A site of 0.0397 Ha at No. 16 Fitzwilliam Lane and No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane, Dublin 2
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WEB5982/25 is a planning application for permission at A site of 0.0397 Ha at No. 16 Fitzwilliam Lane and No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane, Dublin 2, received by Dublin City Council on 16 Dec 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will principally comprise: the demolition of a single-storey commercial building at No. 16 Fitzwilliam Lane (97 sq m) and a 2 No. storey commercial building at No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane (251 sq m); and the provision of a 2 No. storey administration and storage building (498 sq m), which will be functionally linked with the adjacent Merrion Hotel. The development will also include: a balcony at first floor level facing South-West; a reconfigured vehicular entrance through No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane (providing access to the rear of No. 80 Merrion Square South); pedestrian access; bicycle parking; plant; solar panels; gates; and all associated site and development works above and below ground. The council declared the application invalid on 17 Dec 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 29 Jan 2026. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 118 other decided applications in the last five years and 46 appeals.
Proposal
The development will principally comprise: the demolition of a single-storey commercial building at No. 16 Fitzwilliam Lane (97 sq m) and a 2 No. storey commercial building at No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane (251 sq m); and the provision of a 2 No. storey administration and storage building (498 sq m), which will be functionally linked with the adjacent Merrion Hotel. The development will also include: a balcony at first floor level facing South-West; a reconfigured vehicular entrance through No. 80 Fitzwilliam Lane (providing access to the rear of No. 80 Merrion Square South); pedestrian access; bicycle parking; plant; solar panels; gates; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 17 Dec 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 423 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 16 Dec 2025New applicationObservation window closed 29 Jan 2026
- 17 Dec 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 23 Jan 2026
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
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.
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.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 214
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 5
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 81362). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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