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17, Montague Street, Dublin 2

GRANT PERMISSION

Planning application 3315/20

Dublin - Dublin City Council

Proposed Development

The development consists of a change of use from vacant office use to cafe use, with ancillary staff areas, office space and kitchen at first floor, with removal works to the existing front facade to provide service hatch to Montague Street and general upgrading of the existing facade, internal removal works to allow for cafe use, together with removal and replacement of the rear external wall to allow for an extension and increased floor area of circa 10.5 sqm, the extension is proposed into the rear courtyard associated with the curtilage of No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS no. 3525). All with associated signage, drainage and site works.

Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    4 Sept 2020

  2. Further information requested

    29 Oct 2020

  3. Further information received

    25 Jan 2021

  4. Decision due

    19 Feb 2021

  5. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

    19 Feb 2021

  6. Grant issued

    6 Apr 2021

Application Details

Location
17, Montague Street, Dublin 2
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
Permission
Planning Authority
Dublin City Council
Site Area
43.84 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
4 September 2020
Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
GRANT PERMISSION
Decision Date
19 February 2021
Grant Date
6 April 2021

Location

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Planning Applications Nearby

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9m
3649/20REFUSE PERMISSION29 Oct 2020

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for the following at No. 16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS no. 3525), Mews to the rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 18 & No. 19 Montague Street buildings and under croft laneway associated with No. 16 Montague Street, Dublin 2. The application seeks modifications to the previously approved permission by ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126 (DCC Reg. Ref. 3150/17) and Reg. Ref. ABP306760-20 (DCC Reg. Ref. 4606/19). Planning is sought for the addition of No. 18 Montague Street as part of the previously approved scheme with change of use from cafe to cafe bar and restaurant with associated upgrading works to the front facade and extension to the rear courtyard to include the incorporation of an internal fire escape stairs. Planning is also sought for the upgrading of the existing service entrance from Montague Street between No. 16 and 17 Montague Street, together with the provision of a new access laneway between No. 17 and 18 Montague Street. Planning is also sought for minor changes to the previously approved application to include minor interior changes and changes to the proposed elevations of No. 19 Montague Street and No. 16 Harcourt Street rear mews building.

16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (Mews to the rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No.18 & No.19 Montague Street buildings and under croft laneway associated with No. 16 Montague Street, Dublin 2)

10m
3573/20REFUSE PERMISSION16 Oct 2020

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS no. 3525), Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2. The application seeks modification to the previously approved permissions ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126 (DCC Reg. Ref. 3150/17) and Reg. Ref. ABP-306760-20 (DCC Reg. Ref. 4606/19). This application seeks to increase the size of the previously granted basement under No. 16 Harcourt Street Mews building and extend the basement to include and connect to a new basement under No. 19 Montague Street for the purposes of extended ancillary services and uses associated with the granted Cafe Bar and Restaurant. All with associated site works and removal works.

