GrantedCommercialDecided 30 September 2025

Former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4

Development of a 228-bedroom hotel with a cafe, bar, restaurant, and business centre at the former Irish Glass Bottle site.

WEBPWSDZ1571/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 March 2025

Reference: WEBPWSDZ1571/25
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 14 March 2025

Summary

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This application proposes a 228-bedroom hotel development (Phase 2B) on a net site area of 0.211ha within the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone. The development will include a café, licensed bar/restaurant, business centre, and ancillary elements.

Commercialhotelpoolbegdevelopment

Residential units: 228

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Official record

Development description

Pembroke beach dac intends to apply for permission for development for a 228 no. Bedroom hotel development (referred to as phase 2b) (including a café, licenced bar / restaurant, business centre and ancillary elements) on this site of 15.06ha including lands known as the former irish glass bottle & fabrizia sites, poolbeg west, dublin 4, focused primarily on a net site area of 0.211ha (identified as within the 'a1 lands') in the poolbeg west strategic development zone (sdz) planning scheme (april 2019) (as amended). The overall site is bounded to the: north-west by sean moore road; north-east by south bank road; south-east by dublin port lands and dublin bay; and south-west by sean moore park. The overall site subsumes the 4.3ha site of the 'infrastructure permission' (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3270/19) for which dublin city council issued a notification of final decision (10-year permission) on 28 january 2020, permitting streets, transportation, water services and utilities' infrastructure; public realm and public amenity spaces (including the village green and dog park); and temporary landscaping of a school site, to facilitate phase 1 development as provided for under the poolbeg west sdz planning scheme (2019) (as amended) as approved by an bord pleanála. The proposed phase 2b hotel scheme development will consist of
Construction of a 228 no. Bedroom hotel development ('block q') (10,593 sq m gfa (excluding basement)) comprising a 20 no. Storey landmark tower (with set-back storey at sixteenth floor level
Over two levels of basement (2,054 sq m), to provide: hotel and ancillary uses, café, licenced bar / restaurant and ancillary spaces, business centre; and ancillary back-of-house facilities / spaces (including esb substation and associated ancillary rooms, bin store, laundry store, staff changing rooms, staff canteen, staff office and sprinkler tank and associated spaces)
Provision of 8 no. Car parking spaces (including 1 no. Accessible car parking spaces) and 1 no. Service vehicle delivery bay at basement level
01, provision of 24 no. Secure long-stay bicycle parking spaces for staff at basement level
01, and provision of 16 no. New short-stay bicycle parking spaces at surface level for visitors and provision of 1 no. New cargo bicycle parking space at surface level to service the proposed hotel
Amendment of the permitted phase 2 residential scheme (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3700/24) and phase a commercial scheme (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3798/24)
In those external landscaped areas at ground floor level in the immediate curtilage of the proposed phase 2b hotel scheme site (including 'gabbard street' and 'south bank link street') (within the focused site area) to facilitate amendments to permitted layouts, including the omission of 1 no. Permitted ev-charging car parking space, the relocation of 1 no. Accessible car parking space and 1 no. Ev-charging car parking space, the relocation of 20 no. Permitted short-stay bicycle parking spaces; provision of 1 no. New loading / pick-up/drop-off bay; addition of an access point on south bank link street for proposed esb substation, materials, urban tree locations and landscaping
At substructure level to facilitate connections for vehicular movements, pedestrian movements and services between the permitted and proposed substructures. Accessing and servicing of the proposed phase 2b hotel scheme development will be by way of 'gabbard street' (previously permitted under the phase 2 residential scheme (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3700/24) and the phase a commercial scheme (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3798/24) and also by the permitted vehicular ramp on 'ouzel street' to / from the basement of the permitted phase 2 residential scheme (reg. Ref. Pwsdz3700/24). This application will be accompanied by a natura impact statement (nis)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs)RS

“To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Bremen Road, Ringsend, Dublin	Nov 2025	€680,000	291 m
12 Leukos Rd, Dublin 4, Dublin	Mar 2026	€607,000	301 m
46 Bremen Rd, Ringsend Irishtown, Dublin 4	Dec 2025	€740,000	355 m
42 Bremen Rd, Ringsend Dublin 4, Dublin	Jun 2026	€698,500	364 m
45 Poolbeg Quay, Pigeon House Rd, Ringsend Dublin 4	Feb 2026	€410,000	396 m
114 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€493,392	396 m
313 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€823,788	396 m
117 Shore Club, Beach Road, Dublin 4price excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€484,581	396 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 received14 March 2025
Decision due30 September 2025
Decision issued30 September 2025
Permission expiry12 March 2030

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