GrantedCommercialDecided 30 July 2020

21, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8

Amendments to a permitted 134-bedroom hotel to relocate facilities and add one bedroom.

2811/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 5 June 2020

Reference: 2811/20
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 5 June 2020

Summary

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The development proposes amendments to a previously permitted hotel scheme. Changes include relocating the lower ground floor bar/restaurant to the ground floor, moving 11 bedrooms to the lower ground floor, adding one extra bedroom (making 135 total), and providing a dry gym and business centre in the basement.

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Residential units: 135

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development to amend a previously permitted 134 no. Bedroom hotel (reg. Ref. 2701/16; abp ref. 247947-17, as amended by reg. Ref. 3157/18, reg. Ref. 4326/19) on this site of c. 909 sq. M at no. 21 ship street great, dublin
The development will consist of amendments to the permitted internal layout at basement, lower ground floor and ground floor level of the permitted hotel development and comprising: (a) re-location of the permitted uses at lower ground floor (comprising bar/restaurant, kitchen and ancillary uses) to ground floor level and the extension of the ground floor level footprint to the rear; (b) re-location of 11 no. Permitted bedrooms and ancillary uses from ground floor level to lower ground floor and the provision of 1 no. Additional bedroom at lower ground floor level providing 135 no. Bedrooms in total; (c) provision of 2 no. External landscaped light-wells to bedrooms at lower ground floor level measuring 1.5m in width on the northeast and southwest elevations; (d) provision of a dry gym, business centre and ancillary offices at basement level with internal layout rearrangement. The proposed amendments above will result in a minor increase in gross floor area at lower ground level and a minor decrease in gross floor area at ground floor level. The proposed development will also include minor changes to the north-eastern and south-western elevations arising from the above internal revisions. The overall footprint, height and gross floor area of the building will be substantially unchanged

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 13 July 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 12 February 2024.

Notified floor area: 6,326 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
31 Castleway Chancery Lane, Dublin 8, Dublin	May 2025	€565,000	94 m
28 Castleway, Golden Lane, Dublin 8	Jun 2026	€535,000	94 m
36 The Olde Dock, Little Ship St, Christchurch Dublin 8	Apr 2025	€260,000	117 m
29 The Olde Dock, Ship St Little, Dublin 8	Feb 2026	€269,000	117 m
Apt 38 Chancery Court, Chancery Lane, Bride St	Feb 2026	€727,000	123 m
Apt 45, Chancery Court, Bride St Dublin 8	Feb 2025	€590,000	123 m
19 Chancery Court, Bride St, Dublin	Mar 2026	€465,000	123 m
43 Chancery Court, Chancery Lane, Dublin 8	Jun 2026	€625,000	123 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

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Application received5 June 2020
Decision due30 July 2020
Decision issued30 July 2020
Grant issued24 September 2020

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