72/73, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2 (backing onto Pleasants Place, Dublin 8)
Shopfront alterations and new entrance for a café bar and restaurant on Camden Street Lower.
3639/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 26 April 2023
- Reference
- 3639/23
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 26 April 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves removing a ground-floor front window to create a new level-access entrance door and lobby for the existing licensed café bar and restaurant. It also includes installing new internal partitioning, replacing sun awnings and lighting, and adding new business signage.
- Storeys
- 3
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 development consisting of; a) removal of the existing front window at ground floor level of the existing three storey over basement terraced building, and alterations to the ope, to provide a new level access entrance door, and new entrance lobby to the existing licensed café bar and restaurant; b) construction of a new internal partition between the licensed café bar and restaurant and the previous entrance lobby; c) removal of the existing 3 no. Sun awnings, which are attached to the fascia, and replacement with 4 no. Localised awnings within each window ope, below fascia level; d) removal of 2 no. Existing lights which are attached to the fascia, and replacement with 3 no. New lights, to be installed on the existing structure for the wall washing uplighters (above fascia level) to light the fascia; e) new steel lettering to fascia to indicate business name, and street numbering; f) new painted lettering to wall at high level to indicate business name; g) removal of wall mounted signage at street level and ancillary works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Pleasants Place, Dublin 8, Dublin | Aug 2025 | €180,000 | 45 m |
| 7 The Courtyard, Pleasants St, Dublin 8 | May 2025 | €585,000 | 57 m |
| 62 Synge Street, Dublin 8 | Apr 2025 | €625,000 | 68 m |
| 61a Synge St, Portobello, Dublin 8 | Jan 2025 | €500,000 | 70 m |
| Apt 1, 61 Camden St, Dublin 2 | Jul 2025 | €460,000 | 71 m |
| Apt 3, 61 Camden St, Dublin 2 | May 2025 | €480,000 | 71 m |
| 8 Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8 | May 2026 | €700,000 | 82 m |
| 2 Camden Court, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2 | Jun 2026 | €525,000 | 82 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 received26 April 2023
- Decision due20 June 2023
- Decision issued12 May 2023
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