GrantedCommercialDecided 21 August 2020

Lands off Clonliffe Road (formerly part of the Holy Cross College Lands), Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3

Construction of a part-2 to part-7 storey, 200-bedroom hotel on Clonliffe Road.

2935/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 29 June 2020

Reference: 2935/20
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 29 June 2020
Floor area: 266 m²

Summary

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The development on a 0.51-hectare site of a protected structure consists of a new hotel building ranging from 2 to 7 storeys. It will feature a lobby, bar, restaurant, gym, meeting rooms, 200 bedrooms, 38 car parking spaces, and solar panels, alongside the demolition of an existing boundary wall.

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Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: permission for a hotel development on lands off clonliffe road (formerly part of the holy cross college lands), clonliffe road, drumcondra, dublin
The subject site encompasses an area of 0.51 hectares. The development will consist of: the construction of a 8.55m
24.05m (above ground level) part
2 to part
7 storey 8,485 sq. M. Hotel building comprising: (i) a lobby, bar/restaurant, kitchen and staff facilities at ground floor level; (ii) ancillary meeting room facilities including a breakout area and office, at first floor level and a gym; (iii) 200 - bedrooms arranged over floors 1-6; and (iv) plant room, lift overrun, green roof and 19 no. Photovoltaic panels enclosed by 3m screen at roof level. The hotel is served by 38 no. Car parking spaces (including 2 no. Universally accessible spaces), 2 no. Motorcycle spaces and 28 no. Bicycle spaces accessed via a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance from within the clonliffe college lands to the northern boundary of the site which includes a turning circle for coaches. The development also includes the demolition of the existing boundary wall, repositioning of the gate piers and widening of the entrance on clonliffe road to facilitate two-way traffic, the creation of 2 no. Pedestrian accesses off clonliffe road, and the construction of a replacement plinth boundary wall with railings along clonliffe road, landscaping, boundary treatments, street lighting, suds drainage, piped and other services, and all ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development (including the alteration of site levels and the upgrade of the proposed entrance from clonliffe road to include a pedestrian crossing and traffic lights). The development to be applied for is within the holy cross college landholding which includes a number of buildings on the dublin city council record of protected structures, including the following: the main college building (1863): holy cross church; the south link building; the ambulatory; the assembly hall and the red house, ref. 1901 and 1902 respectively, all at the clonliffe college lands, clonliffe road, drumcondra, dublin 3

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z12: Institutional Land (Future Development Potential)RS

“To ensure existing environmental amenities are protected in the predominantly residential future use of these lands.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 10, 182 Clonliffe Rd, Drumcondra Dublin 3	Jun 2026	€340,000	80 m
Apt 11, 182 Clonliffe Rd, Drumcondra Dublin 3	Apr 2026	€350,000	80 m
173 Clonliffe Rd, Dublin 3, Dublin	May 2026	€950,000	89 m
175 Clonliffe Rd, Drumcondra, Dublin 9not full market price	Aug 2025	€215,000	92 m
15 Corn Mill Row, Distillery Rd, Dublin 3	Feb 2025	€618,000	95 m
11 Jones's Rd, Drumcondra, Dublin 3	Jun 2025	€935,000	100 m
179 Clonliffe Rd, Drumcondra, Dublin 3	Apr 2025	€650,000	100 m
14 Corn Mill Row, Distillery Road, Drumcondra	Sept 2025	€635,000	101 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 received29 June 2020
Decision due21 August 2020
Decision issued21 August 2020
Grant issued8 April 2021
Appeal submitted16 September 2020
Appeal decided8 April 2021

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