The development will consist of alterations to previously approved Planning Permission, Planning Authority Ref. 2692/16…

Application details

Planning reference

3655/19

Council

Dublin City Council

Proposal description

The development will consist of alterations to previously approved Planning Permission, Planning Authority Ref. 2692/16, An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL29N.247314. The alterations to include: a reduction in the floor to floor heights of the proposed development; the addition of a single floor of hotel bedroom accommodation providing for a three to seven storey Hotel building (progressively set back at its fourth and seventh storeys) resulting in a net increase of building height from currently permitted 20.6 metres above existing ground level to a proposed main roof parapet height of 21.8 metres above existing ground level; provision of a screened rooftop plant enclosure and lift over-run; omission of the previously permitted basement level of 730 sq m gross floor area; alterations to internal layouts including relocation of lifts and staircases resulting in an increase in bedroom room numbers from the currently permitted 96 No. bedrooms to a proposed 160 No. bedrooms; alterations to hotel public areas at Ground Level including omission of Hotel Restaurant and Kitchen; repositioning of the Hotel Public Entrance on the proposed West elevation to Benburb Street to allow for the inclusion of a separate Cafe/restaurant unit of 292 sq m gross floor area at the corner of Benburb Street and Wood Lane; revisions to previously approved elevations; the omission of 3 no. currently permitted car parking spaces; an increase from currently permitted 10 No. bicycle parking spaces to a proposed 20 No. bicycle parking spaces; revisions to hard and soft landscaping proposals to Benburb Street and Wood Lane; amended signage; revisions to location of ancillary plant, stormwater attenuation and ESB sub-station together with revisions to site development and site excavation works above and below ground. The alterations give a reduction in the previously permitted gross floor area of 3,904 sq m to a proposed gross floor area of 3,655 sq m.

Location / address

28-31 Benburb Street & 6-9 Wood Lane, Dublin 7

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

1 Aug 2019

Council decision

GRANT PERMISSION

Council decision date

16 Jan 2020

Final grant date

24 Aug 2020

Appeal lodged

14 Feb 2020

Appeal decision date

17 Aug 2020

Planning and construction timeline

Key dated milestones from planning, appeal and official building-control records.

1. Application received

   1 Aug 2019

2. Further information requested

   25 Sept 2019

3. Further information received

   11 Dec 2019

4. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

   16 Jan 2020

5. Appeal lodged

   14 Feb 2020

6. Appeal decided

   17 Aug 2020

7. Final grant

   24 Aug 2020

8. Works commenced

   11 Jan 2021Official NBCO/BCMS data

9. Works commenced

   8 Feb 2021Official NBCO/BCMS data

10. Works commenced

    4 May 2021Official NBCO/BCMS data

11. Completion certificate validated (1 unit)

    14 Dec 2022Official NBCO/BCMS data