16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane & No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2.
Amendment to opening hours and alterations at a licensed restaurant and cafe bar.
4488/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 19 November 2019
- Reference
- 4488/19
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 19 November 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to exclude a condition relating to opening hours under a previously approved permission for a licensed restaurant and cafe bar. The site is a protected structure and includes works to the basement, external courtyard, and mezzanine level.
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Official record
Development description
- Protected structure: planning permission for the following at no. 16 harcourt street, dublin 2 (a protected structure, dublin city council rps no. 3525), mews to rear of no. 16 harcourt street facing onto montague lane and no. 19 montague street, dublin
- The application seeks to exclude a condition relating to opening hours under the previously approved permission under abp reg. Ref. Pl29s. 249126 (dcc reg. Ref. 3150 / 50). The description of the development under the granted application is as follows: planning is sought for the following at no. 16 harcourt street, extension to existing current use as licensed restaurant at basement level and additional use as a cafe bar, with use extended to external courtyard and external mezzanine level above courtyard level; basement external works to include the removal of existing planters at the front entrance along harcourt street, cleaning and upgrading of front entrance area, installation of new steps over existing steps for ambulant disabled access together with new handrails; removal works at basement level internally to accommodate 1 no. Bar, storage, toilets, cloakroom, seating areas and toilets; demolition of 21st century single storey rear extension to accommodate the construction of toilets, storage area, configuration of new entrance, stairs and platform lift from basement to ground floor external courtyard level; ground floor/annex to no. 16; internal removal works at ground floor level to rear of main building to accommodate 3 no. Replacement wc's, together with landscaping, seating areas and construction of new external stairs to first floor terrace and mezzanine floor; mezzanine: new structure to replace existing roof of basement rear extension to accommodate external seating area with access to toilets at ground floor level in main building; planning is also sought for the following at no. 16 harcourt street mews, change of use from warehouse/storage use to licensed restaurant/cafe bar: modifications and upgrading works to existing facades; basement: the construction of a basement to accommodate a kitchen, keg store, keg hatch, cold store and staff area; ground floor: works to accommodate new stairs to new proposed first floor, new disabled toilet, lobby to courtyard area and cafe bar seating; first floor: construction of new first floor level to accommodate new bar, stairs to ground floor and access to new external terrace facing courtyard area; in addition, planning is sought for the following at no. 19 montague street; change of use from pizzeria to licenced restaurant/cafe bar; works to also include new shop front configuration along montague street and montague lane with bifolding doors, shutters and servery to montague street; ground floor: removal works interally to accommodate bar, seating areas and servery; first floor: removal works internally to accommodate toilets, storage and seating areas with new flat roof section over female toilets; the proposal also includes new connections between no. 16 mews and no. 19 montague lane at ground and first floor level. All with associated signage, lighting, landscaping and associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.”
National zoning type: General
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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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Camden Buildings, Dublin 2 | Mar 2026 | €575,000 | 136 m |
| 37 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €2,600,000 | 166 m |
| Apt 12 Russell Court, 95/96 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2 | Jul 2025 | €615,000 | 171 m |
| 38 Wexford St, Apt 1, Dublin 2 | Feb 2025 | €800,000 | 175 m |
| 2 Camden Court, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2 | Jun 2026 | €525,000 | 197 m |
| 8 Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8 | May 2026 | €700,000 | 204 m |
| 7 The Courtyard, Pleasants St, Dublin 8 | May 2025 | €585,000 | 216 m |
| 12 Cuffe Lane, Cuffe St, Dublin 2 | Aug 2025 | €460,000 | 222 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received19 November 2019
- Decision due22 January 2020
- Decision issued29 November 2019
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