Planning Permission Ireland
Exempt — no permission neededChange of useDecided 30 July 2025

St. James's Hospital Campus, James's Street, Dublin 8, D08 X4KC

Change of use and reconfiguration of retail and restaurant units at the new children's hospital.

0278/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 2 July 2025

Reference
0278/25
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Decided
Received
2 July 2025

Summary

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This application seeks to confirm if proposed changes of use for several ground floor units are exempt. The changes include converting a retail unit to a staff restaurant, merging retail spaces, and subdividing a restaurant unit to create a cinema space.

Change of usehospitalretailcinema

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Development description

  • Expp: the planning for the new children's hospital (29s. Pa0043) included retail spaces on the main concourse on the ground floor. Units 2,3, 4 & 5a are being offered as shell' spaces to potential retail tenderers for specialist fit out, units 1 & 5b will remain under chi control. This application is to confirm if the change of use as described below is exempted development
  • Unit
  • Change of use from retail to staff restaurant
  • Unit
  • No change to this space. Keep as retail with option to merge with units 3 & 4.3. Unit
  • Change of use from retail-pharmacy to retail with option to merge with units 2 & 4.4. Unit
  • Change of use from pharmacy dispensary to retail with option to merge with units 3 & 2
  • Unit
  • Restaurant. Unit 5 to be subdivided into a smaller unit 5a-restaurant and a portion of the seating area will be repurposed to be used by chi as unit 5b: medi cinema

Key dates

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  1. Application received2 July 2025
  2. Decision due30 July 2025
  3. Decision issued30 July 2025

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