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Dublin City Council · WEB2835/25

Former Ballsbridge Hotel Site, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Approved in Jan 2026. No sign of building yet.

Inside the site of Former Player Wills Factory (568 homes).

  1. 6 Aug 2025Received
  2. 17 Dec 2025Approved
  3. 29 Jan 2026Final approval
  4. 29 Jan 2031Approval runs out
Status
Approved
Decision
Approved · 17 Dec 2025
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
2,260 m²

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What’s proposed

In plain English

A temporary surface level car park for staff and service vehicles

The applicant wants to build a temporary car park with 40 spaces for embassy staff and service vehicles. Access will be provided from Lansdowne Road and Pembroke Road.

  • Includes 26 staff spaces and 14 service vehicle spaces
  • Vehicular access is located off Lansdowne Road
  • Pedestrian access is located off Pembroke Road
  • Permission is sought for a period of 5 years
Written by AI from the council’s description

An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.

The council’s description

The United States of America, intends to apply for planning permission for a period of 5 years for development at the former Ballsbridge Hotel site, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The application site is bound by Lansdowne Road to north west and Pembroke Road to the south west. The proposed development will consist of: - The provision of a temporary surface level car park for staff/service vehicles associated with the Embassy of the United States; - The car park comprises a total of 40 no. spaces (26 no. staff and 14 no. service vehicles) with vehicular access off Lansdowne Road and pedestrian access off Pembroke Road; - The proposal includes lighting, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site works

Planning details

Reference
WEB2835/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
6 Aug 2025
Decision due
18 Dec 2025 · decided 17 Dec 2025
Decision
Grant permission on 17 Dec 2025
Site area
2,260 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

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Zoning

Zone Z6 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

C2.1 — Economic development and employment

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

R2 — Existing residential

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.

Protections nearby 250 m

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Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 18:51open
Summary

WEB2835/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the United States of America, intends to apply for planning permission for a period of 5, received on 6 Aug 2025; permission was granted on 17 Dec 2025.