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Dublin City Council · WEB2835/25 · Permission

Former Ballsbridge Hotel Site, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The application site is bound by Lansdowne Road to the north west and Pembroke Road to the south west

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Council received 6 Aug 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (402 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB2835/25 is a planning application for permission at Former Ballsbridge Hotel Site, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The application site is bound by Lansdowne Road to the north west and Pembroke Road to the south west, received by Dublin City Council on 6 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council granted permission on 17 Dec 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 10 Sept 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 140 other decided applications in the last five years and 36 appeals.

Appeal window closes 23 Jan 2026 closed 232 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (17 Dec 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

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.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 17 Dec 2025
Final grant
29 Jan 2026
Site (from polygon)
2,260 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 6 Aug 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 10 Sept 2025
  • 30 Sept 2025
    Further information requested
  • 21 Nov 2025
    Further information received
  • 17 Dec 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 23 Jan 2026

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    C2.1 — Economic development and employment

    Z6: Employment/Enterprise: To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.

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

    R2 — Existing residential

    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.

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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87793). 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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