GrantedChange of useDecided 11 May 2026

Unit 2, Temple Bar Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Change of use from a financial services unit to a restaurant with a new shopfront.

WEB1642/26 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 19 March 2026

Reference: WEB1642/26
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 19 March 2026

Summary

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The project will convert a former financial services unit into a restaurant. Works include removing two ATMs, installing a new shopfront window, setting up kitchen and seating facilities, and installing roof-level ventilation.

Change of userestaurantshopfronttemple bar

Floor area: 67 m²

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of the following: (1) change of use of an existing financial services unit to a restaurant. (2) removal of two existing atms and installation of a new façade treatment fronting onto temple bar square, including a new shopfront window. (3) provision of internal restaurant facilities, including kitchen accommodation, waste storage, ventilation, staff welfare areas, customer seating, and an accessible restroom. (4) installation of ventilation ducting on the south elevation to serve the proposed kitchen, together with an extractor fan at roof level. (5) erection of signage on the north elevation. (6) all associated site development and services work on a site of c. 0.0067ha.

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 7, Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€465,000	10 m
Apt 6 Temple Bar Sq, Dublin 2, Dublin	Dec 2025	€330,000	10 m
The Friary, Cecilia St, Temple Bar Dublin 2	Dec 2025	€266,666	36 m
Apt 1, 3 4 Cope St, Dublin 2	Oct 2025	€2,250,000	52 m
Top Floor Apt., 5a Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar	Oct 2025	€250,000	63 m
2 34 35 Wellington St, Dublin 2, Dublin	Jan 2025	€380,000	70 m
Apartment 7, 3 Temple Bar, Dublin 2	May 2026	€242,000	73 m
Apt 24 Sprangers Yard, Crowe St, Dublin	Sept 2025	€340,000	77 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 received19 March 2026
Decision due13 May 2026
Decision issued11 May 2026
Permission expiry30 July 2031

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