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Dublin City Council · WEB5590/25

1-6 Beresford Street

Under appeal.

This is 1-6 Beresford Street — 189 homes, up to 12 storeys, by Balmoral Land Beresford Limited. Read the scheme page →

  1. 4 Nov 2025Received
  2. 1 May 2026Approved
  3. 14 May 2026Appealed
Status
Under appeal
Decision
Approved · 1 May 2026
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Units
189
Site
9,078 m²
Appeal
ACP 501338 · pending

What’s proposed

In plain English

Demolition of warehouse for a new mixed-use residential development

The applicant wants to demolish an existing warehouse to build a new development ranging from 6 to 12 storeys high. This will include 191 homes, a 267 bedroom hotel, a creche, and office and retail spaces.

  • Includes a 267 bedroom hotel
  • Features office and retail units
  • Includes a creche
  • Building height ranges between 6 and 12 storeys
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 proposed development will consist of the following: • The demolition of the existing warehouse building and associated outbuildings/structures at 1-6 Beresford Street (D07 T611); • The removal and part demolition of the existing boundary treatments. The existing stone wall to the north along Cuckoo Lane and existing decorative stone elements to the south east corner will be retained; • Reuse of the existing basement level for plant storage; • The construction of a residential-led mixed use development, ranging in height between 6-12 storeys. The development will comprise the following: • 191 no. residential units (57 no. 1 bed, 106 no. 2 bed and 28 no. 3 bed apartment units) with associated balconies on all street and internal courtyard elevations of the residential block; • 267 no. bedroom hotel; • Childcare facility (206 sqm); • 2 no. arts/cultural/community spaces (129 sqm and 450 sqm); • Retail unit (500 sqm); • Office/retail unit (844 sqm) (including 544 sqm mezzanine level) • A total of 9 no. EV car parking spaces, including 1 no. accessible car parking spaces, 4 no. motorcycle spaces, 353 no. sheltered bike spaces for residents, and 185 no. bike spaces at ground floor level throughout the development for short stay visitors, hotel use and staff use are proposed; • Relocation of the existing ESB substation along Beresford Street; • The provision of a new public plaza to the southeast corner of the site at the junction of Mary's Lane and George's Hill; • The provision of communal amenity space and a play area at ground floor level and communal roof terraces at level 6 and level 8; • Upgrades to the public realm surrounding the site, including improvements to the footpaths, roads and a new signalised junction at the junction between Mary's Lane and Beresford Street; • Removal of 4 no. on-street car parking spaces along Beresford Street and; • The development also includes landscaping, new boundary treatments, lighting, green/blue roofs, telecommunications infrastructure, site services and drainage connections, site clearance and all associated site works

Planning details

Reference
WEB5590/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Under appeal · register status “Decision Appealed”
Received
4 Nov 2025
Observations close
9 Dec 2025 (closed 331 days ago)
Decision due
1 May 2026 · decided 1 May 2026
Decision
Grant permission on 1 May 2026
Site area
9,078 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Balmoral Land Beresford Limited council register

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Appeal

ACP 501338 · Planning Appeal · pending
received by the Commission 14 May 2026

Zoning

Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

M2 — Major town centre

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

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

Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗

  • NIAH-recorded building · 137
    Enable Ireland; CASA
  • Recorded monument · 51
    Religious house - Cistercian monks; Religious house - Dominican friars

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

WEB5590/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the proposed development will consist of the following: • The demolition of the existing, received on 4 Nov 2025; permission was granted on 1 May 2026.