InvalidCommercialDecided 1 April 2021

Styne House, Hatch Street Upper, Dublin 2, D02 DY27

Reconfiguration of an office building to add office space, a ground-floor café, and facade alterations.

2492/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 29 March 2021

Reference: 2492/21
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 29 March 2021

Summary

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The project involves reconfiguring an existing office development to add 22 sq m of office space and extend the ground-floor reception. It also includes a change of use of 69 sq m of office space to a café, new glazing, facade alterations, and basement parking modifications.

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Floor area: 22 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at this site of c. 0.24 ha (c. 2,435 sq m) for the reconfiguration of an existing office development resulting in an overall office floorspace increase of 22 sq. M approximately, and associated site development works. The development will consist of the creation of additional office floorspace, including revisions to internal layout; lowering of ground floor entrance; extension to ground level existing reception area (107 sq. M); and additional office space at first floor level (22 sq. M). The proposed development will also consist of a change of use from office to café (coffee dock) at ground floor level (69 sq. M);, new ground floor glazing and new perforated bronze shuttering; new entrance design; replacement of existing horizontal facade fins with new vertical twisted metal fins, and elevational changes. The development will also include changes to existing car and cycle parking areas; new shower, locker, drying room and toilet facilities at basement level, and the omission of 12 no. Existing car parking spaces (resulting in total car parking provision of 52 no. Spaces), and provision of 36 no. Additional basement cycle parking spaces ( resulting in a total cycle parking provision of 100 no. Spaces). Vehicular access and egress to the proposed basement level will continue to be from hatch street upper.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z6: Employment/EnterpriseSI

“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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 4 January 2022. A completion certificate was lodged on 19 January 2023.

Notified floor area: 8,354 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
37 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€2,600,000	102 m
2 Camden Court, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€525,000	165 m
8 Camden Buildings, Dublin 2	Mar 2026	€575,000	166 m
6 Harcourt Hall, Charlotte Way, Dublin 2	Jan 2025	€386,000	177 m
25 Harcourt Hall, Charlotte Way, Dublin 2	Apr 2025	€470,000	177 m
Apt 3, 61 Camden St, Dublin 2	May 2025	€480,000	218 m
Apt 1, 61 Camden St, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€460,000	218 m
9 Grantham Place, South Circular Rd, Dublin 8	Dec 2025	€600,000	276 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 received29 March 2021
Decision due21 May 2021
Decision issued1 April 2021

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