Former Ballsbridge Post Office, Shelbourne Road, Dublin 4
Change of use of the former Ballsbridge Post Office, a protected structure, into a licensed bar, restaurant, retail, and gallery space.
WEB2740/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 24 July 2025
- Reference
- WEB2740/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 24 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to convert the former two-storey post office into a licensed bar and restaurant with retail and gallery space. Works to the protected structure include minor demolition of external storage, lowering of window cills, a new external stairs and terrace, and general repair works.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 606 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
Protected structure: change of use from former post office, a two storey protected structure (625sqm), to licensed bar restaurant with retail & gallery (606sqm). The proposal will involve removal of a lean-to roof and demolition of external storage (19sqm); lowering of cills at both levels and breaking out of one opening to provide new door at first floor level; and building up of walls on southern boundary up to first floor level, all along the side passage/south elevation; provision of new external stairs and terrace to the south side and rear. Repair works to roof, rainwater goods, windows & doors, repointing of brickwork, minor interior alterations, fit out and provision of signage, and all associated services and site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 Dodder View Cottages, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4not full market price | Nov 2025 | €475,000 | 62 m |
| 35 Dodder View, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | Jul 2025 | €930,000 | 70 m |
| 30 Dodder View Cottages, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | Oct 2025 | €738,000 | 84 m |
| 27 Dodder View Cottages, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | Oct 2025 | €730,000 | 85 m |
| 1 Dodder View, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | May 2026 | €506,000 | 88 m |
| 38 Dodder View Cottages, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | Apr 2026 | €480,000 | 91 m |
| 2 Dodder View Cottages, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | Apr 2026 | €530,000 | 91 m |
| Benton 3c Granite Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 | Feb 2025 | €779,976 | 108 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 received24 July 2025
- Decision due17 September 2025
- Decision issued28 July 2025
In the area
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