GrantedCommercialDecided 29 May 2020

Lands (c.0.064ha) including, 1 and 3, Prince's Court at the junction of Gloucester Street South and Prince's Street South, Dublin 2

Demolition of a two-storey building to construct a ten-storey, 108-bedroom hotel.

4805/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 December 2019

Reference: 4805/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 20 December 2019
Floor area: 126 m²

Summary

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The proposed development involves the demolition of an existing two-storey building of approximately 803.6 square metres. In its place, a ten-storey hotel development of 4,661.9 square metres will be constructed, featuring 108 bedrooms, a public bar, restaurant, reception area, and a basement level.

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Storeys: 10

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission for demolition of existing 2 no. Storey building and the construction of a 10 no. Storey hotel development on lands (c. 0.064ha) including no 1 and no 3 prince's court at the junction of gloucester streeet south and prince's street south. The proposed development comprises of the following
Demolition of existing 2 no. Storey building (c. 803.6sqm)
Construction of a 10 no. Storey (c. 31.9 metres) hotel development of gfa of c. 4,661.9 sqm in total, comprising of 108 no. Bedrooms at 1st floor level to 9th floor level inclusive and public bar/restaurant/reception area (c. 199.2 sqm) with related back of house/service areas at ground floor level, over part basement level (c. 304.5 sqm)
A number of set backs will be provided including: at 9th floor level on south elevation; at 6th floor level on the south and west elevations; at 7th floor level on the rear portion of the south elevation; at 1st floor level from the boundary of the south eastern corner of the site
Provision of ancillary hotel services including public bar, seating area, restaurant, reception area and back of house areas at ground floor level
The proposed development also includes the provision of; part basement level to accommodate ancillary back of house services, plant, attenuation and 12 no. Bicycle spaces; provision of a new entrance at the corner of gloucester street south and prince's street south; a secondary entrance/exit to gloucester street south; a secondary entrance/exit to prince's street south accessing ground floor level back of house areas including refuse store and linen store; provision of esb substation and associated switchroom at ground floor level fronting gloucester street south, provision of green roof, provision of plant, pv panels and aov at roof level, and all other ancillary and enabling works necessary to facilitate the proposed development

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

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 22 September 2020. A completion certificate was lodged on 19 December 2022.

Notified floor area: 4,795.7 m²

2 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
5 Petersons Court, City Quay, Dublin 2	Mar 2025	€587,000	96 m
43 Hyde Court, Townsend St, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€520,000	143 m
65 Hyde Court, Townsend Street, Dublin 2	Nov 2025	€370,000	143 m
57 Hyde Court, Townsend St, Dublin 2	Jun 2026	€585,000	143 m
Apt 38, Hyde Court, Townsend St Dublin 2	May 2025	€546,000	143 m
62 Hyde Court, Townsend St, Dublin 2	Feb 2025	€477,000	143 m
59 Hyde Court, Townsend St, Dublin 2	Jul 2026	€655,000	143 m
17 Lombard St East, Dublin 2, Dublin	Sept 2025	€445,000	151 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 received20 December 2019
Further information requested21 February 2020
Further information received24 March 2020
Decision due15 June 2020
Decision issued29 May 2020
Grant issued16 July 2020

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