WEB5774/25: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: (i) change of use of existing office floor space, from first to fourth floor level, to provide a short-term tourist rental accommodation development comprising 5 no. short-stay apartments with associated internal alterations to facilitate layout; (ii) external conservation, repair, and refurbishment works to the building, including the repair of all sash windows, reinstatement of decorative lime plasterwork, specialist cleaning and repointing of brickwork, the general refurbishment of pipework, the replacement of the roof gutter with a new lead system and the replacement of a non-original window with new heritage window on the rear elevation; (iii) internal refurbishment works from first to fourth floor level including the removal of non-original partitions, the repair of walls and ceilings, careful removal and re-instatement of original floorboards, installation of new services and fire safety upgrades to ceilings and the stairwell; and, (v) all associated internal and external site works necessary to facilitate the development. The existing commercial unit at ground floor level is unaffected by the proposed development. The subject property is a protected structure.
7, D'Olier Street, Dublin 2
DecisionRefuse permission
Decided27 January 2026
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