GrantedDecided 10 December 2019Dublin City Council

121-125, Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6, D06 H9E8

Planning application 3838/19
DecisionGrant permission
Decided10 December 2019
Application typePermission
Source documentsPending

Site

What is on file

0refusal reasons0conditions8nearby records

Proposed development

Application description published by Dublin City Council.
The permission is for development which will represent modifications to the developments permitted separately under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18, DCC Reg. Ref. 3735/17 and DCC Reg. Ref. 3270/16 (ABP Ref. PL29S.300259 & PL29S.247825). Permission is sought for development comprising demolitions, extensions and refurbishment of the existing hotel. The proposed development will provide an additional 19no. bedrooms to the 204no. bedrooms granted permission under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18 and result in an overall amalgamated hotel of 223 bedrooms with 6 storeys over lower ground and will include the following: (a) Demolition of all buildings rear of the Front Block and partial demolition of the rear portion of the Front Block (i.e. Block fronting onto Lower Rathmines Road) as permitted under Reg. Ref. 4440/18. The total area to be demolished is approx. 4,218sq.m. (b) Redevelopment of the rear section of the Lower Ground Floor of front block to toilets and duplex lift service (c) Redevelopment of the rear section of the Ground Floor of the front block to provide meeting room and hotel bedrooms (d) Refurbishment of front section of Ground Floor of the Front Block to provide hotel lobby and café (e) Internal modification of front section of Front Block at first-fourth floor levels to provide hotel bedrooms. The total area of the existing building to be refurbished is approx. 2,332sqm. (f) Construct new bar/restaurant and landscaped courtyard at Lower Ground Floor Level, with six floors of Hotel Bedrooms above in new 'Central' and 'Rear' blocks with setbacks at Fourth & Fifth Floor levels to the front and rear of building, with a single storey bin store to the rear at lower ground floor level and (g) complete refurbishment of the East Elevation, which fronts onto Lower Rathmines Road. The total are of proposed extensions is approx.. 7,833sq.m. The height of the tallest element of the proposed extension corresponds to that of the development already granted permission under DCC Planning Reg. Ref. 3735/17 & ABP Ref. PL29S.300259 and DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18, which is approx. 17.820m over the adjacent pavement level on Lower Rathmines Road. The development will include setback roof terraces at Fourth Floor level to the Front Block (East) and Rear Block (West). Note: The existing, refurbished and extension areas will bring the total number of rooms to 223no. with a total floor area of approx. 10,165sqm, an increase of 19no. bedrooms from that granted under DCC Reg. Ref. 4440/18.

Application and appeal history

Structured appeal stages, outcomes and source documents currently tied to this application.

No indexed appeal history

No structured appeal case is tied to this application. This means no appeal is indexed, not that an appeal is impossible.

Decision details

Core application dates and identifiers from the public planning record.

Planning analysis

Refusal reasons and planning conditions extracted from the public decision file.

Refusal reasons

No refusal reason on record

Documents are indexed. Reason extraction for Dublin City is in progress.

Conditions

No conditions

No conditions are on record for this application yet.

Planning a project near 121-125, Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6, D06 H9E8?

Get a site risk brief with the local decision pattern and up to 80 detailed nearby comparables (40 refusals and 40 grants), including extracted reasons and source links. €39 incl. VAT, PDF by email.Searching the records is free. A one-off brief for this site is €39, and Pro at €19/month adds full document access and the planning AI for people tracking more than one site.

Source documents

Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.

Source link pending

This application was published at source, but the document inventory has not been bound yet.

Nearby precedent

Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.
Get up to 80 detailed nearby comparables in a site risk brief →