Dollard House, (2-5 East Essex Street and 2-5 Wellington Quay), Dublin 2 and The Clarence Hotel, 6-8 Wellington Quay and 6-8 East Essex Street
Interconnection of Dollard House and The Clarence Hotel, and change of use of upper floors to 56 hotel bedrooms.
3325/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 21 June 2019
- Reference
- 3325/19
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 21 June 2019
- Floor area
- 56 m²
Summary
AI-generatedPlanning permission is sought for the interconnection of the upper floors of Dollard House with The Clarence Hotel via a new lightweight bridging structure. The project includes the change of use of the second, third, and fourth floors of Dollard House from vacant offices to hotel use, providing 56 bedrooms.
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Official record
Development description
Protected structure: planning permission for the following: (a) interconnection of second, third and fourth floors of dollard house with the half-landings of a late twentieth century internal staircase of the clarence hotel and the construction of a lightweight bridging structure/corridor in the clarence hotel at aforementioned three levels to connect through new openings in the external cladding of a late twentieth century stairs located in an internal lightwell, with lightweight cladding to match; (b) dollard house only: change of use of second, third and fourth floors from vacant offices to hotel use, comprising 56 bedrooms and ancillary spaces. Dollard house was originally interconnected to and formed part of the clarence hotel on these three levels: the construction of new lightweight stud partitions, doors and ceilings forming bedrooms and corridors; the forming of openings at second, third and fourth floor levels in the east wall, (which had previously existing window openings); the reinstatement of a window opening on the south elevation of the north wing at second floor level; replacement of the existing late twentieth century aluminium windows with historically appropriate timber framed windows to the north elevation facing wellington quay and steel framed windows to the window openings facing the internal lightwell and the south elevations facing east essex street.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 11 March 2025.
Notified floor area: 1,449 m²
Recent sales nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Apt 9, Royal Exchange Building, Parliament St | Apr 2026 | €295,000 | 91 m |
| Apt 18, Royal Exchange Building, Parliament St Dublin 2 | Sept 2025 | €335,000 | 91 m |
| Apt.1, 17-19 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 | May 2026 | €1,800,000 | 100 m |
| Apt 1, The Cutlers, 3 6 Exchange St Upper Dublin 2 | Oct 2025 | €359,000 | 103 m |
| 7 The Cutlers, Exchange St., Dublin 8 | Jun 2025 | €370,000 | 103 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 received21 June 2019
- Further information requested15 August 2019
- Further information received22 November 2019
- Decision due19 December 2019
- Decision issued17 December 2019
- Grant issued28 January 2020
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