RefusedCommercialDecided 13 April 2022

16-18, Pembroke Street Lower and Windsor Place, Dublin 2, D02 EC63

Amendments to a permitted hotel scheme to replace a storage room with a larger fourth-floor level.

3302/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 17 February 2022

Reference: 3302/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 17 February 2022

Summary

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This application proposes amendments to a previously permitted hotel development. The works involve replacing an existing 84 square metre storage room at the fourth-floor level with a new 411 square metre fourth-floor level to accommodate hotel facilities.

Commercialhotelamendmentextension

Storeys: 4
Floor area: 411 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development to amend a previously permitted hotel scheme (dublin city council reg. Ref. 2245/16 & an bord pleanala ref. Pl29s. 246463; as extended by dublin city council reg. Ref. 2245/16x1; and as amended by dublin city council reg. Ref. 4264/18 & an bord pleanala ref. Abp-303942-19) at a 0.138 ha site at nos. 16-18 pembroke street lower and windsor place, dublin 2, d02 ec63. The site is principally bounded to the: northwest by buildings on windsor place; northeast by no. 15 pembroke street lower and buildings on mackies place, and windsor place; southeast by pembroke street lower; and southwest by nos. 51-52 fitzwilliam square west, dublin
The proposed development, which provides for alterations to the permitted hotel development with related hotel facilities including restaurant, public bar, reception and seating areas, storage, administration and staff facilities, other hotel-related back-of-house areas, plant (including substation with associated switch room), waste storage area and cycle parking, will consist of: replacement of the existing (84 sq m) storage room at fourth floor level with the construction of a 411 sq m fourth floor level accommodating hotel bedrooms and a new plant enclosure with set backs from the front (southeast) and (northwest) facades; and alterations at the third floor level to accommodate access to the floor above. The proposed development will result in an increase in floor area of 313 sq m and 9 no. Additional hotel bedrooms, resulting in a 6 storey (including mezzanine level) over basement and lower ground floor level hotel building with 111 no. Bedrooms and a total gross floor area of 5,833 sq m. The proposed development also consists of associated hard and soft landscaping; and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including changes in level, boundary treatments and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z1: Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 2 Windsor Court, Windsor Place, Pembroke St Dublin 2	Oct 2025	€315,000	101 m
3 Upper Ely Place, Dublin 2, Dublin	Mar 2025	€500,000	102 m
Apt No 1, 4 Upper Ely Place, Dublin 2	Jan 2025	€525,000	103 m
19 Pembroke Lane, Pembroke St Lower, Dublin 2	Jan 2025	€602,000	160 m
Apartment 9, Saint Stephens, Leeson Lane	Jan 2026	€585,000	165 m
Apt 10, St Stephens, Leeson Lane	Aug 2025	€550,000	165 m
16 Hume Street, Dublin 2	Jul 2025	€400,000	205 m
Apt 3, 12b Merrion Court, Merrion Row	Dec 2025	€1,700,000	209 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 received17 February 2022
Decision due13 April 2022
Decision issued13 April 2022
Appeal submitted11 May 2022
Appeal decided8 September 2023

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