72 Middle Abbey Street (site with Frontage to North Lotts to rear) Dublin 1
Conversion of a retail building into a mixed-use development with a basement retail unit, ground floor café, and 9 short-stay apartments.
WEB2664/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 6 December 2024
- Reference
- WEB2664/24
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 6 December 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of a building from retail and storage to a mixed-use development. It will feature a basement retail unit, a ground floor café, and 9 short-stay tourist apartments from the ground to the fourth floor, alongside elevation repairs and internal stair modifications.
- Residential units
- 9
- Storeys
- 5
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
(i) omission of existing recessed mezzanine floor areas atop third floor level and reinstatement of full fourth floor level; (ii) works to external elevations including paint removal and repairing of pointing on middle abbey street elevation; and replacement of sand cement plaster with insulating lime plaster and increasing height of ground level window openings to north lotts elevation; (iii) removal of existing internal staircases, relocation of entrance door to north lotts, provision of new internal staircases and reconfiguration of internal floor plans through provision of new wall partitions; (iv) change of use of building from retail (at basement/ground floor level) and retail storage (at all above ground floor levels) to a mixed-use building comprising a commercial retail unit at basement floor level, a café at ground floor level and a tourist accommodation development (comprising 9 no. Short-stay apartments) from ground to fourth floor level; and, (v) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 | May 2025 | €1,000,000 | 43 m |
| 31 Batchelors Walk, Ashbourne, Co. Meath | Sept 2025 | €486,000 | 65 m |
| 319 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, Dublin | Jul 2025 | €265,000 | 80 m |
| Apt 330, Bachelors Walk, Dublin | Feb 2025 | €285,000 | 84 m |
| Apt 1, 94 Middle Abbey St, Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €2,000,000 | 92 m |
| 324 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1 | Jul 2025 | €290,000 | 101 m |
| Apt 336, Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1 | Dec 2025 | €280,000 | 101 m |
| 171 Batchelors Walk, Dublin | Jan 2026 | €277,000 | 104 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 received6 December 2024
- Decision due1 July 2025
- Decision issued30 June 2025
- Appeal submitted28 July 2025
- Appeal decided1 December 2025
- Permission expiry23 January 2031
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- InvalidAt this site
Permission for change of use from Retail premises to Restaurant/ Cafe including alterations to rear elevation…
71, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, D01E7K5
4263/22Dublin CityLodged 20 Jun 2022Change of use
- GrantedAt this site
Permission for the removal of existing shopfront and facia and replacement with new shopfront and facia at 71…
71 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, D01 E7K5
5034/23Dublin CityLodged 21 Dec 2023Alterations
- GrantedAt this site
Planning permission for change of use from retail premises to restaurant/cafe including alterations to rear…
71 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, D01 E7K5
4346/22Dublin CityLodged 29 Jun 2022Change of use
- Granted30 m away
RETENTION: The development consists of retention of building as Martial Arts Studio
27, North Lotts, Dublin 1.
2480/18Dublin CityLodged 12 Mar 2018Retention
- Granted30 m away
CHANGE OF USE: change of use of the ground and first floors to a safe haven space for the LGBTQ community and…
27 North Lotts, Dublin 1
WEB5126/25Dublin CityLodged 12 Sept 2025Change of use
- Invalid30 m away
Change of use of the ground and first floors to a safe haven space for the LGBTQ community and for…
27 North Lotts, Dublin 1
WEB5034/25Dublin CityLodged 4 Sept 2025Change of use
- Withdrawn40 m away
PROTECTED STRUCTURE / RETENTION: retention planning permission is sought for the continuance of the…
The Oval Public House, 78 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
3696/24Dublin CityLodged 16 May 2024Retention
- Invalid40 m away
RETENTION: permission is sought for the continuance of the previously approved time limited table and chairs…
78 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
3542/24Dublin CityLodged 17 Apr 2024Retention
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