No's 6-9 Camden Place, No. 16 Camden Street and No's 2-6 Camden Villas, Camden Street, Dublin 2
Temporary retention of a two-storey extension used as part of an emergency accommodation hostel.
WEB5272/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 1 October 2025
- Reference
- WEB5272/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- Retention Permission
- Received
- 1 October 2025
Summary
AI-generatedTemporary retention permission is sought for a two-storey extension in Camden Villas to the rear of No. 9 Camden Buildings. The extension contains ground-floor storage and a first-floor boiler house, used as part of an existing guest house/hostel leased for emergency accommodation.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 20 m²
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Official record
Development description
Retention: temporary retention permission for two storey extension in camden villas to rear of no. 9 camden buildings containing open and enclosed storage at ground floor level (16 sq. M), first floor boiler house (4.2 sq. M) with external water tanks adjacent all for use as part of an existing guest house / hostel currently leased to dublin city council for use as emergency accommodation
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Camden Buildings, Dublin 2 | Mar 2026 | €575,000 | 8 m |
| 2 Camden Court, Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2 | Jun 2026 | €525,000 | 63 m |
| 37 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 | Nov 2025 | €2,600,000 | 72 m |
| Apt 3, 61 Camden St, Dublin 2 | May 2025 | €480,000 | 111 m |
| Apt 1, 61 Camden St, Dublin 2 | Jul 2025 | €460,000 | 111 m |
| 4 Pleasants Place, Dublin 8, Dublin | Aug 2025 | €180,000 | 130 m |
| 7 The Courtyard, Pleasants St, Dublin 8 | May 2025 | €585,000 | 136 m |
| 8 Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8 | May 2026 | €700,000 | 148 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 received1 October 2025
- Decision due25 November 2025
In the area
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- RefusedAt this site
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- Part granted, part refusedAt this site
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- GrantedAt this site
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- WithdrawnAt this site
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3928/19Dublin CityLodged 4 Sept 2019Change of use
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