RefusedChange of useDecided 19 June 2024

5A, Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Change of use of a Temple Bar premises from retail or restaurant to a hot food takeaway.

WEB1508/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 26 April 2024

Reference: WEB1508/24
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 26 April 2024

Summary

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The applicant is seeking to change the use of 5A Crown Alley to a hot food takeaway selling burgers and hot dogs. This proposal requires altering a previous planning condition that specifically prohibited takeaway use at the property.

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Official record

Development description

Change of use from a retail shop or as a restaurant to an outlet for the sale of hot food (burgers and hot dogs) for consumption off the premises from 12:00pm. To 11pm. Seven days per week. This development breaches condition 7 of the an bord pleanala planning permission under appeal ref. No. Pl29s. 110301 (dublin city council reg. 2773/98) which stated 'ground floor units shall be used as shops or as a restaurant which shall not be used as a take-away or for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises' and this present proposal seeks to alter that original consent so as to allow no. 5a crown alley, to be used as a hot food take away outlet. The application also includes the erection of a name sign on the front elevation of this building.

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 6 Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2, Dublin	Dec 2025	€330,000	27 m
Apt 7, Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€465,000	27 m
Apt 1, 3 4 Cope St, Dublin 2	Oct 2025	€2,250,000	51 m
The Friary, Cecilia St, Temple Bar Dublin 2	Dec 2025	€266,666	66 m
Top Floor Apt., 5a Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar	Oct 2025	€250,000	80 m
Apt 24 Sprangers Yard, Crowe St, Dublin	Sept 2025	€340,000	97 m
2 34 35 Wellington St, Dublin 2, Dublin	Jan 2025	€380,000	99 m
3 Fownes St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2	May 2026	€1,600,000	100 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

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Application received26 April 2024
Decision due20 June 2024
Decision issued19 June 2024

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