GrantedChange of useDecided 12 October 2022

Ground Floor at 34 College Green (a Protected Structure) and lower ground floor of 6 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2

Conversion of a retail unit to a licensed restaurant at College Green and Suffolk Street.

4222/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 June 2022

Reference: 4222/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 14 June 2022

Summary

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This application seeks a change of use from retail to a licensed restaurant within a protected structure. Works include internal alterations for a kitchen, bar, and private dining rooms, alongside new external railings, seating, and signage.

Change of userestaurantprotected structurecity centre

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: the development consists of 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 internally 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

Z5: City CentreUC

“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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 12 December 2022. A completion certificate was lodged on 7 May 2023.

Notified floor area: 1,265 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
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

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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 received14 June 2022
Further information requested8 August 2022
Further information received15 September 2022
Decision due12 October 2022
Decision issued12 October 2022
Grant issued23 November 2022

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