Observation pack · Dublin City Council

The Alex Hotel, 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097, and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678.

The development will consist of the proposed addition of a new floor (an area of 752m2) of hotel accommodation for 16 new bedrooms, bringing the new hotel extension to 8 levels over ground floor, to the previously approved Planning Application Reg. Ref. 4018/24 for the construction of a new hotel extension building. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council, Planning Department, Block 4, Ground Floor, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 during its public opening hours (9.00a.m.- 4.30p.m.). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. ______________________________________________________________________________

Observations close 26 Nov 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: WEB3593/26 · full record
Authority: Dublin City Council
Type: Permission
Status: Registered Application
Applicant: OCC Hospitality Collection ULC
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: —
Received: 22 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 30 Oct 2026, 23:08
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 WEB3593/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3593/26 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 26 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
house
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
WEB3158/26	Grant permission	22 Oct 2026	—	384 m	Planning Permission is sought for infill ground floor extension consisting of WC/Shower room extension including ancillary works including minor internal rearrangement of kitchen and dining spaces to rear of 9 Magennis Square, Dublin 2, D02NC86 – Hengxin Zou.
WEB3565/26	Application declared invalid	20 Oct 2026	—	0 m	The development will consist of the proposed addition of a new floor (an area of 752m2) of hotel accommodation for 16 new bedrooms, bringing the new hotel extension to 8 levels over ground floor, to the previously approved Planning Application Reg. Ref. 4018/24 for the construction of a new hotel extension building. ______________________________________________________________________________
WEB3508/26	Application declared invalid	15 Oct 2026	—	437 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The erection of a demountable enclosed rear porch of the protected structure at 60 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, D02 NH93.
WEB2929/26	Refuse permission	25 Sept 2026	—	255 m	Change of Use of 4 no. Apartments from Residential to Student Accommodation Use.
WEB2925/26	Grant permission	25 Sept 2026	—	209 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE The Works will consist of the installation of toilet accommodation to the O'Connell Room which is the Parish Pastorial Centre to the southern side and within St. Andrew's Church. St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row is a Protected Structure- ref. number 8518 in the Dublin City Council Record of Protected Structures.
WEB3106/26	Application declared invalid	31 Aug 2026	—	384 m	Planning Permission is sought for infill ground floor extension consisting of WC/Shower room extension including ancillary works including minor internal rearrangement of kitchen and dining spaces to rear of 9 Magennis Square, Dublin 2, D02NC86 – Hengxin Zou.
WEB2712/26	Application declared invalid	14 Jul 2026	—	208 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The construction of a new external access ramp and associated works to improve access to the existing front door at No 21 Westland Row, the University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin 2. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.
WEB2663/26	Application declared invalid	6 Jul 2026	—	431 m	Demolition of existing single storey extension and two storey extension to rear of existing dwelling. Proposed new single storey extension, two storey extension and a dormer window to the rear of existing dwelling.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501294	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Sept 2026	57 m
501947	Planning Appeal	pending	24 Aug 2026	308 m
324512	—	pending	31 Jul 2026	426 m
324419	Planning Appeal	pending	7 Jul 2026	493 m
500596	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	15 May 2026	488 m
501281	Planning Appeal	Invalid	5 May 2026	57 m
500457	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	20 Feb 2026	409 m
322544	—	Other	11 Dec 2025	365 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

22 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 26 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Oct 2026, 23:08. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.