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Site planning risk brief

108/109 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1

One-off house / within 5 km where a location match is available

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Local planning pattern

13% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 13,164 decisions within 5 km, 35 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 1865 structured appeals.

Matched source
4497/22
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage, per county. “Not yet covered” means the source dataset is not loaded for this local authority, so the brief draws no conclusion there and says where to check — it never reads as “no constraint found”.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

35 register records are within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

35 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for Dublin City Council and were intersected with the site; settlement boundary is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

1 matched

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

No verified rural-housing citation is loaded for Dublin City Council, so this brief makes no current policy claim and relies on decision history.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

2 of 4 layers are loaded for Dublin City Council and were intersected with the site; flood and built heritage are not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for them.

2 matched

Access, road and wastewater prompts

Partial coverage

0 prompts are backed by extracted nearby decision evidence; all prompts remain checks, not predictions.

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

1865 structured nearby appeal records.

1,865 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the Dublin City Council development plan.

1 matched
13,164Nearby applications
35Site-linked candidates
13%Nearby refused
1,865Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Residential Amenity3
Design1
Procedure Invalid1
Traffic Sightlines1
Visual Amenity1

Nearest planning decisions

4497/22

Planning permission for development at a site of 0.018 ha at nos. 108/109 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1. The proposed development consists of the partial demolition of the rear of the retail / shop building from basement to second floor levels (c. 211 sq m in total), the change of use of the remaining retail / shop building to licensed restaurant / cafe use at all levels and the provision of new build areas to the rear from basement to second floor levels (c. 204 sq m in total) to provide licenced restaurant / cafe use, all resulting in a licensed restaurant / cafe building of c. 580 sq m (including ancillary space such as circulation cores and walls), which includes, provision of a licensed restaurant / cafe area including customer seating, associated ancillary office space, cook/servery, accessible toilets, kitchen (including food preparation area). dumbwaiter and storage and other related spaces. The proposed development also consist of the provision of a signage zone (c.1.2 sq m) on the Middle Abbey Street elevation; a new ventilation and duct system; associated plant; a louvre screen at roof level; associated internal and external alterations; changes in level; associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); and all other associated site excavation and site development works above and below ground.

Granted0.0 km30 November 2022
3046/21

Fitzwilliam Real Estate Properties Limited intends to apply for planning permission for development on this site of c. 0.1928 hectares on the corner of Middle Abbey St and Liffey St Upper incorporating the following demolished buildings: Nos. 1,2,3/4,5 & 6 Liffey Street Upper; Nos. 111-114 Middle Abbey Street; structures to the rear of Nos. 108-109 Middle Abbey Street; and Hotel Yard, Dublin 1. The proposed development will consist of amendments to a permitted hotel and retail development currently under construction (DCC Reg. Ref. 3697/17) to provide for a reduction in the size of the single storey ancillary office space at Ground Floor Level (less 6 sq m) and the provision of a new external fire escape staircase to serve Ground Floor, First Floor and Second Floor Levels (Levels 00-02) inclusive, at the eastern (rear) elevation of the hotel building. The proposed development will result in a reduction in the gross floor area of the development from 10,407 sq m (including Basement Level) permitted to 10,401 sq m (including Basement Level) proposed.

Granted0.0 km20 August 2021
WEB1677/20

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL – M1RE (DUBLIN) LIFFEY LIMITED subsequent to granted planning reference 3697/17, are applying for Permission for the Erection of Illuminated Hotel Signage, consisting of 7 no. sets of independently illuminated individual letters & logos in the following locations: (A). 1 No. set of internally illuminated vertical letters and logo fixed to the building façade adjacent to the hotel reception entrance on Middle Abbey St (South Elevation), (B) 1. No. set of internally illuminated letters and logo suspended from the recessed ground floor colonnade soffit above the hotel reception entrance on Middle Abbey St (South Elevation), (C) 1 No. set of internally illuminated letters and logo fixed back to the building façade at first floor cornice level at the corner of Middle Abbey St. (South Elevation), (D) 1. No. set of internally illuminated letters and logo suspended from the recessed ground floor colonnade soffit above the hotel bar entrance on Liffey Street Upper (West Elevation), (E) 1. No. set of internally illuminated letters and logo suspended from the recessed ground floor colonnade soffit adjacent to Hotel Yard service entrance facing north towards Henry St on Liffey Street Upper (West Elevation), (F) 1 No. set of internally illuminated letters and logo mounted on the sixth floor level parapet facing south on Middle Abbey St (South Elevation), (G) 1 No. set of internally illuminated letters and logo mounted on the sixth floor level parapet facing east on Middle Abbey St (East Elevation). All signage to be located at proposed hotel development site granted under planning ref: 3697/17 on the corner of Middle Abbey St / Liffey St Upper incorporating the following demolished buildings 1,2,3/4,5 & 6 Liffey St Upper, Nos. 111-114 Middle Abbey St, structures to the rear of Nos. 108-109 Middle Abbey St, and Hotel Yard, Dublin 1

Granted0.0 km09 August 2021
2344/21

Planning permission for development at a site of c. 0.1928 hectares on the corner of Middle Abbey Street and Liffey Street Upper incorporating the following demolished buildings: Nos. 1, 2, 3/4, 5 & 6 Liffey Street Upper; Nos. 111-114 Middle Abbey Street; structures to the rear of Nos. 108-109 Middle Abbey Street; and Hotel Yard, Dublin 1. The proposed development will consist of amendments to a permitted hotel development currently under construction (DCC Reg. Ref. 3697/17) to include the omission of a front office space at ground floor level and its replacement with a new fire escape stairwell to serve ground floor and second floor levels (Levels 00-02) inclusive, at the eastern (rear) elevation of the hotel building. The proposed development will result in an additional gross internal floor area of 29.5 sqm.

Granted0.0 km30 April 2021
WEB5291/25

RETENTION: The development will consist of: Retention Permission for the unauthorised installation of planters, fixed terrace screens & external seating area to ground floor recessed colonnade of hotel development on Liffey Street Upper (east elevation) along with all ancillary and associated site works at Motel One Hotel, 112 Abbey Street Middle, Dublin 1, D01 H220 (Corner of Middle Abbey St & Liffey St Upper).

Granted0.0 km25 November 2025
4587/22

Planning permission for development on this site of c. 0.0268 hectares located in a permitted retail unit on the east side of Liffey Street Upper, Dublin 1, which forms part of a permitted hotel and retail development currently under construction (DCC Reg. Ref. 3697/17, which has been amended by DCC Reg. Ref. 3046/21). The overall permitted retail and hotel development under construction is located on the corner of Middle Abbey Street and Liffey St Upper incorporating the following demolished buildings: Nos. 1, 2, 3/4, 5 & 6 Liffey Street Upper; Nos. 111-114 Middle Abbey Street; structures to the rear of Nos. 108-109 Middle Abbey Street; and Hotel Yard, Dublin 1. The proposed development will consist of the change of use of the permitted retail unit (which is located at the ground floor level of the permitted development) to proposed 'licensed restaurant' use (c. 268 sq m). The proposed development will also include: the provision of kitchen/preparation/storage areas, customer seating associated office space, bar area and ancillary services such as, staff and customer toilets and service risers; associated plant and ventilation system; associated internal and external changes and associated alterations to the permitted scheme's services (mechanical and electrical, water supply, sewage disposal and surface water disposal.

Granted0.0 km22 September 2022

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