Hospitality House , 16-20 Cumberland Street, Dublin 2 D02Y097 & Alex Hotel , 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02H678
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4018/24 is a planning application for permission at Hospitality House , 16-20 Cumberland Street, Dublin 2 D02Y097 & Alex Hotel , 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02H678, received by Dublin City Council on 12 Jul 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Permission for 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097 and 41- 47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing 'Hospitality House' building (c.3059sqm), the construction of a new hotel extension building (c.9530sqm gross area with maximum height of 33.375m), comprising of an 8-story over ground floor level hotel extension and conference rooms with a lower ground level for hotel services, the relocated ESB sub-station and switch room accessed from Cumberland Street South, and the refurbishment of ground and lower ground levels of the existing hotel building (c.1169sqm). The proposed hotel and conferencing extension includes, at Lower Ground floor: Staff Facilities (325sqm), Spa (248sqm), Bicycle store (70sqm) Bin Store (60sqm), Storage (105sqm); at Ground Floor: Dining (469sqm), Kitchens (195sqm), Storage (55sqm) , Conferencing (333sqm), planted areas (147sqm), Sub-station and Switch- room (28sqm); at Upper floor levels 1 to 8: 150 bedrooms and associated ancillary rooms (5437sqm), upper planted areas (685sqm); to include drainage and all ancillary works on 0.32 hectare site. The council granted permission on 27 Nov 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 16 Aug 2024. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 321543 on 9 Jul 2025 (grant conditions). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 114 other decided applications in the last five years and 33 appeals.
Proposal
Permission for 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097 and 41- 47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing 'Hospitality House' building (c.3059sqm), the construction of a new hotel extension building (c.9530sqm gross area with maximum height of 33.375m), comprising of an 8-story over ground floor level hotel extension and conference rooms with a lower ground level for hotel services, the relocated ESB sub-station and switch room accessed from Cumberland Street South, and the refurbishment of ground and lower ground levels of the existing hotel building (c.1169sqm). The proposed hotel and conferencing extension includes, at Lower Ground floor: Staff Facilities (325sqm), Spa (248sqm), Bicycle store (70sqm) Bin Store (60sqm), Storage (105sqm); at Ground Floor: Dining (469sqm), Kitchens (195sqm), Storage (55sqm) , Conferencing (333sqm), planted areas (147sqm), Sub-station and Switch- room (28sqm); at Upper floor levels 1 to 8: 150 bedrooms and associated ancillary rooms (5437sqm), upper planted areas (685sqm); to include drainage and all ancillary works on 0.32 hectare site.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 27 Nov 2024
- Final grant
- 9 Jul 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 3,243 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 12 Jul 2024New applicationObservation window closed 16 Aug 2024
- 5 Sept 2024Further information requested
- 31 Oct 2024Further information received
- 27 Nov 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 3 Jan 2025
- 30 Dec 2024Appeal lodged
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 148
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 4
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87362). 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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