Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 5 November 2025

Brooks Hotel, 59/62 Drury Street, Dublin 2, and at Pink Restaurant, 34-35 William Street South, Dubl

Extension of Brooks Hotel and refurbishment of Pink Restaurant for hotel and residential use.

WEB1996/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 6 May 2025

Reference
WEB1996/25
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Permission
Received
6 May 2025

Summary

AI-generated

The proposal includes extending the sixth floor of Brooks Hotel to add 5 bedrooms. It also involves refurbishing and extending the Pink Restaurant building to change its use from office/restaurant to hotel, cafe, and an additional residential floor.

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Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

  • Drury leisure investments limited intends to apply for planning permission for development at this site comprising "brooks hotel", 59/62 drury street, dublin 2 (d02 tv06), and the "pink restaurant", 34-35 william street south, dublin 2 (d02 dt05). The site is within the south city retail quarter architectural conservation area (aca). The application site adjoins the protected structures nos. 1 (rps ref. 4063) and no
  • (rps ref. 4064) johnson's place and opposes the protected structure at the former mercer hospital (rps ref. 5074). It is further noted that a large proportion of the buildings on south william street are protected structures. The proposed development will comprise
  • The extension of the sixth floor (top floor) of brooks hotel (59/62 drury street) to accommodate 5 additional hotel bedrooms
  • Refurbishment and extension of the existing building at no. 34
  • 35 william street south, to accommodate a change of use from office and restaurant use to hotel with café/restaurant, along with an additional floor for residential use. The development will comprise: o cafe/ restaurant area at ground floor area along with hotel reception and ancillary facilities at ground and basement level. O hotel providing a total of 40 no. Bedrooms (all en-suite), along with all ancillary facilities/ plant associated with the hotel provided at ground to fifth floor. New sixth floor extension to provide a two-bedroom apartment with associated private amenity space. O all internal and external alterations to enable the redevelopment of the building and to provide access to the internal courtyard
  • Provision of signage along the william street south elevation
  • All associated site development works, works to basement, plant areas, landscaping, waste management areas, and services provision. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of dublin city council, planning department, block 4, ground floor, civic offices, wood quay, dublin 8 during its public opening hours (9.00a. M
  • 4.30p. M. ) or on their website www. Dublincity. Ie. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission

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
Apartment 1, 17 Fade Street, Dublin 2Feb 2026€1,275,00074 m
38 Drury Hall, Lower Stephen St, Dublin 2Apr 2026€340,00081 m
29 Drury Hall, 23 27 Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2not full market priceApr 2026€208,67681 m
16 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2Apr 2026€340,00081 m
16 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2Aug 2025€340,00081 m
20 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2Apr 2026€340,00081 m
39 Drury Hall, Stephen St Lower, Dublin 2Jun 2025€360,00081 m
Apt 42, Drury Hall, Lower Stephen St Dublin 2Apr 2026€420,00081 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

  1. Application received6 May 2025
  2. Decision due5 November 2025
  3. Decision issued5 November 2025
  4. Permission expiry24 January 2031

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