8, Main Street, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14N1K7
Change of use from retail to a coffee shop with a new shopfront and roof works in Dundrum.
D26A/0260/WEB · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 11 February 2026
- Reference
- D26A/0260/WEB
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 11 February 2026
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of a ground floor retail unit to a coffee shop with a gallery, office, and store. Works include a new shopfront, a new mono-pitch roof, a double-gable zinc roof with rooflights, and a platform lift.
- Floor area
- 200 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
The development will consist of a new shopfront including new internally illuminated signage, entrance door and windows incorporating a security roller shutter on the inside façade, new retractable awning, new mono-pitch roof to match mono-pitch roof removed due to storm, new standing seam zinc to double gable-end roof to new gallery with 4no. Roof lights, new platform lift, and the change of use of ground floor retail, including storage and shed from retail to coffee shop with gallery, office and store (199.91m2) and associated site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“MTC To protect, provide for and-or improve major town centre facilities.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the COUNTY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Main Street, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Nov 2025 | €1,250,000 | 74 m |
| 2 Taney Manor, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Nov 2025 | €685,000 | 166 m |
| 1 Taney Green, Taney Road, Dundrum | Oct 2025 | €1,400,000 | 198 m |
| Rosemount View Apartment Block, Dundrum Road, Dundrumnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Apr 2025 | €2,630,396 | 213 m |
| 15 Old Rectory Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Apr 2026 | €650,000 | 217 m |
| 3 Taney Lawn, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Aug 2025 | €1,030,999 | 220 m |
| Apt At 5 Lower Main St, Dundrum, Main St Dublin 14 | Jul 2025 | €500,000 | 233 m |
| 58a Sweetmount Park, Dundrum, Dublin 14 | Apr 2025 | €682,500 | 243 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 received11 February 2026
- Decision due9 July 2026
- Decision issued2 July 2026
In the area
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D08A/0998Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 2 Sept 2008Retention
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D06A/1525Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 25 Oct 2006Change of use
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
2 Units
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SA/60041Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 12 Mar 2024
- GrantedAt this site
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D12A/0241Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 13 Sept 2012Retention
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D04A/0539Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 17 May 2004Commercial
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