No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
Installation of a new platform lift and stairs to provide wheelchair and disabled access to the basement.
3294/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 2 September 2020
- Reference
- 3294/20
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 2 September 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development at a protected structure consists of installing a new platform lift at the street entrance to provide wheelchair accessibility to the basement level. It also includes removing the existing stairs and constructing a new steel platform and stairs for ambulant disabled access.
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Official record
Development description
Protected structure: (rps. 3525). Development consists of the installation of a new platform lift located to the street entrance, providing wheelchair accessibility from street level to the basement level. Planning is also sought for the removal of the existing stairs and construction of a new steel platform / landing area and stairs to provide for ambulant disabled access to the basement level, with associated security gate and site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.”
National zoning type: General
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
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Camden Buildings, Dublin 2 | Mar 2026 | €575,000 | 143 m |
| Apt 12 Russell Court, 95/96 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2 | Jul 2025 | €615,000 | 149 m |
| 37 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €2,600,000 | 162 m |
| 38 Wexford St, Apt 1, Dublin 2 | Feb 2025 | €800,000 | 200 m |
| 2 Camden Court, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2 | Jun 2026 | €525,000 | 204 m |
| 12 Cuffe Lane, Cuffe St, Dublin 2 | Aug 2025 | €460,000 | 228 m |
| 8 Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8 | May 2026 | €700,000 | 229 m |
| 7 The Courtyard, Pleasants St, Dublin 8 | May 2025 | €585,000 | 239 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received2 September 2020
- Further information requested27 October 2020
- Further information received1 March 2021
- Decision due26 March 2021
- Decision issued24 March 2021
- Grant issued6 May 2021
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Refused30 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (a Protected…
No. 16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2
4606/19Dublin CityLodged 3 Dec 2019Commercial
- Invalid30 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (a Protected…
16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane & No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2.
4488/19Dublin CityLodged 19 Nov 2019Alterations
- Refused30 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, (a Protected…
16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2
3573/20Dublin CityLodged 16 Oct 2020Alterations
- Granted30 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of the installation of a platform lift located to the front…
Clonmel House, 17, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
3434/18Dublin CityLodged 4 Jul 2018Alterations
- Refused30 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for the following at No. 16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, (a Protected…
16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (Mews to the rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No.18 & No.19 Montague Street buildings and under croft laneway associated with No. 16 Montague Street, Dublin 2)
3649/20Dublin CityLodged 29 Oct 2020Change of use
- Refused30 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street: Extension to existing…
16 Harcourt Street + Mews Building of, 16, Harcourt Steet, Dublin 2
4678/18Dublin CityLodged 19 Dec 2018Commercial
- Granted40 m away
The development consists of a change of use from vacant office use to cafe use, with ancillary staff areas,…
17, Montague Street, Dublin 2
3315/20Dublin CityLodged 4 Sept 2020Change of use
- Granted40 m away
RETENTION:PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Retention of a change of use dating from 1993, from office use to a crèche, at…
83, and 83A , Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
2048/21Dublin CityLodged 18 Jan 2021Retention
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