GrantedCommercialDecided 5 September 2023

21-24 Bolton Street, Dublin 1

Construction of a new 90-bedroom hotel ranging from 4 to 7 storeys over basement.

3628/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 24 April 2023

Reference: 3628/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 24 April 2023

Summary

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The development comprises a new hotel building ranging from 4 to 7 storeys over a basement level. It will feature 90 bedrooms, a reception foyer, a ground-floor cafe, a basement breakfast room, and bicycle parking.

Commercialhotelbasementcity centre

Floor area: 2,854 m²

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Official record

Development description

The development will comprise the construction of a hotel ranging in height from 4 to 7 storeys over basement (2,845sq. M gia) with principal entrance and service entrances proposed on bolton street and a single storey refuse store (9 sq. M) located to the rear (east) 2,854sq. M gia total). The development will comprise 90 no. Bedrooms (from ground to sixth floor level) with associated hotel reception foyer and cafe with seating area (at ground level); breakfast room facing out onto proposed internal courtyard (at basement level); a single storey refuse store and a cycle store accommodating 10 no. Bicycle parking spaces located to the rear (east) (at ground floor level) and all ancillary hotel operational and management spaces to include wcs, hotel kitchen, admin office, staff changing rooms, plant rooms, electrical substation, switch room, linen store, service corridor (at basement to ground floor level) and associated lift / stair cores and circulation space. Planning permission is also sought for all hard and soft landscaping, plant areas, signage boundary treatments and services and all ancillary and associated site development works. Planning permission for a hotel development on the application site is permitted under reg. Ref. 2479/17 (as amended under reg. Ref. 4750/18 and extended under reg, ref. 2479/17/x1) which comprises the demolition of an existing single storey service garage and the construction of a 4 to 6 storey over basement hotel with 66 no. Bedrooms.

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

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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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 22 April 2019.

Notified floor area: 2,837.4 m²

2 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
38 Bolton Sq, Dominick St Lower, Dublin 1	Oct 2025	€250,000	40 m
26 Bolton Sq, Dominick St Lower, Dublin 1	Aug 2025	€260,000	40 m
9 Bolton Square, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin	Sept 2025	€250,000	48 m
Apt 5 Bolton Sq, Lower Dominic St, Dublin 1	Jun 2026	€250,000	48 m
9 Henrietta Hall, Henrietta Street, Dublin 1	May 2026	€405,000	68 m
Apt 38, Henrietta Hall, Bolton St Dublin 1	Oct 2025	€347,500	68 m
Apt 36, Henrietta Hall, Bolton Street	Jan 2025	€345,000	68 m
20 Henrietta Hall 43 Bolton St, Dublin 1, Dublin	Nov 2025	€431,971	68 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 received24 April 2023
Decision due5 September 2023
Decision issued5 September 2023
Permission expiry26 November 2028

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