Nos. 31-36 Golden Lane, Dublin 8, D08 A5RV
The proposed development will consist of site clearance works including the demolition of the existing three storey office block and all associated structures (3,304 sqm total gross floor area) and the construction of a new hotel development ranging from 7 to 9 storeys with a total Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 7,921 sqm. The hotel will comprise 225 no. bedrooms (from first to eight floor level) with associated hotel reception foyer, bar and café/breakfast area with seating (at ground level) (558.2 sqm); external roof terrace area with bar at seventh floor level (149 sqm); ancillary hotel operational and management spaces to include WCs, kitchen, admin office, staff changing rooms, plant rooms, electrical substation, switch room, and laundry room at ground and first floor level; lift and stair cores and circulation space; service access to the rear accessed from Ship Street Great; 22 no. bicycle parking spaces located to the rear (north) (at ground floor level); plant areas with associated screening and PV panels (144 sqm in surface area) at roof levels; signage; hard and soft landscaping works; services; and all ancillary and associated site development works.
The application
- Reference
- WEB3549/26 · full record
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Registered Application
- Applicant
- Golden Lane Liffey Ltd.
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- —
- Received
- 16 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 28 Oct 2026, 23:03
- 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 WEB3549/26.
- Write your observation.Quote
WEB3549/26at 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 20 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.
What the site is zoned
No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.
Designations on or near the site
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
No decided applications within 500 m in the last 5 years.
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 16 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 20 Nov 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.