Observation pack · Dublin City Council
Stephen's Green Club, 9 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, D02 C891
RETENTION PERMISSION : PROTECTED STRUCTURE : 1. Main Entrance Hall: a) Relocation of electrical sockets from skirting to wall 450mm above floor in order to meet wiring safety standards; b) Application of timber mouldings to form wall panels above and below existing dado rail; c) Installation of fixed mirrors to walls; 2. Card Room (First floor, to rear): a) Relocation of electrical sockets as above; b) Removal of existing floorboards covering only part of room and saving for reuse in building; c) Installation of new plywood sub-floor; and engineered natural timber parquet floor; d) Draught-proofing of windows.
Observations close 16 Nov 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20
The application
- Reference
- WEB3502/26 · full record
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Retention Permission
- Status
- Registered Application
- Applicant
- The Stephen's Green Club
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- —
- Received
- 12 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 28 Oct 2026, 23:03
- 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 WEB3502/26.
- Write your observation.Quote
WEB3502/26at 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 16 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | Dublin City Council development plan | — | |
| G5 Open space and amenity | Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services. | development plan 2022 2028 | 14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 2028 |
| G5 Open space and amenity | Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services. | development plan 2022 2028 variation no 11 | 14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 2028 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Dublin City Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin City Council development plan zoning | — | 4 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 8Saint Stephen's Green · O'Connell Bridge · gazebo
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
- Recorded monument × 1Park
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEB3156/26 | Refuse permission | 21 Oct 2026 | — | 325 m | PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development of the existing Georgian four-storey plus basement townhouse, consisting of change of use of lower ground floor and ground floor (partial change of use) from vacant restaurant use to residential use (3 apartment units – 1no. 76.23m2 1-bed unit and 2no. 72.20m2 & 52.26m2 Studio units), including modification of internal layout, replacement of existing front door, side lights and fanlight, with new hardwood front door and side lights to match existing and new fanlight to match original, replacement of existing lower ground floor external door to the front with new hardwood sash window to match existing, fire-rated glazing to existing lower ground floor window to the front, new fenestration to rear of lower ground floor and repair of the existing cast iron railings at the front, including all associated and ancillary site works. |
| WEB3491/26 | Application declared invalid | 13 Oct 2026 | — | 391 m | Change of use of the mews from Storage to Ground floor retail unit with Art studio's over. Works include the relocation of stairs between ground and first level to the mews including AOV over, the addition of a retail window and door to Monague lane and the addition of a toilet. B). The demolition of escape stairs and plant room between basement level and ground floor level of 17 Harcourt Street. C). Proposed new single storey office unit within the rear of the property partially over proposed demolished escape stair. D). Re configuration of existing rear parking to reduce overall to 2 car parking spaces additional bike parking and landscaping including covered walkways. E). installation of signage to Montague Lane intercom, and all associated ancillary works. |
| WEB3436/26 | Application declared invalid | 5 Oct 2026 | — | 325 m | CHANGE OF USE, PROTECTED STRUCTURE; A). Change of use of the basement level from bar/restaurant to office use, and reinstatement of internal staircase and associated fire compartment partition between basement and ground floor; B). Internal reconfiguration and refurbishment of the ground to third floors of the main house and rear return for continued office use, including removal of non-original stud partitions; C). internal layout modifications; D). A new external entrance element at yard level to the rear of the return; E). Replacement of the existing rooflight over the main stair with a new conservation AOV, and removal of the glazed screen and door at the top of the stair; F). Fire safety upgrade works, including upgrading of historic doors on the escape route and fire separation between floors; G). New mechanical and electrical services and associated external plan, rationalisation of sanitary facilities; H). Conservation and repair works, including cleaning and repointing the front façade and entrance steps in lime, removal of paint from the granite cills and basement lightwell, re-rendering of the rear elevation, replacement of rainwater goods in cast iron, roof repair works and renewal of flashings, repair works to existing timber sash windows and doors, conservation of the wrought and cast-iron railings and lamp standards and redecoration works internally; I). installation of signage plaque and intercom, provision of bike parking and all associated ancillary works. |
| WEB3214/26 | Application declared invalid | 10 Sept 2026 | — | 492 m | The upgrade of an existing 2.1m x 3.2m illuminated lightbox advertising display to a 1.92m x 3.52m digital advertising display on the western elevation of no. 145 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, together with all associated site works and services. In the event of planning permission being granted, 3 no. existing advertising panels measuring 1.84m x 1.24m each at no. 69 North Strand Road, Dublin 3, and an existing advertising display measuring 2.1m x 1.4m at the Padraig Pearse pub, Erne Street Lower, Dublin 2, will be permanently decommissioned and removed. |
| WEB2842/26 | Application declared invalid | 28 Jul 2026 | — | 382 m | CHANGE OF USE:Huntstown Bioenergy Unlimited Company intend to apply for permission for development at 28 / 29 Grafton Street, Dublin 2, D02 C953. The development will consist of the change of use from retail use to retail use for the sale of cosmetics and beauty products use at basement, ground and first floor levels only to include the removal of the internal retail fit-out across all levels from basement to third floor level (no change of use at second or third floor level); and the removal of existing external signage. No further alterations or further works are proposed to the building as part of this application. The site is located within the Proposed Special Planning Control Scheme for Grafton Street and Environs 2026-2036. |
| WEB2557/26 | Application declared invalid | 24 Jul 2026 | — | 417 m | Replacement of the existing illuminated building identity signage, with new illuminated signage reflective of the new tenant Mint Velvet. |
| WEB2287/26 | Grant permission | 17 Jul 2026 | — | 291 m | The proposed development will consist of: • Alterations to the front entrance of the building onto Grafton Street and associated elevational changes, including new front doors; • The development will result in an increase of c. 3.11sqm of retail floorspace and; • All associated site works |
| WEB2256/26 | Additional information | 15 Jul 2026 | — | 305 m | The development will consist of: • the replacement of the existing roller shutter located at the entrance of the premises with a fine density open mesh shutter • all associated site works; This building is located within an architectural conservation area. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501667 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 29 Sept 2026 | 419 m |
| 501494 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 25 Sept 2026 | 482 m |
| 502103 | — | pending | 15 Sept 2026 | 419 m |
| 324500 | Fire Safety Certificate - Revised | pending | 5 Aug 2026 | 428 m |
| 324464 | — | open | 23 Jul 2026 | 405 m |
| 500719 | Planning Appeal | Granted | 19 Jun 2026 | 227 m |
| 324086 | Licences S89/S254(6)(A) | Refused | 17 Jun 2026 | 419 m |
| 500649 | Planning Appeal | Granted | 21 May 2026 | 445 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
- 12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.