GrantedCommercialDecided 5 September 2025

Coachman's Inn, Cloghran, Airport Road, County Dublin, (bounded by the Old Stockhole Lane to the north), and at the former Ulster Bank building, Cloghran, Airport Road, County Dublin

Partial demolition of the Coachman's Inn to build a replacement bar extension and a new 99-bedroom hotel.

F25A/0209E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 13 March 2025

Reference: F25A/0209E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 13 March 2025

Summary

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The project involves demolishing parts of the existing ground and first floors of the Coachman's Inn. A replacement bar and lounge extension will be built alongside a new standalone four-storey hotel containing 99 bedrooms, a restaurant, and a bar.

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Storeys: 4

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Development description

The development will consist of partial demolition of the existing building at the coachman's inn, the replacement with a replacement bar and lounge extension to the coachman's inn and the provision of 1 no. New 99-bedroom hotel on the subject site. The proposed development will consist of the following: (a) demolition of the kitchen, restaurant dining, storage, and lounge area on the ground floor, and staff room and toilets on the first floor to the rear of the existing coachman's inn; (b) construction of a replacement bar and lounge area extension to the coachman's inn to include new boiler room and toilets area to the rear and improvement works to the exterior of the coachman's inn including replacement ridge tiles, provision of new windows and cills and render finish to the exterior; (c) the proposed development also seeks to provide 1 no. Standalone 99-bedroom hotel on the subject site as follows: a 4-storey (over part basement) in height hotel providing 99 no. Bedrooms, along with associated lounge, licensed restaurant, licensed bar, kitchen, reception area and staff facilities, refuse area, storage, plant area and 20 no. Long stay bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. Single storey glazed corridors to the rear of the coachman's inn building. (d) the proposed development also seeks to provide 36 no. Car parking spaces, including 2 no. Disabled spaces, 7 no. Ev charging spaces, and 4 no. Motorbike spaces along with 1 no. Set-down area and 2 no. Coach parking spaces, to serve both the coachman's inn and the proposed hotel; (e) the development will also provide for 10 no. Short stay bicycle parking spaces at surface level; (f) landscaping and boundary treatment and public realm works; (g) suds proposals including green sedum roofs; drainage works; (h) signage to building elevations and free-standing site/directional signage; (i) an esb substation and switch room to the rear of the site and a separate bin/bike store building and an open fenced storage area; (j) and all associated site and development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development, including provision of a new green roof, drainage and landscaping at the former ulster bank building and associated landscaping; (k) the removal of the existing telecommunications tower from the site; (l) closing of the existing vehicular access from the corner of old stockhole lane and the r132 with the development being accessed from the existing vehicular access on the south western corner (which will be improved) via the r132 road to the west of the site; (m) the proposed development will allow for the coachman's inn to continue operating as a stand-alone business. Additional information received 07/07/2025 clarification of additional information received 11/08/2025

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

HT - High TechnologyCOE

“Provide for office, research and development and high technology/high technology manufacturing type employment in a high quality built and landscaped environment”

National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related

Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Application received13 March 2025
Decision due5 September 2025
Decision issued5 September 2025

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