Nos. 28-31 Benburb Street and Nos. 6-9 Wood Lane, Dublin 7
Amalgamation of a vacant cafe into the easyHotel to create a new lounge, breakfast room, and kitchen.
WEB1828/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 April 2025
- Reference
- WEB1828/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 14 April 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to merge an adjacent, vacant ground-floor cafe/restaurant unit into the existing easyHotel Dublin. The space will be converted into a lounge, seating area, breakfast room, and service kitchen, with a new double-door opening created in the dividing wall.
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Official record
Development description
Permission for amalgamation of the adjacent standalone permitted café/restaurant unit at ground floor level (vacant since completion) into the existing easyhotel dublin hotel premises and the change-of-use of the café/restaurant unit to lounge/seating area, breakfast room and service kitchen/pantry serving the existing hotel use, to include for one new double-door opening to be formed in the existing party wall dividing the vacant café/restaurant unit from the existing hotel lobby and ground floor. There are no changes proposed to the exterior elevations and shopfronts and the breakfast room, service kitchen/pantry and lounge/seating areas will avail of bin storage, service access, drainage, water supply and mechanical and electrical plant areas as previously proposed and constructed for the café/restaurant unit and as granted in planning permission reference 3655/19.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Benburb St, Smithfield, Dublin 7 | Apr 2026 | €760,000 | 34 m |
| 127 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7 | Jul 2025 | €276,000 | 43 m |
| 143 Clifden Court Apts, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7 | Feb 2025 | €470,000 | 43 m |
| 119 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7 | Jun 2026 | €350,000 | 43 m |
| 35 Blackhall Place, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7 | Sept 2025 | €350,000 | 45 m |
| 113 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7 | Feb 2026 | €230,000 | 46 m |
| 43 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7 | Feb 2026 | €244,000 | 70 m |
| 37 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7 | Dec 2025 | €330,000 | 70 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 received14 April 2025
- Decision due6 June 2025
- Decision issued6 June 2025
- Permission expiry28 August 2030
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