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3 Main Street, Howth, Co.Dublin (D13X064, D13WP57, and D13K6Y3)

Conversion of upper floors to 6 apartments, a ground floor cafe, and a rear extension for 2 more apartments.

F26A/0609E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 8 July 2026

Reference
F26A/0609E
Authority
Fingal County Council
Register status
In progress
Type
Permission
Received
8 July 2026

Summary

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The project involves the partial change of use of a three-storey building, converting the ground floor retail unit to a cafe and the vacant upper floors into 6 apartments. It also includes the demolition of rear portacabins and the construction of a two-storey rear extension to accommodate 2 additional apartments.

Apartmentsapartmentschange of usedemolitioncafe
Residential units
8
Storeys
3

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development will consist of: (i) partial change of use, with associated internal reconfiguration, of the existing three storey mixed-use building at no. 3 main street, howth as follows: (a) partial change of use of the ground floor level with unit occupying the south-eastern portion of this level to change from retail to cafe use - the existing butcher use occupying the balance of the ground floor level will remain in situ with revised internal layout; and (b) change of use of the first and second floor levels from a community-based use (currently vacant) to residential use, specifically 6 no. Apartments (3 no. Studio apartments at first floor level and 1 no. One-bedroom and 2 no. Studio apartments at second floor level); (ii) demolition of 2 no. Existing portacabins, a staircase and a w. C to the rear of the existing building together with the removal of an existing chimney on the rear roof slope of no. 3 main street; (iii) construction of a two-storey flat roofed, with rooflights, extension to the rear of the existing three-storey building to accommodate 2 no. Apartment units (1 no. Two-bedroom apartment at ground floor level and 1 no. One-bedroom apartment at first floor level); (iv) provision of external communal amenity space at surface and first floor levels (v) provision of bin storage and bicycle storage (13 no. Resident bicycle spaces and 5 no. Visitor bicycle spaces) areas; (vi) construction of single storey storage structure, with rooflight, accommodating w. C facilities and lockers, along the site's north-western boundary to serve the existing butcher shop; and, (vii) all ancillary site and infrastructural works necessary to facilitate the refurbishment and development of the site inclusive of landscaping and drainage works.

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received8 July 2026
  2. Decision due3 September 2026

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