49-51 Pleasants Street, Pleasants House & 5 Pleasants Lane, Dublin 8
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3560/24 is a planning application for permission at 49-51 Pleasants Street, Pleasants House & 5 Pleasants Lane, Dublin 8, received by Dublin City Council on 19 Apr 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council refused permission on 11 Jun 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 24 May 2024. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 320119 on 7 Aug 2025 (grant conditions). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 141 other decided applications in the last five years and 65 appeals.
Proposal
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.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 11 Jun 2024
- Final grant
- 7 Aug 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 749 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 19 Apr 2024New applicationObservation window closed 24 May 2024
- 11 Jun 2024Appeal lodged
- 11 Jun 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 9 Jul 2024
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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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