PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development will principally consists of: -a change of use of the existing 5 no. storey over basement building from vacant restaurant, shop and vacant office uses to a hotel; - and the provision of an additional setback fifth floor level (260 sq m), providing a 6 no. storey over basement building comprising 47 no. en-suite bedrooms and ancillary hotel facilities (2,102 sq m). The application principally replicate the recently expired permission for a hotel with the provision of an additional storey as granted under DCC Reg. Ref: 3867/17. The development also proposes: -internal alterations, reconfigurations and refurbishments to facilitate the development; -alterations at basement level including the lowering of the floor level and the provision of toilets, kitchen, staff facilities, hotel management/operational rooms and cycle parking; -alterations at ground floor level and the provision of hotel reception and hotel restaurant/bar; -alterations at first floor level including demolition and extension works and the provision of a landscaped courtyard and 11 no. en-suite bedrooms; -alterations and extensions at second, third and fourth floor levels and the provision of 27 no. en-suite bedrooms; -and new setback fifth floor level and the provision of 9 no. en-suite bedrooms (increasing the building height to 6 no. storeys over basement). Also proposed as part of the development are the following: -alterations to all facades, including provision of new ground floor and first floor level 'shopfronts', change of an existing doorway to window and change of 2 no. existing windows to 2 no. entrances; -removal of existing lift car cage ( to facilitate provision of new lift system, which will extend to basement and new fifth floor levels) and its reuse as a feature in the restaurant/bar; -repair/ renewal of brickworks as required; -signage on Dame Street and Eustace Street facades; -north-facing bedroom balconies; -blue/green roofs; -rooftop plant and lift overrun; and all associated works above and below ground.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: planning permission for change of use of 27, Eustace Street, Dublin 2 (a protected structure) from ground floor retail jewellers and associated basement and first floor light industrial use, and office and apartment use at second and third floors, and alterations to the internal layout, to provide for a coffee shop, and two en suite hotel bedrooms, including one invalid friendly bedroom and one ensuite bedroom in single storey extension to the rear, at ground floor; kitchen, staff rooms, storage and plant rooms at basement level, and 9 no. en suite hotel bedrooms on first second and third floors, and the removal of all existing signage with no further changes to the existing façade.