GrantedChange of useDecided 11 February 2022

The Metro Hotel Ballymun Road and Santry Avenue, Santry Cross, Ballymun, Dublin 9

Change of use of a ground floor retail unit to three hotel rooms and office space for the Metro Hotel.

4059/21 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 10 December 2021

Reference: 4059/21
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 10 December 2021

Summary

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The development consists of changing the use of an existing 152 square metre ground floor retail unit to hotel use. This will accommodate three new hotel rooms and ancillary hotel office space, alongside internal and external facade alterations.

Change of usehotelchange of useretail to hotel

Floor area: 152 m²

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of
Change of use of existing ground floor retail unit (152m2) to hotel use consisting of 3 no. Hotel rooms and ancillary hotel office space
All associated internal and external alterations to façade, site, drainage and landscaping works

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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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 18 March 2023. A completion certificate was lodged on 31 October 2024.

Notified floor area: 152 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
22 The Claremont, Santry Cross, Santry Ave Dublin 9	Sept 2025	€303,000	37 m
24 The Goulding, Santry Cross, Dublin 9	Oct 2025	€304,000	60 m
2 The Hampton, Santry, Dublin	Jun 2026	€262,000	62 m
24 The Hampton, St Pappins St, Ballymun Dublin 11	Apr 2026	€277,000	62 m
Apt 6 The Maiston, Santry Cross, Ballymun Dublin 11	Oct 2025	€229,000	75 m
51 The Hamptons, Bantry Cross, Ballymun	Oct 2025	€247,500	78 m
33 Hampton, Santry Cross, Ballymun Dublin 9	Jul 2025	€255,000	78 m
50 The Hampton, Santry Cross, Santry Dublin 9	Sept 2025	€270,000	78 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 received10 December 2021
Decision due11 February 2022
Decision issued11 February 2022
Grant issued29 March 2022

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