4198/19: Planning permission is sought to carry out a development involving the demolition of an existing single storey building, (565 sq.m) in use as a retail unit, to the front of the Bonnington (formerly Regency) Hotel and the construction of a 5, 6 and 7 storey building as a separate room only hotel at the Bonnington Hotel site on Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9. The new building (with a total floor area of 8,768sq.m) will be used as a room-only hotel containing a reception area, coffee shop (350sq.m) and work space (78sq.m) for guests and an ESB substation at ground floor, a total of 234 guest bedrooms on the upper floors and a double basement with 142 car parking spaces and 76 bicycle spaces for use by the hotel. The proposed development will also contain services and all other ancillary works to service the hotel and will involve the reconfiguration of the existing car parking and landscaping to the existing hotel.
The Bonnington Hotel site on Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
DecisionRefuse permission
Decided22 May 2020
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