33-34 Dame Street, Dublin 2, D02 WY24
Change of use from educational to office space, facade alterations, and a new fifth-floor structure with a roof garden.
3196/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 21 July 2021
- Reference
- 3196/21
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 21 July 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves a change of use from educational to office use on the first to fifth floors. It includes facade alterations, the removal of the existing mansard roof, construction of a new fifth-floor structure, and a rear roof garden.
- Storeys
- 6
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Official record
Development description
- Planning permission for works as follows
- Change of use at 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th floor level from educational to office use, with material alterations to the internal layout
- Dame st. Facade: new facing brick and stone cladding, new stone-clad shopfront, reconfiguration of existing window openings and installation of new windows and a new frameless glass balustrade to the 4th floor parapet wall
- Dame lane facade: installation of new windows to the existing openings to the rear of no. 33 dame st and extension of the existing rear staircase structure to serve the 5th floor level
- Removal of the existing mansard roof structure to no. 33 dame st. And construction of a new 5th floor structure to nos. 33 & 34 dame st
- Construction of a new roof garden and pergola to the rear of the 5th floor level facing dame lane. No works are proposed internally to the ground or basement floor levels
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 5, 50-52 Dame Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €395,000 | 56 m |
| 3 Fownes St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 | May 2026 | €1,600,000 | 67 m |
| Apt 24 Sprangers Yard, Crowe St, Dublin | Sept 2025 | €340,000 | 87 m |
| Top Floor Apt., 5a Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar | Oct 2025 | €250,000 | 91 m |
| Apt 1, 3 4 Cope St, Dublin 2 | Oct 2025 | €2,250,000 | 102 m |
| Apartment 5, 5-6 Temple Lane South, Temple Bar | Nov 2025 | €355,000 | 112 m |
| Apartment 4, 5-6 Temple Lane South, Temple Bar | Nov 2025 | €355,000 | 112 m |
| The Friary, Cecilia St, Temple Bar Dublin 2 | Dec 2025 | €266,666 | 128 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received21 July 2021
- Further information requested14 September 2021
- Further information received14 March 2022
- Decision due8 April 2022
- Decision issued8 April 2022
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