18/19, Dorset Street Lower, Dublin 1
Conversion of a hotel pub into additional hotel bedrooms and a ground-floor café and work hub on Dorset Street.
3763/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 27 May 2024
- Reference
- 3763/24
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 27 May 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves changing the use of an existing hotel public house to provide two additional en-suite hotel bedrooms and a café/work hub at ground floor level. It also includes internal alterations to the office, entrance hall, and existing openings to facilitate access and create a reception area.
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
The development consists of: (i) change of use of hotel public house to additional hotel bedrooms and café/ work hub at ground floor of the hotel. The application seeks to provide 2 no. Additional en-suite hotel bedrooms to the rear, and a café/ work hub, with toilet to serve café to the rear, fronting dorset street; (ii) alterations to the layout of the office and entrance hall to provide for a reception area and communal lounge; (iii) alterations to the layout of bedroom 3 at ground floor; (iv) alterations to existing ope between 18 & 19 dorset street to provide direct access from the lounge into the café workhub; (v) alteration of existing ope to provide access to the café/workhub from dorset street; (vi) all associated ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 7 September 2024. A completion certificate was lodged on 16 January 2025.
Notified floor area: 137 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Kellys Court, Kellys Row, Dublin 1 | Feb 2025 | €230,000 | 47 m |
| 10 Dorset St Lower, Dublin 1 | Jan 2026 | €240,000 | 52 m |
| 44 Dorset Square, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 | May 2025 | €351,000 | 90 m |
| Apartment 5, 32/33 Upper Gardener Street, Dublin 1 | Feb 2025 | €395,000 | 92 m |
| 52 Dorset Sq, Lower Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €412,000 | 95 m |
| 7 Dorset Sq, Gardiner St Upper, Dublin 1 | Jan 2026 | €420,000 | 102 m |
| 9 Dorset Sq, Upper Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | Jun 2025 | €325,000 | 102 m |
| Apt 4, 47 Upper Gardiner St, Dublin 1 | May 2026 | €298,000 | 108 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received27 May 2024
- Decision due19 July 2024
- Decision issued18 July 2024
- Permission expiry10 October 2029
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