14 Berkeley Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7, D07 VE82
Change of use from retail to café/restaurant with extensions and alterations in Phibsborough.
3019/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 8 January 2024
- Reference
- 3019/24
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 8 January 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the ground floor of a former post office/credit union into a café/restaurant. Works include a new shopfront, a new hipped roof, a part single-storey and part two-storey rear extension, a roof terrace, and a covered garden shelter.
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
Permission for works to the existing two storey building , comprising (a) alterations/extensions including the replacement of the unoriginal shopfront with a new brick clad and glazed timber framed shopfront with new illuminated metal signage, alterations to upper portion of front elevation to reinstate original brickwork and window proportions, demolition of existing primary roof to be replaced by a new hipped roof to match neighbouring roofs, with separate apartment access door and internal security shutter to café/restaurant space and sundry works, construction of a new flat roofed extension to the rear, to be part single-storey with 1no roof-light, and part two storey with 1no. Roof-light & 1no. Roof terrace to the rear, alterations to the rear façade, construction of a partially covered single storey pitched roof to shelter the restaurant garden to the rear. (b) the change of use of the ground floor retail unit (former post-office/credit union) to café/restaurant, sited within a conservation area.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 5 February 2025.
Notified floor area: 159 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oconnell Ave, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 | Apr 2026 | €590,000 | 27 m |
| 29 Oconnell Ave, Phibsborough, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €230,000 | 33 m |
| 28 Oconnell Ave, Phibsborough, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €245,000 | 34 m |
| 27 O Connell Avenue, Phibsboro, Dublin 7 | Dec 2025 | €550,000 | 37 m |
| 11 Sarsfield St, Phibsboro, Dublin 7 | Jan 2026 | €735,000 | 40 m |
| Apt 1 7 Berkley Rd, Dublin 7, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €350,000 | 56 m |
| 4 Sarsfield St, Phibsborough, Dublin 7 | Oct 2025 | €773,000 | 63 m |
| St Annes, 22 Berkeley Rd, Dublin 7 | May 2025 | €980,000 | 67 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received8 January 2024
- Decision due11 April 2024
- Decision issued11 April 2024
- Permission expiry27 June 2029
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
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3583/19Dublin CityLodged 24 Jul 2019Change of use
- InvalidAt this site
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3425/19Dublin CityLodged 4 Jul 2019Change of use
- Granted60 m away
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3684/24Dublin CityLodged 15 May 2024Change of use
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3801/19Dublin CityLodged 16 Aug 2019Commercial
- Granted60 m away
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4921/22Dublin CityLodged 26 Sept 2022Alterations
- Invalid60 m away
The development will consist of: combining two dwellings into one and new window opening to ground floor…
1 & 2 O'Connell Ville, O'Connell Avenue, Dublin 7
4803/22Dublin CityLodged 8 Sept 2022Alterations
- Part granted, part refused70 m away
Planning permission is sought for a two storey extension to the existing return of 18 sq.m. area at the rear
4, Sarsfield Street, Phibsborough, Dublin 7
3708/19Dublin CityLodged 9 Aug 2019Extension
- Granted70 m away
The development consists of the construction of a one-and-a-half storey extension to the rear of the property
20, O'connell Avenue, Phibsborough, Dublin 7
WEB1647/19Dublin CityLodged 5 Nov 2019Retention
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