GrantedCommercialDecided 16 January 2020

28-31 Benburb Street & 6-9 Wood Lane, Dublin 7

Alterations to a permitted hotel development to increase the room count from 96 to 160 bedrooms.

3655/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 1 August 2019

Reference: 3655/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 1 August 2019
Floor area: 64 m²

Summary

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The proposed alterations to a previously approved development include adding a single floor of accommodation to create a three to seven-storey hotel. The changes will omit the permitted basement, reduce floor-to-floor heights, and increase the total bedroom count from 96 to 160.

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Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of alterations to previously approved planning permission, planning authority ref. 2692/16, an bord pleanala ref. Pl29n. 247314. The alterations to include: a reduction in the floor to floor heights of the proposed development; the addition of a single floor of hotel bedroom accommodation providing for a three to seven storey hotel building (progressively set back at its fourth and seventh storeys) resulting in a net increase of building height from currently permitted 20.6 metres above existing ground level to a proposed main roof parapet height of 21.8 metres above existing ground level; provision of a screened rooftop plant enclosure and lift over-run; omission of the previously permitted basement level of 730 sq m gross floor area; alterations to internal layouts including relocation of lifts and staircases resulting in an increase in bedroom room numbers from the currently permitted 96 no. Bedrooms to a proposed 160 no. Bedrooms; alterations to hotel public areas at ground level including omission of hotel restaurant and kitchen; repositioning of the hotel public entrance on the proposed west elevation to benburb street to allow for the inclusion of a separate cafe/restaurant unit of 292 sq m gross floor area at the corner of benburb street and wood lane; revisions to previously approved elevations; the omission of 3 no. Currently permitted car parking spaces; an increase from currently permitted 10 no. Bicycle parking spaces to a proposed 20 no. Bicycle parking spaces; revisions to hard and soft landscaping proposals to benburb street and wood lane; amended signage; revisions to location of ancillary plant, stormwater attenuation and esb sub-station together with revisions to site development and site excavation works above and below ground. The alterations give a reduction in the previously permitted gross floor area of 3,904 sq m to a proposed gross floor area of 3,655 sq m.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z5: City CentreUC

“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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 11 January 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 14 December 2022.

Notified floor area: 3,546 m²

3 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
25 Benburb St, Smithfield, Dublin 7	Apr 2026	€760,000	35 m
127 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7	Jul 2025	€276,000	44 m
143 Clifden Court Apts, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7	Feb 2025	€470,000	44 m
119 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7	Jun 2026	€350,000	44 m
35 Blackhall Place, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7	Sept 2025	€350,000	46 m
113 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7	Feb 2026	€230,000	47 m
43 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7	Feb 2026	€244,000	71 m
37 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7	Dec 2025	€330,000	71 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 received1 August 2019
Further information requested25 September 2019
Further information received11 December 2019
Decision due16 January 2020
Decision issued16 January 2020
Grant issued24 August 2020
Appeal submitted14 February 2020
Appeal decided17 August 2020

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