GrantedCommercialDecided 14 September 2020

site at Newmarket, Brabazon Place, Brabazon Row and St. Luke's Avenue, Dublin 8

Construction of a 151-bedroom hotel ranging from six to eight storeys with a café, retail unit, and public walkway.

4743/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 18 December 2019

Reference: 4743/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 18 December 2019
Floor area: 151 m²

Summary

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The proposed development consists of a 6,448 sqm hotel containing 151 bedrooms, a public bar/restaurant, and reception. The scheme also includes a café, a retail unit, and a new public walkway connecting Newmarket to St. Luke's Avenue, with building heights ranging from six to eight storeys.

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Storeys: 8

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development (6,448sqm gross floor area) will consist of a hotel (6,275sqm) comprising 151 bedrooms with all associated ancillary accommodation with access from brabazon lane and including public bar / restaurant, reception area, toilets and back-of-house areas at ground floor with access and external seating areas onto newmarket; 2no. Independent units on newmarket comprising a café/restaurant (100sqm) and a retail unit (73sqm). The proposed development includes a new public routeway through the site from newmarket to st. Luke’s avenue. The building ranges from 6 storeys (including set back level) to newmarket stepping to 8 storeys (including set-back level) on brabazon lane and includes a basement/lower ground floor level accessed from the new internal street. Permission is also sought for signage, hard and soft landscaping and all ancillary and associated site development works. The demolition of all existing buildings on the overall site known as the ida ireland small business centre at newmarket industrial estate has been approved and will be carried out pursuant to reg ref: 3323/17 (bord ref: abp 300431-17). The remainder of the overall site bounded by newmarket, newmarket street brabazon street and st. Luke’s avenue will be subject to a separate planning application for a strategic housing development (shd) to an bord pleanala.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z10: Inner Suburban and inner City Sustainable Mixed-UsesRE

“To consolidate and facilitate the development of inner city and inner suburban sites for mixed-uses.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

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 17 May 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 19 September 2023.

Notified floor area: 5,878 m²

3 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Block A B And C, Newmarket Yards	Mar 2026	€189,392,526	58 m
33 Newmarket Hall, Newmarket, Dublin 8	Nov 2025	€342,000	90 m
30 Newmarket Hall, Newmarket, Dublin 8	Jul 2025	€410,000	90 m
35 Newmarket Hall, Newmarket, Dublin 8	Feb 2026	€413,000	90 m
19 Newmarket Hall, Newmarket, Dublin 8	Nov 2025	€339,000	98 m
95 New Row Sq, Blackpitts, Dublin 8	Nov 2025	€431,150	117 m
80 New Row Sq, Dublin 8, Dublin	Feb 2026	€431,000	131 m
18a Ardee Street, Dublin 8	Jun 2026	€450,000	135 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 received18 December 2019
Further information requested19 June 2020
Further information received17 August 2020
Decision due14 September 2020
Decision issued14 September 2020
Grant issued28 October 2020

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