InvalidCommercialDecided 8 December 2025

Twilfit House, 137-140 Abbey Street Upper, 57-60 Jervis Street and 1-4 Wolfe Tone Street, Dublin 1, D01 R2P0

Amendments to a permitted hotel development at Twilfit House.

WEB5872/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 4 December 2025

Reference: WEB5872/25
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 4 December 2025

Summary

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PI Hotels & Restaurants Ireland Ltd is seeking permission to amend a previously approved hotel scheme. The changes include lowering the basement floor level by 300 mm and reconfiguring internal layouts from the basement to the seventh floor.

Commercialhotelamendmentcity centre

Storeys: 8

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Official record

Development description

Pi hotels & restaurants ireland ltd intends to apply for permission for development to amend a previously permitted hotel scheme (dublin city council reg. Ref. 4110/17 (abp ref. Pl29n. 301416) (extended under dcc reg. Ref. 4110/17/x1), which was subsequently amended by dublin city council reg. Ref. 4679/19 (abp ref. Pl29n. 306858) and dublin city council reg. Ref. 4009/23) on this site of 0.127 hectares at twilfit house, 137-140 abbey street upper, 57-60 jervis street and 1-4 wolfe tone street, dublin 1, d01 r2p0. The site is bound: to the north by wolfe tone park; to the south by abbey street upper; to the east by jervis street; and to the west by wolfe tone street. The proposed amendments to the permitted hotel development include: lowering of floor levels at basement level by 300 mm; the reconfiguration of the internal layouts (from basement level to seventh floor level to include amendments to the lift core, stair cores, bicycle parking store, service, staff and storage rooms / spaces (including back-of-house (boh) spaces), riser / python spaces, column concealing elements, smoke shaft automated opening vent space, fire fighting and delivery corridors, front of house (foh) spaces, hotel bedrooms, plant areas / rooms (which includes areas such as circulation areas and cores (lifts and stairs) and routes throughout the building; changes to structural column design at ground floor level; alterations to the permitted building’s elevations from ground to first floor level, including alterations to the lightwell elevations; addition of mechanical ducts and ventilation louvres to central lightwell; provision of openings in seventh floor level plant screen; reconfiguration of the permitted building’s roof level plan to include amendments to the lift core, stair cores, roof access ladders, drainage pop-ups, maintenance circulation spaces, pv panels, davit arm anchors, fall restraint, associated electrical containment and mechanical equipment added; alterations to the permitted building’s lift over run at roof level with an increase in height by +0.17 m od from 30.930 m od to 31.1 m od; and associated alterations to permitted hard and soft landscaping and permitted scheme’s site services (mechanical and electrical, water supply, sewage disposal and surface water disposal). There is no alteration to the floor area of the permitted building arising from the proposed amendments. There is no alteration to the previously permitted number of hotel bedrooms. The previously permitted cycle parking provision is to be amended reducing the number of long-term secure bicycle parking spaces for staff from 24 no. Spaces to 12 no. Spaces.

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 51 - Jervis Place, Upper Abbey Street, Dublin 1	Apr 2026	€310,000	70 m
8 Jervis Place, Abbey St Upper, Dublin 1	May 2026	€285,000	70 m
Apt 3, 1 Jervis St, Dublin 1not full market price	Oct 2025	€255,000	105 m
Apt 23, No 1, Jervis Street	Jun 2025	€385,000	105 m
Apartment 43, 1 Jervis Street, Dublin 1	Feb 2025	€380,000	105 m
44 1 Jervis St, Dublin 1	Sept 2025	€395,000	105 m
Apt 22, 1 Jervis St, Dublin 1	Jun 2025	€265,000	105 m
Apt 39, 1 Jervis St, Dublin 1	Jun 2025	€290,000	105 m

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Key dates

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Application received4 December 2025
Decision due6 February 2026
Decision issued8 December 2025

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