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Dublin City Council · WEB5699/25 · 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 18 Nov 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (298 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB5699/25 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 18 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 granted permission on 21 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Dec 2025. 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 39 appeals.

Appeal window closes 18 Feb 2026 closed 206 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (21 Jan 2026) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

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
Grant permission on 21 Jan 2026
Final grant
25 Feb 2026
Site (from polygon)
179 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 18 Nov 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 23 Dec 2025
  • 21 Jan 2026
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 18 Feb 2026

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    M3 — Neighbourhood centre

    Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.

    A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 231
      Leinster House; Engineering Building, Government Buildings; Leinster House
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 10
      Graveyard; House - 16th/17th century; Cross-slab (present location)

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 70072). 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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