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Dublin City Council · 3560/24

49-51 Pleasants Street, Pleasants House & 5 Pleasants Lane, Dublin 8

  1. 19 Apr 2024Received
  2. 11 Jun 2024Refuse permission
  3. 8 Jul 2024Appealed
  4. 7 Aug 2025Appeal: Granted with conditions
  5. 7 Aug 2025Final grant
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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 development
As 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

ACP 320119 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted with conditions 7 Aug 2025
received by the Commission 8 Jul 2024 · inspector's report · board order

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    M3 — Neighbourhood centre

    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
      Iveagh Buildings (Blocks A-E); church/chapel; Jam
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 16
      Gateway; Church; House - 18th/19th century

    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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