16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2

10m
4488/19APPLICATION DECLARED INVA19 Nov 2019

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS No. 3525), Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2. The application seeks to exclude a condition relating to opening hours under the previously approved permission under ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126 (DCC Reg. Ref. 3150 / 50). The description of the development under the granted application is as follows: Planning is sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, extension to existing current use as licensed restaurant at basement level and additional use as a cafe bar, with use extended to external courtyard and external mezzanine level above courtyard level; Basement external works to include the removal of existing planters at the front entrance along Harcourt Street, cleaning and upgrading of front entrance area, installation of new steps over existing steps for ambulant disabled access together with new handrails; removal works at basement level internally to accommodate 1 No. bar, storage, toilets, cloakroom, seating areas and toilets; demolition of 21st century single storey rear extension to accommodate the construction of toilets, storage area, configuration of new entrance, stairs and platform lift from basement to ground floor external courtyard level; Ground Floor/Annex to No. 16; internal removal works at ground floor level to rear of main building to accommodate 3 no. replacement WC's, together with landscaping, seating areas and construction of new external stairs to first floor terrace and mezzanine floor; Mezzanine: new structure to replace existing roof of basement rear extension to accommodate external seating area with access to toilets at ground floor level in main building; Planning is also sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street Mews, change of use from warehouse/storage use to licensed restaurant/cafe bar: modifications and upgrading works to existing facades; Basement: the construction of a basement to accommodate a kitchen, keg store, keg hatch, cold store and staff area; Ground Floor: works to accommodate new stairs to new proposed first floor, new disabled toilet, lobby to courtyard area and cafe bar seating; First Floor: construction of new first floor level to accommodate new bar, stairs to ground floor and access to new external terrace facing courtyard area; In addition, planning is sought for the following at No. 19 Montague Street; change of use from Pizzeria to licenced restaurant/cafe bar; works to also include new shop front configuration along Montague Street and Montague Lane with bifolding doors, shutters and servery to Montague Street; Ground Floor: removal works interally to accommodate bar, seating areas and servery; First Floor: removal works internally to accommodate toilets, storage and seating areas with new flat roof section over female toilets; The proposal also includes new connections between No. 16 Mews and No. 19 Montague Lane at ground and first floor level. All with associated signage, lighting, landscaping and associated site works.

16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane & No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2.

10m
4606/19REFUSE PERMISSION3 Dec 2019

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS no. 3525), Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2. The application seeks to exclude a condition relating to opening hours under the previously approved permission under ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126 (DCC Reg. Ref. 3150/17). The description of the development under the granted application is as follows: Planning is sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, extension to existing current use as licensed restaurant at basement level and additional use as a cafe bar, with use extended to external courtyard and external mezzanine level above courtyard level; Basement: external works to include the removal of existing planters at the front entrance along Harcourt Street, cleaning and upgrading of front entrance area, installation of new steps over existing steps for ambulant disabled access, together with new handrails; removal works at basement level internally to accommodate 1 no. bar, storage, toilets, cloakroom, seating areas and toilets; demolition of 21st century single storey rear extension to accommodate the construction of toilets, storage area, configuration of new entrance, stairs and platform lift from basement to ground floor external courtyard level; Ground Floor/Annex to No. 16: internal removal works at ground floor level to rear of main building to accommodate 3 No. replacement WC's, together with landscaping, seating areas and construction of new external stairs to first floor terrace and mezzanine floor; Mezzanine: new structure to replace existing roof of basement rear extension to accommodate external seating area with access to toilets at ground floor level in main building; Planning is also sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street Mews, change of use from warehouse/storage use to licensed restaurant/cafe bar; modifications and upgrading works to existing facades; Basement: the construction of a basement to accommodate a kitchen, keg store, keg hatch, coldstore and staff area; Ground Floor: works to accommodate new stairs to new proposed first floor, new disabled toilet, lobby to courtyard area and cafe bar seating; First Floor: construction of new first floor level to accommodate new bar, stairs to ground floor and access to new external terrace facing courtyard area; In addition, Planning is sought for the following at No. 19 Montague Street; change of use from Pizzeria to licensed restaurant/cafe bar; works to also include new shop front configuration along Montague Street and Montague Lane with bifolding doors, shutters, and servery to Montague Street; Ground Floor: removal works internally to accommodate bar, seating areas and servery; First Floor: removal works internally to accommodate toilets, storage and seating areas with new flat roof section over female toilets; The proposal also includes new connections between No. 16 Mews and No. 19 Montague Lane at ground and first floor level. All with associated signage, lighting, landscaping and associated site works.

No. 16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2

13m
3206/22GRANT PERMISSION3 Feb 2022

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the covering of the previously granted external staircase (granted under ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126; DCC Reg. Ref. 3150/17), from the internal courtyard to external Mezzanine at first floor level at No. 16 Harcourt Street Mews, facing Montague Lane (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS No. 3525) and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2 with associated site works.

16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2

17m
WEB2113/26ADDITIONAL INFORMATION7 May 2026

The development will consist of the use of one existing section of wall, flanking a residence (facing Montague Lane), as a mural canvas for the display of one temporary, non-commercial, hand-painted mural, with changing artistic content. No structural works or proposed works to existing buildings or boundary walls are required as part of this application.

