3-4, Usher's Quay, Dublin 8 (on the corner with Lower Bridge Street)
Replacement of a large conventional advertising poster with a digital display unit on Usher's Quay.
4076/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 26 May 2022
- Reference
- 4076/22
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 26 May 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to replace an existing conventional advertising poster and overhead lights on a protected structure with a new digital advertising display unit. The new digital display will measure 5.2m by 7.7m and will be mounted on the side elevation.
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
Protected structure: replacement of a 6.4m x 7.7m conventional advertising poster (including 150mm wide frame all round and a 1.25m apron), with overhead lights and an overall height of 10.95m off the ground; with a 5.2m x 7.7m digital advertising display unit (with 200mm wide frame all round) without overhead lights, with an overall height of 12.2m off the ground, on the side (east) elevation to lower bridge street, dublin 8, on the corner with usher's quay, dublin 8.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Ushers Quay, Dublin 8, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €1,050,000 | 5 m |
| Apt 10, 6 Ushers Quay, Dublin City | Jan 2026 | €285,000 | 27 m |
| Apt 29, 6 Ushers Quay, Dublin 8 | Dec 2025 | €283,000 | 27 m |
| 76 City Gate, St Augustine St, Dublin 8 | Dec 2025 | €248,000 | 61 m |
| Apartment 20 Block D, Harbour Field, Sea Gardensnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Mar 2025 | €424,989 | 64 m |
| 74 Citygate, St Augustine St, Dublin 8 | Feb 2025 | €241,000 | 78 m |
| 2 Arran Quay, Dublin 7price excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €580,000 | 90 m |
| 47 City Gate, St Augustine St, Dublin 8 | Apr 2025 | €307,000 | 93 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 May 2022
- Decision due20 July 2022
- Decision issued15 July 2022
- Appeal submitted15 August 2022
- Appeal decided16 November 2023
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: For development on this site at Nos. 3-4 Usher's Quay, Dublin 8 (D08 VOF9 and D08 N9YV)…
Nos. 3-4 Usher's Quay, Dublin 8 (D08 VOF9 and D08 N9YV)
3695/24Dublin CityLodged 16 May 2024Commercial
- InvalidAt this site
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: planning permission for the replacement of a 6.4m x 7.7m conventional advertising poster…
3-4 Usher's Quay, Dublin 8 (on the corner with Lower Bridge Street)
3992/22Dublin CityLodged 18 May 2022Alterations
- Granted70 m away
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Merchant's Hall , 25/26, Merchants Hall, Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8 (D08 NT3K) and Merchant's House, 27/30 Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8 (D08 K3KD)
4003/22Dublin CityLodged 18 May 2022Alterations
- Invalid70 m away
The development will consist of: The creation of a new ope in the party wall separating Merchant's Hall &…
Merchant's Hall, 25/26 Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8, (D08 NT3K) and Merchant's House, 27-30 Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8. (D08 K3KD)
3934/22Dublin CityLodged 10 May 2022Alterations
- Granted80 m away
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3083/24Dublin CityLodged 24 Jan 2024Change of use
- Refused90 m away
Planning permission for the following development. GROUND FLOOR: the change of use (except hallway) from…
5, Arran Quay, Smithfield, Dublin 7
2580/19Dublin CityLodged 25 Mar 2019Change of use
- Granted90 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following development: The provision of an opaque, glazed…
5, Arran Quay, Smithfield, Dublin 7
3474/19Dublin CityLodged 12 Jul 2019Alterations
- Granted90 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the development will consist of the creation of a new ope in the party wall separating…
Merchant's Court - 24 Merchant's Quay (a protected structure), Dublin 8, D08 X7YK and Merchant's Hall - 25-26 Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8, D08 NT3K
3175/23Dublin CityLodged 7 Feb 2023Alterations
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