GrantedCommercialDecided 19 June 2020

20 & 22, Lower Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20.

A new 53-bedroom boutique hotel to replace an existing 29-bedroom guesthouse.

SD19A/0218 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 7 May 2020

Reference: SD19A/0218
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: Permission
Received: 7 May 2020
Floor area: 2034.83 m²

Summary

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The development will replace an existing 29-bedroom guesthouse with a 53-bedroom boutique hotel. It includes partial demolition, a change of use, new two and three-storey wings, a central courtyard, a café bar, dining area, and meeting room, alongside road and entrance realignments.

Commercialhotelredevelopmentchange of use

Storeys: 3

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Development description

53 bedroom boutique hotel to replace the existing 29 bedroom guesthouse comprising of new and retained two and three storey elements enclosing a central courtyard with new café bar, dining area and meeting room with associated ancillary areas and will include: (a) demolition of parts of existing two storey semi-detached guest house buildings; (b) change of use from guest house use to hotel use at first floor of no. 20 and existing two storey wing facing southwest (side) boundary at no. 22 with revisions to existing external elevations and roofscapes; (c) proposed hotel use in a new two storey wing to northeast (side) boundary; new three storey wing with corner feature and lift facing southeast (rear) boundary; new three storey central wing and a new first floor extension facing northwest (front) boundary; (d) replacing the existing 2 entrance/exits with 1 wider pedestrian, cycle and vehicular entrance/exit served by a wider yellow box junction; realignment of front site boundary and transfer of land to the council to support the national transport authority's proposed objectives, in tandem with south dublin county council, for improvements to the adjoining lower kennelsfort road including realigning and widening the public pathway and creating dual cycleways; (e) new foul water drainage connecting to existing public foul sewer and new surface water drainage discharging to new interceptor trap to soak way with overflow connection to public surface water sewer; (f) revised site layout with proposed service yard; 15 cycle spaces; 31 car spaces including 2 universal access spaces and 4 electric charging point spaces; associated siteworks, services, lighting, landscaping, paving, walling and boundary treatment.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

VCUC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

Objective set by the South Dublin County 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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
11 Kennelsfort Rd Lower, Palmerstown Village, Dublin	May 2025	€483,000	62 m
1 Woodfarm Cottages, Main St, Palmerston	Oct 2025	€460,000	115 m
66 Palmerstown Ave, Palmerstown, Dublin 20	Jan 2025	€447,650	233 m
40 Kennelsfort Rd, Palmerstown, Dublin 20not full market price	Jun 2026	€150,000	266 m
49 Turret Rd, Palmerstown, Dublin 20	Apr 2025	€450,000	303 m
66 The Coppice, Woodfarm Acres, Palmerstown Dublin 20	Feb 2026	€605,000	319 m
98 The Coppice, Woodfarm Acres, Palmerstown	Nov 2025	€515,000	332 m
100 The Coppice, Woodfarm Acres, Palmerstown	Nov 2025	€530,000	339 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received7 May 2020
Further information requested29 August 2019
Further information received7 May 2020
Decision due22 June 2020
Decision issued19 June 2020
Appeal submitted15 July 2020
Appeal decided11 December 2020
Permission expiry15 December 2020

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