5-6, Meetinghouse Lane, Mary's Abbey, Dublin 7, D07 YP89
Refurbishment and extension of buildings to create a nine-storey hotel, restaurant, and roof bar.
3424/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 23 September 2020
- Reference
- 3424/20
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 23 September 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development comprises the refurbishment and extension of existing buildings to provide a nine-storey hotel with 65 bedrooms, a licensed restaurant, and a roof bar. It includes partial demolition of existing roofs and walls to facilitate the new structure.
- Storeys
- 9
- Floor area
- 2,547 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Development at a c. 0.056 ha site. The development comprises the refurbishment and extension of the existing buildings to provide a 9 no. Storey development including hotel, restaurant and roof bar. The development will consist of: a. The removal of the roof of the 2 no. Storey (over basement) building fronting meetinghouse lane and the interconnected 2 no. Storey building to the rear (total floor area c. 647 sq. M); b. The refurbishment of the buildings including the removal of internal floors (238 sq. M) and walls to facilitate the core structure of the proposed development; c. The replacement of the roof at the interconnected 2 no. Storey building to the rear and provision of new window openings at mezzanine level; d. The extension of the building fronting meetinghouse lane to provide a 9 no. Storey (including mezzanine) hotel development comprising 65 no. Bedrooms and licenced restaurant (c. 2,547 sq. M total floor area). E. Partial demolition of the western elevation fronting meetinghouse lane to provide new windows opening at and entrances and elevational treatment with canopy above hotel entrance and signage (2.2 sq. M) with additional signage at entrance arch at meetinghouse lane (2.6 sq. M); f. Publicly accessible enclosed glazed roof garden, licenced restaurant and bar (c. 271 sq. M) at top floor level; g. Reception, storage, kitchen and refuse store and wc at ground floor level, with management office, staff changing facilities and multipurpose meeting room at upper floors; h. Landscaped external courtyard (c. 123 sq. M) including 12 no. Bicycle parking spaces. I. Provision of plant at basement, mezzanine and top floor levels and all associated site works, infrastructure and green roof. No works are proposed to the floorspace occupied by evans art supplies.
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 6, 124 Capel Street, Dublin 1 | Oct 2025 | €430,000 | 90 m |
| Apt 7, 124 Capel Street, Dublin 1 | Oct 2025 | €450,000 | 90 m |
| Apt 9, 124 Capel St, Dublin 1 | Sept 2025 | €438,000 | 90 m |
| 2 Mary Street, Dublin 1 | Jun 2025 | €450,000 | 99 m |
| Apartment 16, 121/122 Capel Street, Dublin 1 | Mar 2025 | €221,000 | 109 m |
| Apt 51 - Jervis Place, Upper Abbey Street, Dublin 1 | Apr 2026 | €310,000 | 132 m |
| 8 Jervis Place, Abbey St Upper, Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €285,000 | 132 m |
| 17 Strand Street Little, Smithfield, Dublin 7 | Apr 2025 | €636,000 | 143 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received23 September 2020
- Further information requested7 April 2021
- Further information received7 May 2021
- Decision due3 June 2021
- Decision issued3 June 2021
- Grant issued26 April 2022
- Appeal submitted2 July 2021
- Appeal decided19 April 2022
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