RefusedChange of useDecided 26 September 2023

59, 60 and 61Dame Street and 1 & 2 Eustace Street, Dublin 2 (also known as 'Shamrock Chambers')

Conversion of a 5-storey protected structure into a 47-bedroom hotel with an additional setback floor.

4249/23 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 2 August 2023

Reference: 4249/23
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 2 August 2023

Summary

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The project at Shamrock Chambers involves changing the use of a vacant 5-storey over basement building from restaurant, shop, and office uses to a hotel. It includes adding a setback fifth floor to create a 6-storey over basement hotel with 47 en-suite bedrooms, a reception, a restaurant/bar, and a landscaped courtyard.

Change of usehotelprotected structurechange of use

Storeys: 7
Floor area: 2,102 m²

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Official record

Development description

Protected structure: the proposed development will principally consists of: -a change of use of the existing 5 no. Storey over basement building from vacant restaurant, shop and vacant office uses to a hotel; - and the provision of an additional setback fifth floor level (260 sq m), providing a 6 no. Storey over basement building comprising 47 no. En-suite bedrooms and ancillary hotel facilities (2,102 sq m). The application principally replicate the recently expired permission for a hotel with the provision of an additional storey as granted under dcc reg. Ref: 3867/17. The development also proposes: -internal alterations, reconfigurations and refurbishments to facilitate the development; -alterations at basement level including the lowering of the floor level and the provision of toilets, kitchen, staff facilities, hotel management/operational rooms and cycle parking; -alterations at ground floor level and the provision of hotel reception and hotel restaurant/bar; -alterations at first floor level including demolition and extension works and the provision of a landscaped courtyard and 11 no. En-suite bedrooms; -alterations and extensions at second, third and fourth floor levels and the provision of 27 no. En-suite bedrooms; -and new setback fifth floor level and the provision of 9 no. En-suite bedrooms (increasing the building height to 6 no. Storeys over basement). Also proposed as part of the development are the following: -alterations to all facades, including provision of new ground floor and first floor level 'shopfronts', change of an existing doorway to window and change of 2 no. Existing windows to 2 no. Entrances; -removal of existing lift car cage ( to facilitate provision of new lift system, which will extend to basement and new fifth floor levels) and its reuse as a feature in the restaurant/bar; -repair/ renewal of brickworks as required; -signage on dame street and eustace street facades; -north-facing bedroom balconies; -blue/green roofs; -rooftop plant and lift overrun; and all associated works above and below ground.

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apartment 5, 5-6 Temple Lane South, Temple Bar	Nov 2025	€355,000	57 m
Apartment 4, 5-6 Temple Lane South, Temple Bar	Nov 2025	€355,000	57 m
Apt.1, 17-19 Wexford Street, Dublin 2	May 2026	€1,800,000	58 m
Apartment 5, 50-52 Dame Street, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€395,000	72 m
Apt 24 Sprangers Yard, Crowe St, Dublin	Sept 2025	€340,000	95 m
3 Fownes St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2	May 2026	€1,600,000	103 m
Top Floor Apt., 5a Fownes Street Upper, Temple Bar	Oct 2025	€250,000	113 m
8 Printworks, Essex St, Dublin 2	Feb 2025	€290,000	116 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 received2 August 2023
Decision due26 September 2023
Decision issued26 September 2023
Appeal submitted23 October 2023
Appeal decided23 September 2024

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