Ground floor at 34 College Green, and lower ground floor of 6 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
Change of use from retail to a licensed restaurant at a protected structure on College Green.
4086/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 27 May 2022
- Reference
- 4086/22
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 27 May 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks a change of use from retail to a licensed restaurant at the ground floor of 34 College Green (a Protected Structure) and the lower ground floor of 6 Suffolk Street. Works include internal alterations for a kitchen, bar, and dining rooms, as well as new external railings, seating, and signage.
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Official record
Development description
Protected structure: the development consist of a change of use development of the ground floor at 34 college green, dublin 2 (a protected structure) and lower ground floor of 6 suffolk street. The development consists of a change of use from retail to licensed restaurant. Changes are proposed to the back of house area to provide for kitchen, storage and service areas, new mechanical ventilation system, new internal timber and glazed screens to form restaurant, bar and private dining rooms, new internal lobby entrance, new external railings and seating area at ground floor level to front of 34 college green and an internal illuminated identification sign over the front door, new external illumination to ground floor windows and totem menu sign and all other works associated with restaurant use.
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 B, 116 Grafton Street, Dublin 2 | May 2026 | €660,000 | 47 m |
| Apt 1, 3 4 Cope St, Dublin 2 | Oct 2025 | €2,250,000 | 215 m |
| 3 Fownes St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 | May 2026 | €1,600,000 | 235 m |
| Top Floor Apt., 5a Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar | Oct 2025 | €250,000 | 243 m |
| Apt 7, Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2 | Jun 2026 | €465,000 | 253 m |
| Apt 6 Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €330,000 | 253 m |
| Apt 24 Sprangers Yard, Crowe St, Dublin | Sept 2025 | €340,000 | 254 m |
| Apartment 5, 50-52 Dame Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €395,000 | 255 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 received27 May 2022
- Decision due21 July 2022
- Decision issued9 June 2022
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