3/4 Kevin Street Lower and Liberty Lane, Portobello, Dublin 8
- 21 Dec 2022Received
- 22 Feb 2023Refuse permission
- 21 Mar 2023Appealed
- 14 May 2025Appeal: Refused
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused
- Decision
- Refuse permission · 22 Feb 2023
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 360 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 316103 · Refused
What’s proposed
Permission is sought for a development which will include : (a) the partial demolition of existing buildings on site including : (i) full demolition of rear two-storey extension and car park fronting Liberty Lane; (ii) removal of external walls at Nos. 3/4 Kevin Street and retention of existing concrete floor plates and support structures (existing ground floor unit of No. 4 Kevin Street will remain untouched); (b) Re-use and incorporation of existing concrete floor plates from ground to second floor levels into the new development consisting of the construction of an 8 storey hotel comprising 81 no. bedrooms, with setback and terraces at third and sixth floors; (c) Provision of an entrance, reception area, lounge, luggage store, W/C, staff break room, stair core, 2 no. lift cores, water storage, service room, switch room, staff bike store, bin storage and 1 no. separate (existing) takeaway unit at ground floor; and provision of bedroom suites, on upper floors with machine room at sixth floor; (d) Provision of car parking garage to rear of development and recessed taxi set down area at ground floor level accessible from Liberty Lane; (e) Permission is also sought for all associated works including boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, green-blue roof, foul/surface drainage and site works necessary to facilitate the development
5494/22 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for permission is sought for a development which will include : (a) the partial demolition, received on 21 Dec 2022; permission was refused on 22 Feb 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 5494/22
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 21 Dec 2022
- Observations close
- 3 Feb 2023 (closed 1319 days ago)
- Decision due
- 23 Feb 2023 · decided 22 Feb 2023
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 22 Feb 2023
- Proposed development
- Permission is sought for a development which will include : (a) the partial demolition of existing buildings on site including : (i) full demolition of rear two-storey extension and car park fronting Liberty Lane; (ii) removal of external walls at Nos. 3/4 Kevin Street and retention of existing concrete floor plates and support structures (existing ground floor unit of No. 4 Kevin Street will remain untouched); (b) Re-use and incorporation of existing concrete floor plates from ground to second floor levels into the new development consisting of the construction of an 8 storey hotel comprising 81 no. bedrooms, with setback and terraces at third and sixth floors; (c) Provision of an entrance, reception area, lounge, luggage store, W/C, staff break room, stair core, 2 no. lift cores, water storage, service room, switch room, staff bike store, bin storage and 1 no. separate (existing) takeaway unit at ground floor; and provision of bedroom suites, on upper floors with machine room at sixth floor; (d) Provision of car parking garage to rear of development and recessed taxi set down area at ground floor level accessible from Liberty Lane; (e) Permission is also sought for all associated works including boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, green-blue roof, foul/surface drainage and site works necessary to facilitate the developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 360 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
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
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.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 100
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 26
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 79734). 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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