12 Montague Street, Dublin 2

24m
2659/20GRANT PERMISSION28 Apr 2020

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission on Montague Lane at a mid-terrace, two storey mews building (129 sq. m) containing office and ancillary uses with vehicular access passageway all located to the rear of and within the curtilage of Clonmel House, No. 17 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, a protected structure. Development to consist of conservation and improvement works, including dismantling and reconstruction of traditional pitched and hipped slate roof, plus removal of defective timbers and supplementing with new timbers and roof structures in steel including new columns 2 No. of which rise from new pad foundations, plus, removal of and blocking-up of window opening and lowering of blockwork at Montague Lane to form a new flat-roofed dormer window plus, external rendering and painting of lane wall, plus new flat roof dormer window to hipped-roof, plus remedial and renewal works to coping stones, parapet, valleys, and flashings, plus works to gutters and downpipes, replacement of 2 No. roof windows, conservation of 2 No. ocular windows, removal and relocation of soil and vent pipe, reconfiguring and removal and renewal of mechanical and electrical services including on mews wall facing Clonmel House, plus, removal of spiral staircase and stairwell, and blocking up doorway to match existing plus new stairwell, staircase, and new doorway to ground level store, provision of 2 No. W.C.'s, tea station and store at first floor, replacement of asbestos ceiling to passageway, levelling of timber floors, addition of thermal insulations and fire proofing, plus new wall and ceiling linings and interal finishes plus all associated works.

Clonmel House, No.17, Harcourt Street, Dublin2

38m
3294/20GRANT PERMISSION2 Sept 2020

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: (RPS. 3525). Development consists of the installation of a new platform lift located to the street entrance, providing wheelchair accessibility from street level to the basement level. Planning is also sought for the removal of the existing stairs and construction of a new steel platform / landing area and stairs to provide for ambulant disabled access to the basement level, with associated security gate and site works.

No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2

51m
2653/20REFUSE PERMISSION23 Apr 2020

PROTECTED STRUCTURE:Permission consequent on the grant of permission (Ref. No. 2942/16) as previously amended under grant of permission (Ref. No. 4295/18) at the site of a Protected Structure . The proposed amendments will consist of: The addition of a two level extension to the permitted development facing Montague Lane, bringing the overall height of the development from three levels to five levels at the rear. The penthouse extension level is setback on the northern and western boundaries. Amendments to the WC provision are also proposed. The proposed increase in gross internal area is 598msq.

10, Harcourt Street, extending to 10 and 11 Montague Lane, Dublin 2

66m
WEB5468/25REFUSE PERMISSION22 Oct 2025

PROTECTED STRUCTURE. CHANGE OF USE. Balrath Investments ULC intend to apply for permission for development at a site of c. 0.09 ha at Nos. 1-4 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 PX82 (a Protected Structure RPS Ref. No. 1146). The development will consist of the change of use of the existing building from retail and gym to tourist hostel with ancillary communal space at basement level and retail and cafe at ground floor level (total gross floor area c. 3,777 sqm). The development will consist of the refurbishment, extension and alteration of the existing structures on site comprising the renovation of the existing Protected Structure at Nos. 1-4 Camden Street Lower (including internal alterations and re-configuration); the relocation of the existing 19th century staircase to serve the new communal space; the provision of one additional setback floor above the existing three floor building facing Camden Street Lower; the provision of two additional floors above the existing 5 bay four floor building facing Montague Street; the provision of four additional floors above the existing 4 bay two floor building facing Montague Street; and the removal of non-original features from the structure. The development will result in a six floor over basement building comprising a 463 no. bedspace tourist hostel accessed via Montague Street with external courtyard (c. 2,680 sqm); a ground floor café unit (c. 37 sqm); and a retail unit accessed via Camden Street Lower (c. 418 sqm); all with ancillary cycle parking at ground floor level, plant room at basement level, substation, attenuation storage, bin storage, lift core, signage, SuDs features including green and blue roof, elevational amendments and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground.

1-4 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02PX82

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