Unit 2, Father Scully House, Gardiner Street Middle and Temple Lane North, Dublin 1
Permission and retention for various changes of use between retail, community space, and office uses.
WEB1293/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 February 2025
- Reference
- WEB1293/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 14 February 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a change of use for Unit 2 from retail to ground floor community space. It also seeks retention permission for changing a ground floor conference room to community space, and a sixth-floor community space to office use.
- Floor area
- 153 m²
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
- Permission & retention. Change of use. Permission and retention permission for development at this site unit 2 and community space on the ground floor and office on the sixth floor, father scully house, gardiner street middle and temple lane north, dublin
- The development consists of change of use for unit 2 (36.04sqm) from retail to community space on the ground floor, retention change of use for community space from a conference room (33.83sqm) on the ground floor and retention change of use for an office from a community space (83.22sqm) on the sixth floor
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Belmont Hall, Middle Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | Aug 2025 | €245,000 | 47 m |
| Apt 20, 52 Mountjoy Sq, Dublin 1 | Apr 2025 | €390,000 | 55 m |
| Apt 34, 52 Mountjoy Sq, Dublin 1 | Oct 2025 | €255,000 | 55 m |
| 36 Temple Place, Grenville St, Dublin 1 | Feb 2025 | €279,000 | 76 m |
| Apt 22, Temple Place, Grenville St Dublin 1 | Apr 2025 | €261,000 | 76 m |
| 39 Temple Place, Grenville St, Dublin 1 | Jan 2025 | €270,000 | 76 m |
| Apt 15, Temple Place, Grenville St Dublin 1 | Jan 2026 | €387,500 | 76 m |
| Apt 38, 55 Mountjoy Sq West, Dublin | Jan 2025 | €240,000 | 86 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 received14 February 2025
- Decision due10 April 2025
- Decision issued10 April 2025
- Permission expiry1 July 2030
In the area
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