Basement & Ground Floor, 17, Crown Alley / 3-4 Cope Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Retention of a relocated entrance door and permission for altered operating hours and new signage.
2956/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 10 May 2019
- Reference
- 2956/19
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Retention Permission
- Received
- 10 May 2019
Summary
AI-generatedRetention is sought for the relocation of the main entrance door on the Cope Street elevation. Permission is also sought to alter operating hours to late night and to install new advertisement signage at the ground floor fascia.
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 & permission: for development at this site: basement & ground floor, no. 17 crown alley / 3-4 cope street, temple bar, dublin
- The development consists of: retention permission for the re-location of the main entrance door at cope street elevation as per previous granted planning application reference no. 3232/17. Permission for alteration of operating hours between 7.00am to 11.30pm (sunday - thursday) and 7.00am to 12.30am (friday - saturday), including permission for new advertisement signage at ground floor fascia elevations, all associated site and ancillary works at this address
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, 3 4 Cope St, Dublin 2 | Oct 2025 | €2,250,000 | 9 m |
| Top Floor Apt., 5a Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar | Oct 2025 | €250,000 | 42 m |
| Apt 7, Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2 | Jun 2026 | €465,000 | 46 m |
| Apt 6 Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €330,000 | 46 m |
| The Friary, Cecilia St, Temple Bar Dublin 2 | Dec 2025 | €266,666 | 48 m |
| 3 Fownes St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 | May 2026 | €1,600,000 | 59 m |
| Apt 24 Sprangers Yard, Crowe St, Dublin | Sept 2025 | €340,000 | 60 m |
| Apartment 5, 50-52 Dame Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €395,000 | 100 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received10 May 2019
- Decision due4 July 2019
- Decision issued4 July 2019
- Grant issued12 August 2019
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