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72-74 Francis Street, Dublin 8

REFUSE PERMISSION

Planning application 2587/21

Dublin - Dublin City Council

Proposed Development

The development will consist of: (i) Demolition of Nos. 73-74 Francis Street and demolition of No. 72 Francis Street with the exception of this building's original front (western) facade; (ii) The refurbishment of the front (western) facade of No. 72, the construction of a replacement facade to the front of No.74 to match the height of No. 72 and the construction of a replacement facade to the front of No.73 (from first to third floor level) to match the height of Nos. 72 and 74; (iii) The redevelopment of Nos. 72-74 from basement to third floor level (No. 74 will be of similar height to Nos. 72-73 whilst containing three levels over basement only); (iv) The amalgamation of the redeveloped Nos. 72-74 and the construction of a three storey contemporary extension above; (v) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The works will allow for the provision of a seven storey over basement level mixed-use building comprising (a) 24 no. apartments (6 no. studio, 6 no. one bedroom, 9 no. two-bedroom and 3 no. three bedroom) each served by private amenity space and provided with access to a first floor level communal garden and cycle parking at ground and basement floor level; (b) 505sq. m of commercial space, in the form of a cafe (156sq.m), 3 no. retail units (184sq.m) co-working space (73sq.m) and a multi-purpose space for education exercise and community uses (92sq.m), served by cycle parking at ground floor level; (c) basement level storage/plant room.

Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    14 Apr 2021

  2. Decision due

    8 Jun 2021

  3. Decision: REFUSE PERMISSION

    8 Jun 2021

  4. Appeal submitted

    6 Jul 2021

  5. Appeal decided: REFUSE PERMISSION

    2 Sept 2022

Application Details

Location
72-74 Francis Street, Dublin 8
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
Permission
Planning Authority
Dublin City Council
Site Area
659.37 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
14 April 2021
Status
Appeal Decided
Decision
REFUSE PERMISSION
Decision Date
8 June 2021

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ABP-310755-21
Decision
REFUSE PERMISSION
Submitted
6 July 2021
Decided
2 September 2022

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