Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
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4178/24 is a planning application for permission at Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9, received by Dublin City Council on 20 Aug 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Change of use of a single storey building constructed to the rear of the hotel. The building was originally approved as a Conference Centre, associated with the hotel. A series of temporary permissions were granted to allow music and dancing in association with the use of this building and those permissions have now expired. Permission is now sought to use this area as a standard hotel function room for conferences, functions and other similar uses associated with a hotel. The council granted permission on 21 Nov 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 24 Sept 2024. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 321496 on 1 May 2025 (grant conditions). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 79 other decided applications in the last five years and 12 appeals.
Proposal
Change of use of a single storey building constructed to the rear of the hotel. The building was originally approved as a Conference Centre, associated with the hotel. A series of temporary permissions were granted to allow music and dancing in association with the use of this building and those permissions have now expired. Permission is now sought to use this area as a standard hotel function room for conferences, functions and other similar uses associated with a hotel.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 21 Nov 2024
- Final grant
- 1 May 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 1.41 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 20 Aug 2024New applicationObservation window closed 24 Sept 2024
- 14 Oct 2024Further information requested
- 1 Nov 2024Further information received
- 21 Nov 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 19 Dec 2024
- 19 Dec 2024Appeal lodged
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Appeal
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 7
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88937). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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