Planning application · Dublin City Council

The refurbishment and change of use of existing buildings from commercial/light…

10 & 11 Usher's Island, Dublin 8, D08 A586

WEB1241/26 · DublinIn Assessment
Reference
WEB1241/26
Planning authority
Dublin City Council
Received
5 Feb 2026
Decided
9 Feb 2026
Status
In Assessment
Use
Civic / community
Site area
0.0797 ha

Proposed development

The refurbishment and change of use of existing buildings from commercial/light industrial to use as an immersive arts centre with complementary educational facilities focusing on audiovisual technology at 10 and 11 Ushers Island, Dublin 8. The main entrance to the immersive arts centre will be from Ushers Island, while the entrance to the educational facility will be from Island Street, to the rear. The development will include; (i) Alteration of quay-front facades to nos 10 and 11, including a new glazed single storey public entrance at number 10 with glazed canopy and the façade refurbishment of no 11, to include; the rendering of the existing elevational non-original tile cladding (no 11); new windows and doors in existing openings (no 11); new granite steps, ramp and low boundary plinth (nos 10,11); new external metal railings at entrance area (no 10) to side boundary at the adjoining site (no 9) and new external signage to no 11. (ii) Alteration of the rear façade to no 10 at Island Street, including a new metal gate and new render to existing walls and a new planted courtyard containing bicycle and bin storage facilities. (iii) Reinstatement of the first-floor to the rear of number 10, with replacement walls and flat roof, where the original roof was previously removed, and only remnants of the first-floor walls currently remain.

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The council recorded a decision on 9 Feb 2026. The official file has the outcome; a third-party appeal is possible within four weeks of the decision.

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