GrantedApartmentsDecided 9 September 2019

The Ballsbridge Hotel, Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Demolition of the Ballsbridge Hotel to build a major mixed-use scheme including 313 residential units and a 152-bedroom hotel.

3502/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 16 July 2019

Reference: 3502/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 16 July 2019
Residential units: 339
Floor area: 24988.2 m²

Summary

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This large-scale development involves the demolition of approximately 35,500 sq.m of existing structures on a 1.73-hectare site. It proposes the construction of seven buildings over a two-level basement, comprising 313 residential units, a 152-bedroom hotel with leisure facilities, an anchor retail unit, and various licensed restaurants, cafes, and bars.

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at a site (c. 1.73ha) at the ballsbridge hotel, pembroke road, ballsbridge, dublin 4 bounded generally by lansdowne road to the north, lansdowne place development (currently under construction) to the east, pembroke road to the west and one ballsbridge to the south, at ballsbridge, dublin
The development will consist of a scheme of residential, hotel, retail, non-retail services, licenced restaurants, bars, cafes and ancillary uses above and below ground (81,024.7sq. M gross floor area), comprising: the demolition of structures on site (excluding the primarily retained external posts, plinths and railings around the site perimeter to the public road)(approximately 35,500sq. M); the construction of 7 no. Buildings (blocks 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11 primarily residential and inter-linked; block 12 primarily hotel) over a 2 level basement, comprising: 313 no. Residential units (42,794.8 sq. M including arcaded walkways); a 152 no. Bedroom hotel (8,185sq. M, including leisure/spa facility, conference facilities, and restaurant and bar facilities above and below ground floor level); an anchor retail unit (2,444.2 sq. M gross); licenced restaurants, cafes and bars (1,540.3sq. M, 7 no. In total); 7 no. Retail (including an off-licence)/commercial/non-retail service units (1,399.9sq. M, to accommodate use class 1 and 2 uses such as retail, professional/financial services); and ancillary plant, circulation and landscaped areas. The basement levels will accommodate 636 no. Car spaces, 32 no. Motorcycle spaces and 458 no. Bicycle spaces together with circulation, storage and services areas (24,351sq. M). 76 no. Bicycle spaces are also provided at surface level within the proposed public realm. Vehicular access to the development (including to basement) is provided from pembroke road. A pedestrian entrance, together with a vehicular entrance to cater for residents' drop-off facility and emergency access is provided from lansdowne road. The basement connects at l-1 and l-2 with the already constructed basement under the adjoining lansdowne place development which is separately accessed at present from both shelbourne road and lansdowne road. The residential units are accommodated in blocks 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11 (313 no. Residential units comprising: 33 no. 1-bed apartments; 249 no. 2-bed apartments; 4no. 2-bed apartments with study; 6 no. 2-bed duplex apartments; 12 no. 3-bed apartments; 2 no. 3-bed apartments with study; 5 no. 3-bed duplex apartments; 2 no. 4-bed apartments): (blocks 1, 2 and 11 are over a lower ground floor level to accommodate duplex units. ) block 1 has a shoulder level of 8 storeys stepping up to 9 storeys and contains a licenced restaurant/café use at ground floor level with residential use over (21 no. Apartments); block 2 has a shoulder level of 8 storeys stepping up to 9 storeys and is in residential use (24 no. Apartments); blocks 8-11 are centred around the feature courtyard gardens over the ground floor anchor retail unit; blocks 8, 9 and 10 have a shoulder height of 8 storeys stepping up to 9 storeys (stepping from 7 to 8 storeys within the courtyard) with a feature 13 storey landmark element at the corner of block 8; blocks 8, 9 and 10 contain retail/non-retail service/licenced restaurant/café/bar uses at ground floor level with residential uses over (block 8
70 no. Apartments; block 9
42 no. Apartments; block 10
46 no. Apartments); block 11 has a shoulder height of 9 storeys stepping up to 10 storeys (stepping from 8 storeys to 9 storeys within the courtyard) and contains retail/non-retail service/licenced restaurant/café/bar and residential uses at ground floor level with residential uses over (110 no. Apartments); block 12 has an overall height of 10 storeys and contains the 152 no. Bedroom hotel with associated facilities including a licenced restaurant/bar at 9th floor level and retail/non-retail service, licenced restaurant/café/bar uses at ground floor level, together with conference and leisure facilities at basement level
1. The development will also consist of: vehicular connections at basement levels
1 and
2 to adjoining basement of previously permitted mixed-use scheme (under construction) at 'lansdowne place' - dublin city council reg. Ref. 4015/09 (an bord pleanala ref. Pl29s. 237454), as revised by subsequent permissions, dublin city council reg. Refs. 4344/15, 2244/16, 2578/16, 2849/16, 3386/16, 3468/16, 3532/16, 4369/16, 2853/17, 4601/17 and 3620/18; the provision of private, semi-private, and public open spaces, and external circulation areas in the form of winter-gardens, balconies, garden areas including a raised courtyard green, roof terraces, a public plaza, and covered and open pedestrian streets and paths; all hard and soft landscaping including boundary treatments (including alterations to parts of the external posts, plinths and railings), changes in level; substations; plant; and all other associated site excavation and site development works above and below ground. Works to the external pavement will consist of new paving, lay-bus, set-down and taxi facilities

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z6: Employment/EnterpriseSI

“To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
13 The Barrington, Lansdowne Place, Ballsbridge	Feb 2025	€1,500,000	83 m
2 The Barrington, Lansdowne Place, Ballsbridgeprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€1,541,850	83 m
8 The Barrington, Lansdowne Place, Ballsbridge	May 2026	€1,180,000	83 m
10 The Barrington, Lansdowne Place, Lansdowne Road	Apr 2025	€1,592,450	83 m
Apt 3 The Templeton, Lansdowne Place, Ballsbridgeprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€713,625	85 m
6 The Templeton, Landsdowne Place, Ballsbridge	Aug 2025	€1,550,000	85 m
Apt.5 - Block 3 - The Templeton, Lansdowne Place, Lansdowne Road	Apr 2026	€1,750,000	85 m
5 The Barrington, Lansdowne Place, Ballsbridgeprice excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€1,541,850	115 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

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Application received16 July 2019
Decision due9 September 2019
Decision issued9 September 2019
Grant issued18 October 2019

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