before 9 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.
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 × 32
shop/retail outlet · Arnotts · shop/retail outlet
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R181855

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
WEB2993/26	Refuse permission	6 Oct 2026	—	361 m	CHANGE 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)
WEB2991/26	Refuse permission	6 Oct 2026	—	361 m	Permission: 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).
WEB3389/26	Application declared invalid	30 Sept 2026	—	493 m	PROTECTED 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.
WEB3192/26	Application declared invalid	7 Sept 2026	—	450 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE Change of use of the ground floor and basement of No. 102 Capel Street from the existing beauty salon use to restaurant use.
WEB3137/26	Application declared invalid	3 Sept 2026	—	493 m	RETENTION & 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.
5197/26	Application declared invalid	10 Aug 2026	—	316 m	Change of use from a shop to a restaurant with all ancillary site works.
WEB2398/26	Grant permission	24 Jul 2026	—	269 m	We, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development at McDonalds’s restaurant, Nos. 14-16 Mary Street (at the corner of Jervis Street), North City, Dublin 1, D01 DH59. The development will consist of the replacement of an external door on Mary Street with new bi-folding doors with fixed glazing panel, with an associated flashing beacon and automated alarm system.
WEB2237/26	Refuse retention permission	10 Jul 2026	—	386 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE / RETENTION: Protected Structure Retention permission for an existing outdoor dining structure at ground floor level and associated works including removal of advertising signage and commercial branding, refinishing of existing structure in a coordinated finish, replacement of canopy fabric with venue identification signage, and retention of projecting non-commercial national flags on both the Burgh Quay and D'Olier Street frontages pursuant to Condition 7 of Planning Permission Ref: 0090/00. Protected Structure (RPS Ref: 1014).

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502190	—	pending	1 Oct 2026	490 m
501251	Planning Appeal	Refused	24 Aug 2026	249 m
501846	Planning Appeal	pending	5 Aug 2026	386 m
501152	Planning Appeal	Split	23 Jul 2026	401 m
324185	Disability Certificate	Granted with conditions	7 Jul 2026	183 m
500853	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Jun 2026	429 m
500635	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	27 Mar 2026	473 m
323482	Planning Appeal	Refused	9 Feb 2026	283 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

5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 17 Oct 2026, 00:07. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.