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Dublin City Council · WEB5468/25 · Permission

1-4 Camden Street Lower

463 homes6 storeysBalrath Investments ULCDublin 2, Dublin City Council

Approved on appeal May 2026.

  1. 22 Oct 2025Received
  2. 12 Dec 2025Refuse permission
  3. 19 Jan 2026Appealed
  4. 21 May 2026Appeal: Approved
  5. 21 May 2026Final approval
Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Refuse permission · 12 Dec 2025
Size
463 homes · up to 6 storeys
Uses
hotel, retail, office
Applicant
Balrath Investments ULC
Site
888 m²
Appeal
ACP 500649 · Approved

The scheme

Balrath Investments ULC proposes the refurbishment and extension of the protected structure at 1-4 Camden Street Lower. The development includes a 463-bedspace tourist hostel, a ground floor cafe, and a retail unit. The project involves adding floors to the existing buildings to create a six-storey structure over a basement.

it involves the redevelopment of a protected structure into a large-scale tourist hostel

What the register says

PROTECTED STRUCTURE. CHANGE OF USE. Balrath Investments ULC intend to apply for permission for development at a site of c. 0.09 ha at Nos. 1-4 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 PX82 (a Protected Structure RPS Ref. No. 1146). The development will consist of the change of use of the existing building from retail and gym to tourist hostel with ancillary communal space at basement level and retail and cafe at ground floor level (total gross floor area c. 3,777 sqm). The development will consist of the refurbishment, extension and alteration of the existing structures on site comprising the renovation of the existing Protected Structure at Nos. 1-4 Camden Street Lower (including internal alterations and re-configuration); the relocation of the existing 19th century staircase to serve the new communal space; the provision of one additional setback floor above the existing three floor building facing Camden Street Lower; the provision of two additional floors above the existing 5 bay four floor building facing Montague Street; the provision of four additional floors above the existing 4 bay two floor building facing Montague Street; and the removal of non-original features from the structure. The development will result in a six floor over basement building comprising a 463 no. bedspace tourist hostel accessed via Montague Street with external courtyard (c. 2,680 sqm); a ground floor café unit (c. 37 sqm); and a retail unit accessed via Camden Street Lower (c. 418 sqm); all with ancillary cycle parking at ground floor level, plant room at basement level, substation, attenuation storage, bin storage, lift core, signage, SuDs features including green and blue roof, elevational amendments and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground

Summary from the register record.

The site 888 m²

Boundary of 1-4 Camden Street Lower from the planning application.

Planning applications inside the site 1 application in the last 10 years

Appeals inside the site 1 with An Coimisiún Pleanála

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