Observation pack · Dublin City Council

Hilton Dublin Airport Hotel, Malahide Road, Northern Cross, Dublin 17, D17 Y924

We, Malahide Dublin Properties Limited, intend to apply for permission for development at this site, Hilton Dublin Airport Hotel, Malahide Road, Northern Cross, Dublin 17, D17 Y924. The development will consist of internal alterations to the existing hotel, including: Reconfiguration of the existing ground floor to provide refurbished hotel facilities, including reception area, gym, café, co-working zone, lounge and dining areas. Alterations to existing gym, office and toilet facilities at first-floor level to provide 5 no. additional guest bedrooms. Reconfiguration of existing guest bedrooms at second to fifth floor levels to provide 4 no. additional guest bedrooms. The development will also consist of external alterations to the east and south elevations, comprising: Removal of existing high-level signage and branding logos, vinyl signage and canopy signage. Provision of new hotel signage and branding, signage banners and signage plaques. Alterations to the ground floor façade, including the relocation and upgrade of the main hotel entrance, provision of a new entrance canopy and awnings, outdoor seating and a new café service hatch. The development will also include alterations to the existing parking and landscaping areas to the front (south-east) of the hotel, including the replacement of existing signage totems with new signage totems, provision of new hard and soft landscaping, reduction of car parking spaces to allow for taxi and shuttle pick-up and drop-off, provision of bicycle parking, and all associated site development works. The proposed development will result in an increase in guest bedrooms from 179 no. bedrooms to 188 no. bedrooms.

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: WEB3391/26 · full record
Authority: Dublin City Council
Type: Permission
Status: Registered Application
Applicant: Malahide Dublin Properties Limited
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: —
Received: 29 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 12 Oct 2026, 23:58
Decision due: —
Decision: not yet decided

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.No register URL is recorded for this reference; search the Dublin City Council planning register for WEB3391/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3391/26 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Dublin City Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 3 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Dublin City Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
	RD - Road: N/A	Fingal County Council development plan	—

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Fingal County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Fingal County Council development plan zoning	—	11 Sept 2026, 15:18	—

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
WEBLRD9005/26-S3	Additional information	20 Oct 2026	—	0 m	The proposed development will consist of: (i) demolition of the existing residential property and existing derelict residential property. (ii) construction of a residential development of 126 no. units comprising 80 no. one-bedroom apartments and 46 no. two-bedroom apartments, in in 2 no. blocks, ranging in height from four – eleven storeys over undercroft, as follows: • Block A (a part four, part eight and part eleven storey building over undercroft) comprising 87 no. apartments (59 no. 1 bed units and 28 no. 2 bed units); and 2 no. community, arts and culture spaces at podium level, • Block B (seven storeys over undercroft) comprising 39 no. apartments (21 no. 1 bed units, 18 no. 2 bed units) and 1 no. community, arts and culture space at podium level, • Each residential unit will be provided with private amenity space in the form of a balcony or terrace. Communal amenity spaces are proposed at podium level and 5th floor roof terrace of Block A. The proposed development also provides for the construction of an undercroft level accessed via a vehicular entrance from Malahide Road comprising 75 no. car parking spaces - 69 no. standard car parking spaces, 2 no. car sharing spaces and 4 no. accessible car parking spaces), 4 no. motorbike spaces, entrance lobby, parcel room, ESB substation, bin stores, plant rooms, and 2 no. bicycle stores all at undercroft level. Permission is also sought for the provision of landscaped public realm/public open space, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, 236 no. bicycle parking spaces (210 no. spaces at undercroft level and 26 no. spaces at podium level), foul/surface water drainage including Suds measures, as necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The residential units will have shared access to bin stores, car parking and bicycle parking bays. The development also includes all ancillary site and infrastructural works necessary to facilitate development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. All application documentation and information is available to view online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.hawthorncottageslrd.ie
WEB2922/26	Grant permission	25 Sept 2026	—	0 m	We, Salta Tyre & Autoservice Holdings Ltd. intend to apply for a Permission for development at this site: Firststop, Clarehall, Malahide Road, Dublin 17 D17 TP95. The development will consist of the following: the extension of the existing reception area (23.50 sq.m) within the current envelope of the building; the change of use of part of the ground floor from office area to car service area (119.60 sq.m); and minor amendments to the front elevation including the provision of a new glazed screen to the extended reception area and 2 no. new roller shutters to provide access to the new service area.
WEB3309/26	Application declared invalid	22 Sept 2026	—	0 m	We, Malahide Dublin Properties Limited, intend to apply for permission for development at this site, Hilton Dublin Airport Hotel, Malahide Road, Northern Cross, Dublin 17, D17 Y924. The development will consist of internal alterations to the existing hotel, including: Reconfiguration of the existing ground floor to provide refurbished hotel facilities, including reception area, gym, café, co-working zone, lounge and dining areas. Alterations to existing gym, office and toilet facilities at first-floor level to provide 5 no. additional guest bedrooms. Reconfiguration of existing guest bedrooms at second to fifth floor levels to provide 4 no. additional guest bedrooms. The development will also consist of external alterations to the east and south elevations, comprising: Removal of existing high-level signage and branding logos, vinyl signage and canopy signage. Provision of new hotel signage and branding, signage banners and signage plaques. Alterations to the ground floor façade, including the relocation and upgrade of the main hotel entrance, provision of a new entrance canopy and awnings, outdoor seating and a new café service hatch. The development will also include alterations to the existing parking and landscaping areas to the front (south-east) of the hotel, including the replacement of existing signage totems with new signage totems, provision of new hard and soft landscaping, reduction of car parking spaces to allow for taxi and shuttle pick-up and drop-off, provision of bicycle parking, and all associated site development works. The proposed development will result in an increase in guest bedrooms from 179 no. bedrooms to 188 no. bedrooms.
5216/26	Application declared invalid	16 Sept 2026	—	0 m	PERMISSION / RETENTION : The development will consist of the change of use of the rear section of the dwelling house property, measuring 0.1 hectares, to commercial /storage use. The application also seeks retention permission for two container storage units, Ultrakabin KB1156 and MSKU 404 4413, on the site and access to the proposed commercial area to the rear from the Malahide Road, Dublin 17.
F26A/0144E	Refuse permission for retention	23 Apr 2026	0	235 m	The proposed development will consist of: Amendments to previously app
F25A/0798E	Grant permission	13 Oct 2025	0	483 m	The development will consist of permission for a new single storey ext
F25A/0752E	Grant permission	30 Sept 2025	0	399 m	The development will consist of the relocation of the existing shared
F25A/0317E	Refuse permission & refuse retention	6 Jun 2025	0	235 m	Retention of flat roof single storey extension and permission for inte

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501329	Planning Appeal	Granted	7 Aug 2026	235 m
322953	Planning Appeal	Refused	29 Oct 2025	235 m
321455	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	25 Feb 2025	9 m
320196	Planning Appeal	open	17 Jul 2024	235 m
318555	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	24 Jun 2024	274 m
316633	Draft Map Appeal	Other	11 Aug 2023	289 m
316631	Draft Map Appeal	Other	11 Aug 2023	435 m
310145	L.A. Dev. - AA Application	Granted with conditions	20 Jan 2022	479 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 12 Oct 2026, 23:58. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.