49-51 Pleasants Street, Pleasants House & 5 Pleasants Lane, Dublin 8
- 19 Apr 2024Received
- 11 Jun 2024Refuse permission
- 8 Jul 2024Appealed
- 7 Aug 2025Appeal: Granted with conditions
- 7 Aug 2025Final grant
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 11 Jun 2024
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 749 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 320119 · Granted with conditions
What’s proposed
Planning permission for development at a site on lands (c. 0.0745 ha) at 49-51 Pleasants Street (D08 XHF2, DO8 VN22, DO8 EF24), Pleasants House (D08 F54N) & 5 Pleasants Lane (D08 HY62), Dublin 8. The development will consist of: A) The demolition of the existing buildings on site (973.4 sq. m) and the construction of a 6-no. storey (over-basement) tourist hostel (overall height c. 19.65m with a plant enclosure screen above to 21.125m) above ground level to parapet along with setback at fifth floor level (with a gross floor area proposed of c. 3,970 sq. m; B) Provision of a reception area (with pedestrian access from Pleasants Street) with ancillary café/bar/restaurant/co-working use (c. 227 sq.m) and kitchen/group dining space (c. 21sq. m) at ground floor level, and other ancillary amenities including a cinema, guest laundry room, plant rooms, storage rooms, and staff facilities at basement level; (with a gym for guest use is located at first floor level); C) Provision of 85 no. guest rooms in a mixture of accessible, twin, family, 4 no., 6 no., 8 no., 10 no., and 12 no. person bedrooms across the upper 5 no. floors; and D) Provision of dedicated, secure cycle parking storage (20 no. spaces), refuse storage, switch room, ESB substation, utilities located to the rear of the ground floor layout, with green/blue roof/PV panels at roof level and all associated works to facilitate the development
3560/24 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning permission for development at a site on lands (c. 0.0745 ha) at 49-51 Pleasants, received on 19 Apr 2024; permission was refused on 11 Jun 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 3560/24
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 19 Apr 2024
- Observations close
- 24 May 2024 (closed 843 days ago)
- Decision due
- 13 Jun 2024 · decided 11 Jun 2024
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 11 Jun 2024
- Proposed development
- Planning permission for development at a site on lands (c. 0.0745 ha) at 49-51 Pleasants Street (D08 XHF2, DO8 VN22, DO8 EF24), Pleasants House (D08 F54N) & 5 Pleasants Lane (D08 HY62), Dublin 8. The development will consist of: A) The demolition of the existing buildings on site (973.4 sq. m) and the construction of a 6-no. storey (over-basement) tourist hostel (overall height c. 19.65m with a plant enclosure screen above to 21.125m) above ground level to parapet along with setback at fifth floor level (with a gross floor area proposed of c. 3,970 sq. m; B) Provision of a reception area (with pedestrian access from Pleasants Street) with ancillary café/bar/restaurant/co-working use (c. 227 sq.m) and kitchen/group dining space (c. 21sq. m) at ground floor level, and other ancillary amenities including a cinema, guest laundry room, plant rooms, storage rooms, and staff facilities at basement level; (with a gym for guest use is located at first floor level); C) Provision of 85 no. guest rooms in a mixture of accessible, twin, family, 4 no., 6 no., 8 no., 10 no., and 12 no. person bedrooms across the upper 5 no. floors; and D) Provision of dedicated, secure cycle parking storage (20 no. spaces), refuse storage, switch room, ESB substation, utilities located to the rear of the ground floor layout, with green/blue roof/PV panels at roof level and all associated works to facilitate the developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 749 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
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Appeal
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 218
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 16
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 83847). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
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