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Dublin City Council · 3838/19

121-125, Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6, D06 H9E8

Approved in 2020. Approval ran out in 2025.

  1. 22 Aug 2019Received
  2. 10 Dec 2019Approved
  3. 28 Jan 2020Final approval
  4. 28 Jan 2025Approval ran out
Status
Approved
Decision
Approved · 10 Dec 2019
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
2,417 m²

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What’s proposed

The permission is for development which will represent modifications to the developments permitted separately under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18, DCC Reg. Ref. 3735/17 and DCC Reg. Ref. 3270/16 (ABP Ref. PL29S.300259 & PL29S.247825). Permission is sought for development comprising demolitions, extensions and refurbishment of the existing hotel. The proposed development will provide an additional 19no. bedrooms to the 204no. bedrooms granted permission under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18 and result in an overall amalgamated hotel of 223 bedrooms with 6 storeys over lower ground and will include the following: (a) Demolition of all buildings rear of the Front Block and partial demolition of the rear portion of the Front Block (i.e. Block fronting onto Lower Rathmines Road) as permitted under Reg. Ref. 4440/18. The total area to be demolished is approx. 4,218sq.m. (b) Redevelopment of the rear section of the Lower Ground Floor of front block to toilets and duplex lift service (c) Redevelopment of the rear section of the Ground Floor of the front block to provide meeting room and hotel bedrooms (d) Refurbishment of front section of Ground Floor of the Front Block to provide hotel lobby and café (e) Internal modification of front section of Front Block at first-fourth floor levels to provide hotel bedrooms. The total area of the existing building to be refurbished is approx. 2,332sqm. (f) Construct new bar/restaurant and landscaped courtyard at Lower Ground Floor Level, with six floors of Hotel Bedrooms above in new 'Central' and 'Rear' blocks with setbacks at Fourth & Fifth Floor levels to the front and rear of building, with a single storey bin store to the rear at lower ground floor level and (g) complete refurbishment of the East Elevation, which fronts onto Lower Rathmines Road. The total are of proposed extensions is approx.. 7,833sq.m. The height of the tallest element of the proposed extension corresponds to that of the development already granted permission under DCC Planning Reg. Ref. 3735/17 & ABP Ref. PL29S.300259 and DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18, which is approx. 17.820m over the adjacent pavement level on Lower Rathmines Road. The development will include setback roof terraces at Fourth Floor level to the Front Block (East) and Rear Block (West). Note: The existing, refurbished and extension areas will bring the total number of rooms to 223no. with a total floor area of approx. 10,165sqm, an increase of 19no. bedrooms from that granted under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18

Planning details

Reference
3838/19
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
22 Aug 2019
Observations close
26 Sept 2019 (closed 2566 days ago)
Decision due
11 Dec 2019 · decided 10 Dec 2019
Decision
Grant permission on 10 Dec 2019
Proposed development
The permission is for development which will represent modifications to the developments permitted separately under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18, DCC Reg. Ref. 3735/17 and DCC Reg. Ref. 3270/16 (ABP Ref. PL29S.300259 & PL29S.247825). Permission is sought for development comprising demolitions, extensions and refurbishment of the existing hotel. The proposed development will provide an additional 19no. bedrooms to the 204no. bedrooms granted permission under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18 and result in an overall amalgamated hotel of 223 bedrooms with 6 storeys over lower ground and will include the following: (a) Demolition of all buildings rear of the Front Block and partial demolition of the rear portion of the Front Block (i.e. Block fronting onto Lower Rathmines Road) as permitted under Reg. Ref. 4440/18. The total area to be demolished is approx. 4,218sq.m. (b) Redevelopment of the rear section of the Lower Ground Floor of front block to toilets and duplex lift service (c) Redevelopment of the rear section of the Ground Floor of the front block to provide meeting room and hotel bedrooms (d) Refurbishment of front section of Ground Floor of the Front Block to provide hotel lobby and café (e) Internal modification of front section of Front Block at first-fourth floor levels to provide hotel bedrooms. The total area of the existing building to be refurbished is approx. 2,332sqm. (f) Construct new bar/restaurant and landscaped courtyard at Lower Ground Floor Level, with six floors of Hotel Bedrooms above in new 'Central' and 'Rear' blocks with setbacks at Fourth & Fifth Floor levels to the front and rear of building, with a single storey bin store to the rear at lower ground floor level and (g) complete refurbishment of the East Elevation, which fronts onto Lower Rathmines Road. The total are of proposed extensions is approx.. 7,833sq.m. The height of the tallest element of the proposed extension corresponds to that of the development already granted permission under DCC Planning Reg. Ref. 3735/17 & ABP Ref. PL29S.300259 and DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18, which is approx. 17.820m over the adjacent pavement level on Lower Rathmines Road. The development will include setback roof terraces at Fourth Floor level to the Front Block (East) and Rear Block (West). Note: The existing, refurbished and extension areas will bring the total number of rooms to 223no. with a total floor area of approx. 10,165sqm, an increase of 19no. bedrooms from that granted under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18
As published by the register.
Site area
2,417 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Zoning

Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M3 — Neighbourhood centre

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Protections nearby 250 m

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Where this comes from

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Summary

3838/19 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the permission is for development which will represent modifications to the developments, received on 22 Aug 2019; permission was granted on 10 Dec 2019.