Unit 14, Block 3, Ballyboggan Business Centre, Dublin 11 D11 AK80
Retention of a change of use from an electrical warehouse to a café and takeaway with seating on the first floor.
2464/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 25 March 2021
- Reference
- 2464/21
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Retention Permission
- Received
- 25 March 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe applicant is seeking retention permission for changing the use of an electrical warehouse, reception, office, and canteen into a café. The development includes a ground-floor kitchen and takeaway counter, first-floor customer seating, and specified opening hours.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- Retention: retention is sought for the following items
- To retain the change of use from electrical warehouse , reception, office's and canteen area to a café incorporating kitchen area at ground floor level, small take away counter at ground floor level to front of unit and seating area at first floor level for café customer's only
- To retain the take away facility which is part of the overall change of use at ground floor of unit
- To retain the opening times of new café monday to thursday 8.30am until 5pm, friday and saturday 8.30am until 10pm inclusive
- All work has been carried out to unit 14, block 3, ballyboggan business centre, dublin 11, eircode is d11 ak80
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Apt 10 Beacon Building, Royal Canal Park, Dublin 15 | May 2026 | €300,000 | 276 m |
| 5 Beacon, Royal Canal Park, Ratoath Rd | Apr 2025 | €415,000 | 276 m |
| 34 Royal Canal Avenue, Royal Canal Park, Ratoath Road | Jun 2026 | €726,000 | 283 m |
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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received25 March 2021
- Further information requested19 May 2021
- Further information received9 November 2021
- Decision due6 December 2021
- Decision issued6 December 2021
- Grant issued10 May 2022
- Appeal submitted10 January 2022
- Appeal decided10 May 2022
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