16-17 Parliament Street, Dublin 2 (on the corner with Essex Street East)
Conversion and extension of a protected structure to provide tourist accommodation.
4474/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 July 2022
- Reference
- 4474/22
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 14 July 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves converting the second floor of a protected structure from public house storage to tourist accommodation. It includes inserting a third floor, adding a fourth floor, and creating a fifth-floor roof terrace to provide 11 bedrooms in total.
- Storeys
- 5
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Official record
Development description
Protected structure: the development will consist for the following tourist accommodation at "porterhouse" 16-17 parliament street, dublin 2, (on the corner of essex street east), and using existing interconnection with 18 parliament street, (protected structure) to provide fire escape only via its existing non-original stairs: (a) change of use of the 2nd floor from public house storage to 4 no. Bedrooms, with internal alterations; (b) the insertion of a third floor in the present 2nd floor double height space to provide 4 bedrooms and circulation; (c) the addition of a fourth floor (103 sqm) to provide 3 no. Bedrooms, 2 no. Terraces and circulation; (d) extension of 2 no stairwells and 1 no. Lift-shaft upwards to 5th floor level and the provision of a roof terrace (65sqm) with glass balustrade.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 6c, Isoldes Tower, Temple Bar | Aug 2025 | €470,000 | 50 m |
| 6b Izoldes Tower, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 | Jun 2025 | €385,000 | 50 m |
| 7 The Cutlers, Exchange St., Dublin 8 | Jun 2025 | €370,000 | 71 m |
| Apt 1, The Cutlers, 3 6 Exchange St Upper Dublin 2 | Oct 2025 | €359,000 | 71 m |
| Apt 18, Royal Exchange Building, Parliament St Dublin 2 | Sept 2025 | €335,000 | 76 m |
| Apt 9, Royal Exchange Building, Parliament St | Apr 2026 | €295,000 | 76 m |
| 3 Royal Exchange, Parliament St, Dublin 2 | Dec 2025 | €315,000 | 76 m |
| 15 Pudding Row, Essex St West, Temple Bar Dublin 8 | May 2025 | €315,000 | 94 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 received14 July 2022
- Further information requested5 September 2022
- Further information received11 November 2022
- Decision due8 December 2022
- Decision issued8 December 2022
- Grant issued30 January 2023
In the area
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- InvalidAt this site
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WEB1208/22Dublin CityLodged 10 Mar 2022Commercial
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