GrantedCommercialDecided 7 August 2018

41 - 46 South Great Georges Street And, 51 - 53, Lower Stephen Street, Dublin 2

Demolition of a building behind a retained facade to construct a five-storey, 100-bedroom hotel with a restaurant and retail units.

2546/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 21 March 2018

Reference: 2546/18
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 21 March 2018
Floor area: 100 m²

Summary

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The development involves retaining the brick facade on South Great George's Street and part of Lower Stephen Street while demolishing the existing structure. A new five-storey over basement building will be constructed to house a 100-bedroom hotel, one restaurant, and three retail units.

Commercialhoteldemolitionretailrestaurant

Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

Permission is requested for development at this site of c. 0.106 ha at 41-46 south great george's street and 51-53 lower stephen street, dublin
The site is bounded to the north by wicklow court, 38-40 south great george's street, to the south by lower stephen street, to the east by drury street car park and to the west by south great george's street. The development will consist of the following: - retention of the brick facade to south great george's street and part of the lower stephen street facade and demolition of the existing 3-4 storey over basement structure (c. 3,716 sq. M) - construction of a 5-storey over single basement structure to include retained facade. The building will comprise a 100 no. Bedroom hotel, 1 no. Restaurant and 3 no. Retail units; - provision of a hotel restaurant, kitchen, ancillary hotel areas/offices, associated staff areas, changing/ shower rooms, toilets, stores, bin and bicycle stores and cold water storage at basement level; - provision of 3 no. Ground floor level retail units (totalling c. 576 sq. M) with basement storage serving 2 of the retail units, 1 no. Ground floor level restaurant unit with basement kitchen/ stores (totalling c. 332 sq. M), hotel lobby, bin stores, esb substation (c. 35 sq. M); - hotel bedrooms and stores from 1st to 4th floor levels. - provision of stair/ lift cores and circulation areas throughout, courtyard at 1st floor level and plant at roof level; - new elevation to a portion of lower stephen street. New shopfronts at ground floor level to south great george's street and lower stephen street including new 1st floor level window to south great george's street; - proposed pedestrian accesses to hotel, retail/ restaurant units and services via lower stephen street and south great george's street; - the total gross floor space of the building is c. 5,232 sq. M; - all associated site development works, services provision, landscaping and boundary treatments works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z5: City CentreUC

“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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 26 November 2018. A completion certificate was lodged on 15 August 2021.

Notified floor area: 5,232 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 39 Wicklow Court, 38 40 South Great Georges St, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€295,000	29 m
38 Drury Hall, Lower Stephen St, Dublin 2	Apr 2026	€340,000	44 m
16 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2	Aug 2025	€340,000	44 m
16 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2	Apr 2026	€340,000	44 m
20 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2	Apr 2026	€340,000	44 m
29 Drury Hall, 23 27 Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2not full market price	Apr 2026	€208,676	44 m
39 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2	Jun 2025	€360,000	44 m
Apt 42, Drury Hall, Lower Stephen St Dublin 2	Apr 2026	€420,000	44 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 received21 March 2018
Further information requested15 May 2018
Further information received11 July 2018
Decision due7 August 2018
Decision issued7 August 2018
Grant issued13 September 2018

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