The Abbey Hotel, 52 Middle Abbey Street, North City, Dublin 1 D01 W9H6
Extension of The Abbey Hotel with additional floors to increase guest rooms from 21 to 45, including partial demolitions.
2395/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 15 March 2021
- Reference
- 2395/21
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 15 March 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe development proposes extending the hotel by adding new floors to increase accommodation from 21 to 45 bedrooms. Works include localized internal and roof demolitions, infill extensions from first to fourth floors, new fifth and sixth floor extensions, and facade revisions.
- Residential units
- 45
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Official record
Development description
Permission for an extension to the abbey hotel consisting of additional floors to existing hotel, to increase accommodation from 21 bedrooms to 45 bedrooms, comprising the following development: a) demolition of localised internal walls & floor structure at ground, first, second, & third floor levels and demolition of pitched roof to rear at second floor level and to flat roof at front at fourth floor level. B) proposed infill floor extension at first floor level to rear c) proposed floor extensions at second, third & fourth floors to rear d) proposed new fifth & sixth floor extensions e) revisions & alterations to upper floor facade to abbey street elevation and proposed new shopfront/entrance & facade to north lotts elevation with alterations to all elevations, with localised internal floor layout modifications at all levels. F) provision of lightwells and rooflights at first floor and at sixth floor level g) proposed surface water attenuation at basement level and all associated site and development works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 303 The Lotts, Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1 | Dec 2025 | €250,000 | 40 m |
| 219 Bachelors Walk Apts, Dublin 1 | Oct 2025 | €254,000 | 46 m |
| Apt 215 Bachelors Walk, Norths Lotts, Dublin 1 | Jul 2026 | €257,000 | 48 m |
| 213 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, Dublin | Apr 2025 | €262,000 | 51 m |
| Apt 336, Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1 | Dec 2025 | €280,000 | 53 m |
| 324 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1 | Jul 2025 | €290,000 | 53 m |
| 265 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €305,000 | 64 m |
| 363 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 2, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €358,000 | 65 m |
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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received15 March 2021
- Further information requested14 October 2021
- Further information received9 February 2022
- Decision due8 March 2022
- Decision issued8 March 2022
- Grant issued8 September 2023
- Appeal submitted5 April 2022
- Appeal decided31 August 2023
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