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Dublin City Council · WEB5680/25 · Permission

At Basement Level 1 of The Merrion Hotel,, Nos. 21-24 Merrion Street Upper (D02 KF79), and Nos. 8-11 Baggot Street Lower (D02 YD92). The development will include works within a designated Protected Structure.

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Council received 14 Nov 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (302 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB5680/25 is a planning application for permission at At Basement Level 1 of The Merrion Hotel,, Nos. 21-24 Merrion Street Upper (D02 KF79), and Nos. 8-11 Baggot Street Lower (D02 YD92). The development will include works within a designated Protected Structure., received by Dublin City Council on 14 Nov 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development, which will take place on a cumulative site area of 0.0267 Ha, will consist of: internal alterations to existing staff changing rooms at basement level (73 sq m); and the associated repurposing of a portion of the basement car park (including the omission of 5 No. car parking spaces) to provide additional staff changing facilities (194 sq m), including showers and toilets, 1 No. general maintenance room, 1 No. ancillary office; and all associated site and development works. The council declared the application invalid on 17 Nov 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 19 Dec 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 111 other decided applications in the last five years and 43 appeals.

Observations close 19 Dec 2025 closed 267 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (14 Nov 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council

Proposal

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development, which will take place on a cumulative site area of 0.0267 Ha, will consist of: internal alterations to existing staff changing rooms at basement level (73 sq m); and the associated repurposing of a portion of the basement car park (including the omission of 5 No. car parking spaces) to provide additional staff changing facilities (194 sq m), including showers and toilets, 1 No. general maintenance room, 1 No. ancillary office; and all associated site and development works.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared invalid on 17 Nov 2025
Site (from polygon)
82 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 14 Nov 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 19 Dec 2025
  • 17 Nov 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 15 Dec 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    O2 — Green belt

    Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.

    Zoned to protect the open land between urban areas. Development is strongly resisted.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 196
      Leinster House; Leinster House; Archbishop Plunket Memorial
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 185
      Graveyard; House - 16th/17th century; Graveslab (present location)

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 67271). 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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