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site of c. 0.35 hectares at 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street, and bounded by Byrne's Lane, Dublin 1

GRANT PERMISSION

Planning application 3093/19

Dublin - Dublin City Council

Proposed Development

Permission to amend part of the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development provides for an increase in the permitted basement area of c. 129 sqm to provide for additional hotel storage space, resulting in a revised basement area of c. 1,718 sqm.

Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    24 May 2019

  2. Decision due

    18 Jul 2019

  3. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

    18 Jul 2019

  4. Grant issued

    30 Aug 2019

Application Details

Location
site of c. 0.35 hectares at 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street, and bounded by Byrne's Lane, Dublin 1
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
Permission
Planning Authority
Dublin City Council
Site Area
3515.5 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
24 May 2019
Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
GRANT PERMISSION
Decision Date
18 July 2019
Grant Date
30 August 2019

Location

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2997/19GRANT PERMISSION15 May 2019

Permission for development on a site of c. 0.35 hectares at Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1 to amend part of the hotel development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development replaces the permitted stairwell providing access to Byrnes Lane (from basement to 8th floor level) to now provide for an increase of c. 15.5 sqm to basement storage space, an increase of c. 16.5 sqm to ground floor retail unit to provide a service access/escape and the provision of 8 no. additional hotel bedrooms (1 no. bedroom per floor from 1st to 8th floor level (resulting in an increase in the number of permitted hotel bedrooms from 239 no. 247 no. The development also provides for associated revisions to the facade fronting Byrnes Lane to accommodate the hotel bedrooms and for revisions to the facade of the hotel fronting onto Abbey Street Upper.

31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street, Bound By Byrne's Lane, Dublin 1

3m
4009/22GRANT PERMISSION19 May 2022

The proposed mixed-use development will consist of the construction of an 11-storey (with 9th and 10th floors set back) over shared basement hotel building fronting Abbey Street (comprising 252 No. bedrooms and related hotel facilities including reception area, lounge and bar, 2 No. external courtyards on the 1st floor, staff facilities, bin store, switch room and plant areas) and a 10-storey (with 7th and 9th floors set back) over shared basement aparthotel block fronting Great Strand Street (comprising 222 No. bedrooms and related aparthotel facilities including reception area, lounge, restaurant, gym, 1 No. external courtyard area at 1st floor level, staff accommodation, bin store, switch room and plant areas); 2 No. retail units at ground floor level (c. 1,540 sq.m and 126 sq.m respectively), including 1 No. off-license area (c. 50 sqm) within the larger retail unit: 1 No. illuminated fascia sign and 2 No. illuminated projecting signs at Abbey Street Upper; signage zones at Abbey Street Upper and Great Strand Street; and 2 No. ESB substations at ground floor level. The overall development will have a total gross floor area of c. 24,429 sq.m (including shared basement of 1,769 sqm). The development will include vehicular access via Great Strand Street to provide service access, 30 No. bicycle parking spaces, associated lighting, site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply), the provision of SuDS measures (incl. attenuation tank below ground and sedum roofs), and PV panels, external plant at 1st, 7th, 9th floor and roof levels (including telecoms infrastructure at, aparthotel roof level); and lift overruns at roof levels. The scheme also includes all hard and soft landscaping, including external public plaza at ground floor level; boundary treatments; provision of vehicle set-down along Great Strand Street; provision of connection to building for the LUAS Overhead Cable System; changes in level; and all other associated site excavation and site investigation works. The proposed development will also include pedestrian and cycle links, boundary treatments, interim site boarding, site lighting, waste facilities, piped site wide services and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation, as necessary.

Site of c. 0.35 ha on lands at Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1

3m
3232/19REFUSE PERMISSION11 Jun 2019

Permission to amend the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development provides for the construction of 2 no. additional floors to the permitted hotel building fronting Abbey Street Upper (resulting in an 11 no. storey building) and extension of the 7th and 8th floor level to the north resulting in an additional 64 no. bedrooms and an overall hotel comprising 303 no. bedrooms and revisions to the facade of the hotel onto Abbey Street Upper. The proposed development also provides for the construction of 1 no. additional floor to the permitted aparthotel building fronting Great Strand Street (resulting in a 10 no. storey building) and extension of the 7th and 8th floors to the east resulting in a n additional 21 no. bedrooms and an overall aparthotel comprising 277 no. bedrooms. Associated relocation of PV panels, plant and lift overruns to resulting roof levels. The overall works result in an increase to the floorspace of the permitted development of c. 2,860 sqm.

site of 0.35 hectares at 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street, and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1

3m
4540/19GRANT PERMISSION26 Nov 2019

Permission for development on a site of c. 0.35 hectares at Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1 to amend the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18 and Reg. Ref. 2997/19. The proposed development provides for the amendment of 1 no. retail and restaurant unit and 1 no. retail unit permitted at ground floor to provide 3 no. retail units, now comprising of: Retail Unit no. 1 )c. 1,550 sqm), including an off-licence sales area (c. 50 sqm) accessed via Abbey Street Upper; the relocation of permitted pedestrian entrance and bicycle stands onto Abbey Street Upper; the provision of 1 no. illuminated fascia sign and 2 no. illuminated projecting signs at Abbey Street Upper: provision of retail delivery access with roller shutter to serve the unit from Great Strand Street; and associated increase in soffit height of all opes to Great Strand Street at ground floor level. Retail Unit No. 2 (c. 120 sqm) onto Great Strand Street and Retail Unit No. 3 (c. 88 sqm) onto Byrnes Lane. Provision of additional basement area (c. 51 sqm) to provide for additional plant and back of house for hotel and provision of additional plant at first floor terrace area and onto permitted laneway to east.

