Planning application 4274/23
Permission for the change of use from restaurant to convenient retail…
Ground Floor Unit, Block 4, 49-53 Townsend Street, Dublin 2
Decision
GRANT PERMISSION
Construction status
Construction commenced
Official building-control evidence dated 3 Jan 2024.
Matched phased building-control records
Source: NBCO/BCMS open data
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Application details
- Planning reference
- 4274/23
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Proposal description
- Permission for the change of use from restaurant to convenient retail with subsidiary off-licence element at the ground floor of Block 4, 49-53 Townsend Street, Dublin 2. The premises has rear service access from a courtyard at Bracken's Lane. The proposal includes minor external alterations to the front (shopfront) elevation to include an automatic sliding entrance door and an over door louvre. Pin mounted individual backlit (LED lighting) letters and an internally illuminated projecting sign area proposed to advertise the use. It is proposed to alter the rear service entrance to include a louvre screen and louvered access doors. A louvered screen to the plant room and a widened access door are proposed to the courtyard elevation.
- Location / address
- Ground Floor Unit, Block 4, 49-53 Townsend Street, Dublin 2
- Application type
- Permission
- Received / registered
- 8 Aug 2023
- Council decision
- GRANT PERMISSION
- Council decision date
- 29 Sept 2023
- Final grant date
- 10 Nov 2023
Planning and construction timeline
Key dated milestones from planning, appeal and official building-control records.
Application received
Decision: GRANT PERMISSION
Final grant
Works commenced
Official NBCO/BCMS dataCompletion certificate validated (1 unit)
Official NBCO/BCMS data
Application location
Approximate map position from coordinates supplied with the planning record.
Location context
Nearby sold prices
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