Finlay's Bar and off-licence, Dublin Road, Monasterevin

For retention planning permission for internal repair and renewal works to the existing first floor ancillary residential accommodation consisting of new firestopping to existing first floor and reconfiguration of existing rear bedrooms from vacant storage space. Planning permission is also sought for the development of a 127.5m2 rear single-storey ground floor ancillary function room, keg store and plant room with additional toilets with a flat and hipped-roof incorporating 2no. Velux windows & 7 no. Solar tubes, with additional first floor 50m2 residential extension to existing first floor accommodation over the existing ground floor with construction of a new 102m2 beer garden with perimeter enclosure and motorised pergola roof system to the west side to renew and secure the existing outdoor seating area with new external furniture with new works to existing structure façade consisting of 2 no. First floor windows and new ground floor shopfront with signage to secondary entrance including retention of double doors to outdoor space, replacement sash hardwood windows to ground floor east & west facades and first floor east facade, with new covered bin store, plant room and rear yard and all associated site works, (protected structure rps no. B26-12). (national inventory of architectural heritage, reg. No. 11816042) . Revised by significant further information which consists of: omission of the new access ramp, covered beer garden, perimeter screening, cylinder storage plant room, and boiler to the south, the additional shopfront to the secondary entrance and the first-floor 50m² residential extension. Amendments to the proposed function room roof, changing from a hipped roof to a sedum green flat roof. Reinstatement of the stone wall to the side (east) and rear (south) of the new extension. Introduction of a new standing seam zinc-clad finish to the new extension, along with amendments to the proposed fenestration. Proposed revisions to the car park and outdoor area have been omitted. Submission of an architectural heritage impact assessment (ahia) report, a suds strategy, drawings and a report on the exact location and depth of the existing culvert, and a site plan indicating lands owned by the applicant and adjoining land ownership

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.

1. Application received20 March 2025
2. Further information requested9 May 2025
3. Further information received29 October 2025
4. Decision due4 December 2025
5. Decision issued4 December 2025
6. Grant issued20 January 2026
7. Permission expiry19 January 2031

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