15, College Green, Dublin 2
Change of use of a 5-storey building on College Green from a cafe and offices to a guest house and restaurant.
4194/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 October 2019
- Reference
- 4194/19
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 11 October 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe development at this protected structure involves converting the existing ground floor cafe and upper floor offices into a guest house with six bedroom suites and a ground floor restaurant. Internal works will include demolitions, installing new ensuite bathrooms, and upgrading mechanical, electrical, and fire safety systems.
- Storeys
- 5
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: the development will consist of
- Change of use of existing 4-storeys overbasement mid-terraced 5-storey building comprising ground floor cafe (with associated basement staff wc & stores) and first, second & third floor offices to integrated guest house use including: a) provide restaurant use at ground floor to incorporate portion of rear hall and; b) change of use of offices at first, second and third floors to 6 no. Guest house bedroom suites in total
- Internal demolitions and alterations to include: basement: (a) remove spiral stairs, (b) install door opening to connect front and rear basements; (c) replace timber steps to rear basement with a lobbied stairs; ground floor (d) replace rear wcs with food preparation area; (e) provide new unisex ambulant disabled wc; (f) reinstate former doorset to hall / stairs lobby; (g) install new door opening to rear portion of proposed restaurant; (h) replace stair light to first floor as per historic layout; upper floors (i) install and fit-out new ensuite bathrooms to adjoining new bedrooms
- Upgrade mechanical and electrical installations throughout including fire safety installation & protection
- Upgrade building fabric throughout
- Provide new protected lobbies on upper floors to comply with fire safety requirements
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
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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 received11 October 2019
- Decision due5 December 2019
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