RefusedCommercialDecided 22 May 2020

The Bonnington Hotel site on Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9

Demolition of a retail unit and construction of a new 234-bedroom, 5-to-7 storey room-only hotel with double basement parking.

4198/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 October 2019

Reference: 4198/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 14 October 2019

Summary

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The development at the Bonnington Hotel site in Whitehall involves demolishing a 565 sqm retail building. It proposes a new 5, 6, and 7-storey room-only hotel building of 8,768 sqm containing 234 guest bedrooms, a coffee shop, and a double basement with 142 car parking spaces.

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Floor area: 8,768 m²

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission is sought to carry out a development involving the demolition of an existing single storey building, (565 sq. M) in use as a retail unit, to the front of the bonnington (formerly regency) hotel and the construction of a 5, 6 and 7 storey building as a separate room only hotel at the bonnington hotel site on swords road, whitehall, dublin
The new building (with a total floor area of 8,768sq. M) will be used as a room-only hotel containing a reception area, coffee shop (350sq. M) and work space (78sq. M) for guests and an esb substation at ground floor, a total of 234 guest bedrooms on the upper floors and a double basement with 142 car parking spaces and 76 bicycle spaces for use by the hotel. The proposed development will also contain services and all other ancillary works to service the hotel and will involve the reconfiguration of the existing car parking and landscaping to the existing hotel

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
49 Seven Oaks, Drumcondra, Dublin 9	Mar 2025	€612,000	111 m
28 Seven Oaks, Swords Rd, Dublin 9	Dec 2025	€701,000	117 m
41 Seven Oaks, Swords Road, Drumcondra	Aug 2025	€633,000	158 m
103 Hampton Lodge Block B, Grace Park Rd, Drumcondra Dublin 9	Jun 2026	€399,500	182 m
106 Block B, Hampton Lodge, Grace Pak Rd Dublin 9	Feb 2026	€430,000	182 m
101 Block B, Hampton Lodge, Gracepark Rd Dublin 9	May 2026	€295,000	182 m
203b Hampton Lodge, Gracepark Rd, Drumcondra Dublin 9	Jul 2025	€400,000	182 m
117 Grace Park Manor, Drumcondra, Dublin 9	May 2025	€390,000	190 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received14 October 2019
Further information requested6 December 2019
Further information received16 March 2020
Decision due5 June 2020
Decision issued22 May 2020
Appeal submitted22 June 2020
Appeal decided22 October 2020

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