18-19 Dorset Street Lower, Dublin 1
Conversion of Caulfield's Hotel Bar and Restaurant into bedrooms, a laundry room, and a new reception area.
2717/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 4 May 2021
- Reference
- 2717/21
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 4 May 2021
Summary
AI-generatedPlanning permission is sought to change the use of the public bar and lounge facility at 18-19 Dorset Street Lower. The works will convert the bar area into four bedrooms, change a courtyard games room into a bedroom, and alter basement offices and a kitchen into a bedroom and laundry room.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Planning permission is sought for change of use, remove public bar and lounge facility known as caulfield's hotel bar and restaurant to 4 no. Bedrooms, also games room to courtyard to be changed to bedroom, offices at basement level altered to become a bedroom with existing bathroom facility to be incorporated, kitchen at basement level to change to laundry room also new reception screening at ground level and all associated site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 7 September 2024. A completion certificate was lodged on 16 January 2025.
Notified floor area: 137 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Kellys Court, Kellys Row, Dublin 1 | Feb 2025 | €230,000 | 46 m |
| 10 Dorset St Lower, Dublin 1 | Jan 2026 | €240,000 | 52 m |
| 44 Dorset Square, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 | May 2025 | €351,000 | 90 m |
| Apartment 5, 32/33 Upper Gardener Street, Dublin 1 | Feb 2025 | €395,000 | 92 m |
| 52 Dorset Sq, Lower Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €412,000 | 95 m |
| 7 Dorset Sq, Gardiner St Upper, Dublin 1 | Jan 2026 | €420,000 | 102 m |
| 9 Dorset Sq, Upper Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | Jun 2025 | €325,000 | 102 m |
| Apt 4, 47 Upper Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €298,000 | 108 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received4 May 2021
- Decision due28 June 2021
- Decision issued28 June 2021
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