Existing vacant retail unit, Ground Floor West, Kings Building, 152-155, Church Street, Dublin 7
Change of use of a vacant ground floor retail unit to a restaurant with new signage and ventilation.
3885/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 6 September 2018
- Reference
- 3885/18
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 6 September 2018
Summary
AI-generatedThe development will convert a vacant ground floor retail unit into a restaurant featuring a kitchen, seating area, and service area. The works also include internal decal signage, an external logo sign, and air conditioning vents on two facades.
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
The development will consist of the change of use of the ground floor retail unit to restaurant, comprised of kitchen, provision of sanitary accommodation, service area and seating area within the existing ground floor unit. Signage is proposed as vertical surface applied decal placed internally behind existing glazing and a surface mounted logo sign placed on external wall beside door entrance. Permission is also sought for installation of air conditioning grill vents at high level on both the may lane & bow street facades.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 4, Smithfield Village, Smithfield Dublin 7 | Mar 2026 | €431,000 | 24 m |
| Apt 23, Smithfield Village, Smithfield Dublin 7 | Feb 2025 | €480,000 | 24 m |
| 37 Smithfield Village, Dublin 7 | Nov 2025 | €445,000 | 55 m |
| Apt 76 Block D, Smithfield Village, Dublin 7 | Jun 2026 | €475,000 | 55 m |
| 42 E Coopers Sq, Smithfield, Dublin 7 | Mar 2025 | €495,000 | 93 m |
| 161garden Court, Smithfield Village, Smithfield | Feb 2025 | €280,000 | 102 m |
| 165 Smithfield Village, Smithfield, Dublin 7 | Aug 2025 | €370,000 | 107 m |
| 155a Garden Court, Smithfield Village, Dublin 7 | May 2026 | €337,500 | 107 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 received6 September 2018
- Further information requested31 October 2018
- Further information received10 December 2018
- Decision due15 January 2019
- Decision issued15 January 2019
- Grant issued19 February 2019
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