RefusedCommercialDecided 11 June 2024

49-51 Pleasants Street, Pleasants House & 5 Pleasants Lane, Dublin 8

Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a six-storey tourist hostel with a basement.

3560/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 19 April 2024

Reference: 3560/24
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 19 April 2024

Summary

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The development proposes the demolition of existing buildings to construct a six-storey over-basement tourist hostel. The hostel will feature 85 guest rooms, a reception, an ancillary cafe/bar/restaurant, a cinema, a gym, and cycle parking.

Commercialhosteldemolitiontourism

Storeys: 6
Floor area: 3,970 m²

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission for development at a site on lands (c. 0.0745 ha) at 49-51 pleasants street (d08 xhf2, do8 vn22, do8 ef24), pleasants house (d08 f54n) & 5 pleasants lane (d08 hy62), dublin
The development will consist of: a) the demolition of the existing buildings on site (973.4 sq. M) and the construction of a 6-no. Storey (over-basement) tourist hostel (overall height c. 19.65m with a plant enclosure screen above to 21.125m) above ground level to parapet along with setback at fifth floor level (with a gross floor area proposed of c. 3,970 sq. M; b) provision of a reception area (with pedestrian access from pleasants street) with ancillary café/bar/restaurant/co-working use (c. 227 sq. M) and kitchen/group dining space (c. 21sq. M) at ground floor level, and other ancillary amenities including a cinema, guest laundry room, plant rooms, storage rooms, and staff facilities at basement level; (with a gym for guest use is located at first floor level); c) provision of 85 no. Guest rooms in a mixture of accessible, twin, family, 4 no. , 6 no. , 8 no. , 10 no. , and 12 no. Person bedrooms across the upper 5 no. Floors; and d) provision of dedicated, secure cycle parking storage (20 no. Spaces), refuse storage, switch room, esb substation, utilities located to the rear of the ground floor layout, with green/blue roof/pv panels at roof level and all associated works to facilitate the development

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban VillagesDC

“To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

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
8 Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8	May 2026	€700,000	22 m
7 The Courtyard, Pleasants St, Dublin 8	May 2025	€585,000	43 m
62 Synge Street, Dublin 8	Apr 2025	€625,000	73 m
4 Pleasants Place, Dublin 8, Dublin	Aug 2025	€180,000	76 m
61a Synge St, Portobello, Dublin 8	Jan 2025	€500,000	80 m
Apt 1 Grantham Mews, Dublin 8, Dublin	Aug 2025	€446,000	125 m
6 Synge Street, Dublin 8	Mar 2026	€785,000	130 m
53 Synge St, Dublin 8, Dublin	Jul 2025	€970,000	132 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 received19 April 2024
Decision due13 June 2024
Decision issued11 June 2024
Appeal submitted8 July 2024
Appeal decided7 August 2025
Permission expiry20 September 2030

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