Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedChange of useDecided 6 June 2025

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

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The 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.

Change of usehotelcafeconversion

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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

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
25 Benburb St, Smithfield, Dublin 7Apr 2026€760,00034 m
127 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7Jul 2025€276,00043 m
143 Clifden Court Apts, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7Feb 2025€470,00043 m
119 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7Jun 2026€350,00043 m
35 Blackhall Place, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7Sept 2025€350,00045 m
113 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7Feb 2026€230,00046 m
43 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7Feb 2026€244,00070 m
37 Clifden Court, Ellis Quay, Dublin 7Dec 2025€330,00070 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

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  1. Application received14 April 2025
  2. Decision due6 June 2025
  3. Decision issued6 June 2025
  4. Permission expiry28 August 2030

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