Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedCommercialDecided 2 August 2019

site of 0.35 hectares at 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street, and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1

Adding extra floors to a permitted hotel and aparthotel, creating 85 additional bedrooms.

3232/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 June 2019

Reference
3232/19
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
11 June 2019
Floor area
21 m²

Summary

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The development proposes adding two floors to a permitted hotel on Abbey Street Upper (making it 11 storeys) and one floor to a permitted aparthotel on Great Strand Street (making it 10 storeys). This will add 64 hotel bedrooms and 21 aparthotel bedrooms, increasing the floor area by approximately 2,860 sqm.

Commercialhotelaparthotelextension
Storeys
11

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Official record

Development description

Permission to amend the development permitted under dublin city council reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development provides for the construction of 2 no. Additional floors to the permitted hotel building fronting abbey street upper (resulting in an 11 no. Storey building) and extension of the 7th and 8th floor level to the north resulting in an additional 64 no. Bedrooms and an overall hotel comprising 303 no. Bedrooms and revisions to the facade of the hotel onto abbey street upper. The proposed development also provides for the construction of 1 no. Additional floor to the permitted aparthotel building fronting great strand street (resulting in a 10 no. Storey building) and extension of the 7th and 8th floors to the east resulting in a n additional 21 no. Bedrooms and an overall aparthotel comprising 277 no. Bedrooms. Associated relocation of pv panels, plant and lift overruns to resulting roof levels. The overall works result in an increase to the floorspace of the permitted development of c. 2,860 sqm.

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

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
198 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, DublinMar 2026€260,00087 m
201 Bachelors Walk Apts, Liffey St Lower, Dublin 1Jul 2026€400,00087 m
Apt 307, Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1Mar 2026€293,50087 m
Apt 1, 38 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1Dec 2025€2,100,00091 m
16 Butler Court, 31 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1Dec 2025€315,00097 m
1 Butler Court, 28 Ormond Quay, Dublin 1Oct 2025€452,000103 m
265 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, DublinMar 2025€305,000104 m
Apartment 43, 1 Jervis Street, Dublin 1Feb 2025€380,000104 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

  1. Application received11 June 2019
  2. Decision due2 August 2019
  3. Decision issued2 August 2019
  4. Grant issued19 December 2019
  5. Appeal submitted4 September 2019
  6. Appeal decided19 December 2019

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