Former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4
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WEBPWSDZ1434/25 is a planning application for permission at Former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4, received by Dublin City Council on 28 Feb 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Pembroke Beach DAC intends to apply for permission for development for a 228 No. bedroom Hotel development (referred to as Phase 2B) (including a café, licenced bar / restaurant, business centre and ancillary elements) on this site of 15.06ha including lands known as the former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4, focused primarily on a net site area of 0.211ha (identified as within the ‘A1 Lands’) in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme (April 2019) (as amended). The overall site is bounded to the: north-west by Sean Moore Road; north-east by South Bank Road; south-east by Dublin Port lands and Dublin Bay; and south-west by Sean Moore Park. The overall site subsumes the 4.3ha site of the ‘Infrastructure Permission’ (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3270/19) for which Dublin City Council issued a Notification of Final Decision (10-year Permission) on 28 January 2020, permitting streets, transportation, water services and utilities’ infrastructure; public realm and public amenity spaces (including the Village Green and Dog Park); and temporary landscaping of a school site, to facilitate Phase 1 development as provided for under the Poolbeg West SDZ Planning Scheme (2019) (as amended) as approved by An Bord Pleanála. The proposed Phase 2B Hotel Scheme development will consist of: • Construction of a 228 No. bedroom Hotel development (‘Block Q’) (10,593 sq m GFA (excluding basement)) comprising a 20 No. storey landmark tower (with set-back storey at Sixteenth Floor Level 16) over two levels of basement (2,054 sq m), to provide: Hotel and ancillary uses, café, licenced bar / restaurant and ancillary spaces, business centre; and ancillary back-of-house facilities / spaces (including ESB Substation and associated ancillary rooms, bin store, laundry store, staff changing rooms, staff canteen, staff office and sprinkler tank and associated spaces). • Provision of 8 No. car parking spaces (including 1 No. accessible car parking spaces) and 1 No. service vehicle delivery bay at Basement Level -01, provision of 24 No. secure long-stay bicycle parking spaces for staff at Basement Level -01, and provision of 16 No. new short-stay bicycle parking spaces at surface level for visitors and provision of 1 No. new cargo bicycle parking space at surface level to service the proposed Hotel. • Amendment of the permitted Phase 2 Residential Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3700/24) and Phase A Commercial Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ379/24): • In those external landscaped areas at Ground Floor Level in the immediate curtilage of the proposed Phase 2B Hotel Scheme site (including ‘Gabbard Street’ and ‘South Bank Link Street’) (within the focused site area) to facilitate amendments to permitted layouts, including the omission of 1 No. permitted EV-charging car parking space, the relocation of 1 No. accessible car parking space and 1 No. EV-charging car parking space, the relocation of 20 No. permitted short-stay bicycle parking spaces; provision of 1 No. new loading / pick-up/drop-off bay; addition of an access point on South Bank Link Street for proposed ESB substation, materials, urban tree locations and landscaping; • At substructure level to facilitate connections for vehicular movements, pedestrian movements and services between the permitted and proposed substructures. Accessing and servicing of the proposed Phase 2B Hotel Scheme development will be by way of ‘Gabbard Street’ (previously permitted under the Phase 2 Residential Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3700/24) and the Phase A Commercial Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3798/24) and also by the permitted vehicular ramp on ‘Ouzel Street’ to / from the basement of the permitted Phase 2 Residential Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3700/24). This Application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). The council declared the application invalid on 12 Mar 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 4 Apr 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 69 other decided applications in the last five years and 3 appeals.
Proposal
Pembroke Beach DAC intends to apply for permission for development for a 228 No. bedroom Hotel development (referred to as Phase 2B) (including a café, licenced bar / restaurant, business centre and ancillary elements) on this site of 15.06ha including lands known as the former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4, focused primarily on a net site area of 0.211ha (identified as within the ‘A1 Lands’) in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme (April 2019) (as amended). The overall site is bounded to the: north-west by Sean Moore Road; north-east by South Bank Road; south-east by Dublin Port lands and Dublin Bay; and south-west by Sean Moore Park. The overall site subsumes the 4.3ha site of the ‘Infrastructure Permission’ (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3270/19) for which Dublin City Council issued a Notification of Final Decision (10-year Permission) on 28 January 2020, permitting streets, transportation, water services and utilities’ infrastructure; public realm and public amenity spaces (including the Village Green and Dog Park); and temporary landscaping of a school site, to facilitate Phase 1 development as provided for under the Poolbeg West SDZ Planning Scheme (2019) (as amended) as approved by An Bord Pleanála. The proposed Phase 2B Hotel Scheme development will consist of: • Construction of a 228 No. bedroom Hotel development (‘Block Q’) (10,593 sq m GFA (excluding basement)) comprising a 20 No. storey landmark tower (with set-back storey at Sixteenth Floor Level 16) over two levels of basement (2,054 sq m), to provide: Hotel and ancillary uses, café, licenced bar / restaurant and ancillary spaces, business centre; and ancillary back-of-house facilities / spaces (including ESB Substation and associated ancillary rooms, bin store, laundry store, staff changing rooms, staff canteen, staff office and sprinkler tank and associated spaces). • Provision of 8 No. car parking spaces (including 1 No. accessible car parking spaces) and 1 No. service vehicle delivery bay at Basement Level -01, provision of 24 No. secure long-stay bicycle parking spaces for staff at Basement Level -01, and provision of 16 No. new short-stay bicycle parking spaces at surface level for visitors and provision of 1 No. new cargo bicycle parking space at surface level to service the proposed Hotel. • Amendment of the permitted Phase 2 Residential Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3700/24) and Phase A Commercial Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ379/24): • In those external landscaped areas at Ground Floor Level in the immediate curtilage of the proposed Phase 2B Hotel Scheme site (including ‘Gabbard Street’ and ‘South Bank Link Street’) (within the focused site area) to facilitate amendments to permitted layouts, including the omission of 1 No. permitted EV-charging car parking space, the relocation of 1 No. accessible car parking space and 1 No. EV-charging car parking space, the relocation of 20 No. permitted short-stay bicycle parking spaces; provision of 1 No. new loading / pick-up/drop-off bay; addition of an access point on South Bank Link Street for proposed ESB substation, materials, urban tree locations and landscaping; • At substructure level to facilitate connections for vehicular movements, pedestrian movements and services between the permitted and proposed substructures. Accessing and servicing of the proposed Phase 2B Hotel Scheme development will be by way of ‘Gabbard Street’ (previously permitted under the Phase 2 Residential Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3700/24) and the Phase A Commercial Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3798/24) and also by the permitted vehicular ramp on ‘Ouzel Street’ to / from the basement of the permitted Phase 2 Residential Scheme (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3700/24). This Application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Application declared inva on 12 Mar 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 14.92 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 28 Feb 2025New applicationObservation window closed 4 Apr 2025
- 12 Mar 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 9 Apr 2025
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Poolbeg SDZ (ZD03)
Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.
Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected.
Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs): To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.
A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- EPA-licensed facility · 4
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
- Special Area of Conservation · 1
- Special Protection Area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88445). 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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