The Ripley Court Hotel, 37 Talbot Street, Dublin 1
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WEB2457/24 is a planning application for permission at The Ripley Court Hotel, 37 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, received by Dublin City Council on 8 Nov 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: (A) Internal modifications to the existing layout hotel building comprising: (i) at basement level, removal of 7 no. parking spaces to provide for 4 no. en suite hotel bedrooms, store room and a protected corridor with escape stairs. Provision of new windows to proposed bedrooms on the eastern elevation. A new fire door will be provided to access existing escape stairs. Alterations to existing cold store, switch room and WCs to provide for kitchen store, changing rooms and staff canteen. Relocation of water tank, removal 2 no. parking spaces and creation of new ope to provide 4 no. parking spaces. Merging of 2 no parking spaces to provide 1 no. accessible parking space; (ii) at ground floor, alterations to conference rooms and bar, foyer, and hotel bar to provide for 17 no. en suite hotel bedrooms, guest laundry room, 2 no. offices and WCs. Provision of new windows to the proposed bedrooms on the eastern elevation. Removal of roof light and roof over bar to provide for an open-air courtyard. Modifications to the layout of the kitchen and guest dining room. Provision of a modified lounge, foyer and reception area. (iii) change of use of deli/restaurant to cafe/workhub with alterations to provide for a café and work hub with a conference room, 2 no. offices, staff kitchen and an accessible WC to the rear; (iv) Provision of roof light to serve ground floor meeting room; (B) External works comprising: (v) Provision of new shop front and signage to hotel entrance and café/workhub; (vi) Reinstatement of existing blocked-up windows fronting Foley Street; (vii) Removal of roof covering to the external yard to the eastern side. (viii) The development also includes all other associated engineering works, landscaping, and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. No works proposed for 1st to 3rd floors. The proposal will result in a total of 137 no. hotel bedrooms. The council granted permission on 28 Feb 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 13 Dec 2024. A commencement notice (SN0013760DC) was lodged on 24 Feb 2026, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 103 other decided applications in the last five years and 24 appeals.
Proposal
(A) Internal modifications to the existing layout hotel building comprising: (i) at basement level, removal of 7 no. parking spaces to provide for 4 no. en suite hotel bedrooms, store room and a protected corridor with escape stairs. Provision of new windows to proposed bedrooms on the eastern elevation. A new fire door will be provided to access existing escape stairs. Alterations to existing cold store, switch room and WCs to provide for kitchen store, changing rooms and staff canteen. Relocation of water tank, removal 2 no. parking spaces and creation of new ope to provide 4 no. parking spaces. Merging of 2 no parking spaces to provide 1 no. accessible parking space; (ii) at ground floor, alterations to conference rooms and bar, foyer, and hotel bar to provide for 17 no. en suite hotel bedrooms, guest laundry room, 2 no. offices and WCs. Provision of new windows to the proposed bedrooms on the eastern elevation. Removal of roof light and roof over bar to provide for an open-air courtyard. Modifications to the layout of the kitchen and guest dining room. Provision of a modified lounge, foyer and reception area. (iii) change of use of deli/restaurant to cafe/workhub with alterations to provide for a café and work hub with a conference room, 2 no. offices, staff kitchen and an accessible WC to the rear; (iv) Provision of roof light to serve ground floor meeting room; (B) External works comprising: (v) Provision of new shop front and signage to hotel entrance and café/workhub; (vi) Reinstatement of existing blocked-up windows fronting Foley Street; (vii) Removal of roof covering to the external yard to the eastern side. (viii) The development also includes all other associated engineering works, landscaping, and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. No works proposed for 1st to 3rd floors. The proposal will result in a total of 137 no. hotel bedrooms.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Grant permission on 28 Feb 2025
- Final grant
- 4 Apr 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 1,696 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 8 Nov 2024New applicationObservation window closed 13 Dec 2024
- 7 Jan 2025Further information requested
- 5 Feb 2025Further information received
- 28 Feb 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 28 Mar 2025
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0013760DC
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
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 121
- 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 88693). 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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