31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1

3m
2356/20GRANT PERMISSION26 Feb 2020

Permission for development on a site of c. 0.35 hectares at Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1 to amend part of the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development provides for an increase in the permitted basement area of c. 51 sqm to provide for additional plant and back of house for the hotel.

Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1

36m
3804/19REFUSE PERMISSION16 Aug 2019

Permission for development at a 0.06 Ha site at Nos. 35 & 36 Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1. Permission was previously granted for the demolition of the 3 No. storey commercial unit located on the subject site under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18. The development will principally consist of modifications to a previously permitted development (DCC Reg. Ref. 2971/17/ABP Ref. PL29N.249037, DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18) resulting in the omission of the previously permitted basement level -3 and resultant reconfiguration of the remaining 2 no. basement levels; the installation of double height glazing at ground and first floor level of the northern elevation and part of the eastern elevation; the removal of the previously permitted mezzanine to the first floor level; the removal of first floor guest bedrooms and their replacement with dining spaces, food preparation area, circulation and toilets; amendments to the fenestration resulting in the addition of 5 no. opaque windows per floor on the western elevation from the first to the tenth floor and the use of clear glazing instead of the previously permitted opaque glazing at 2 no. windows on the first floor and 4 no. windows on the second floor of the eastern elevation; the repositioning of the facade at seventh and eighth floor levels to align with a recently granted scheme at the neighbouring Nos. 31 to 34 Abbey Street Upper (DCC Reg. Ref. 3172/18); the construction of 2 no. additional floors each measuring 380 sq.m; the relocation of the previously permitted condensers from eighth floor level to the roof level; the removal of previously permitted solar panels at roof level and their replacement with a domestic hot water heat pump; and all associated elevational changes and site development works above and below ground. The proposed development will result in the increase of the total number of rooms from 127 no. (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18) to 151 no. rooms and an increase in the gross floor area from 4,927 sq.m (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18) to 5,355 sq.m, all provided in an 11 no. storey over 2 no. levels of basement building.

35-36, Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1

36m
3044/21APPLICATION DECLARED INVA28 Jun 2021

Abbey Cottages Limited intend to apply for permission for development at this 0.06 Ha site at Nos. 35 and 36 Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1. Permission was previously granted for the demolition of the 3 No. storey commercial unit located on the subject site under DCC Reg Ref. 2954/18. The development will principally consist of modifications to the previously permitted development (DCC Reg. Ref. 2971/17 / ABP Ref. PL29N.249037, DCC Reg Ref. 2954/18, DCC Reg. Ref. 2928/19 and DCC Reg. Ref. 3804/19 / ABP Ref. PL29N.305853) resulting in the addition of an eleventh and twelfth floor, each with 16 No. rooms, a gross floor area of 380.5 sq m and set back from the building line; the removal of 3 No. bedrooms at ninth floor level to facilitate a lounge area (60.5 sq m); the provision of a 51 sq m external terrace at ninth floor level with an east facing aspect; the relocation of the domestic hot water heat pump (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 3804/19 / ABP Ref. PL29N.305853) from to roof level; and all associated elevational changes and site development works above and below ground. The proposed development will result in a part 9 No. to part 13 No. storey building, with an increase in the total number of rooms from 151 No. to 184 No rooms and an increase in the gross floor area from 5,355 sq m (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 3804/19 / ABP Ref. PL29N.305853) to 6,116 sqm.

35-36, Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1

36m
3144/21REFUSE PERMISSION13 Jul 2021

Planning permission for development at a 0.06 Ha site at Nos. 35 and 36 Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1. Permission was previously granted for the demolition of the 3 no. storey commercial unit located on the subject site under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18. The development will principally consist of modifications to the previously permitted development (DCC Reg. Ref. 2971/17 / ABP Ref. PL29N.249037, DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18 , DCC Reg Ref 2928/19 and DCC Reg Ref 3804/19 / ABP Ref PL29N.305853) resulting in the addition of an eleventh and twelfth floor, each with 16 no. rooms, a gross floor area of 380.5 sq m and set back from the building line; the removal of 3 no. bedrooms at ninth floor level to facilitate a lounge area (60.5 sq m), the provision of a 51 sqm external terrace at ninth floor level with an east facing aspect , the relocation of the domestic hot water pump and external condensers from the previously permitted roof level (part 9 no. to part 11 no. storey building permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 3804/19 / ABP Ref. PL29N.305853) to roof level of the proposed part 9 no. to part 13 no. storey building, and all associated elevational changes and site development works above and below ground. The proposed development will result in a part 9 no. to part 13 no. storey building with increase in the total number of rooms from 151 no. to 184 no. rooms and an increase in the gross floor area from 5,355 sq m (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 3804/19 / ABP Ref. PL29N.305853) to 6,116 sq m.

35-36 Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1

36m
2843/19APPLICATION DECLARED INVA24 Apr 2019

Permission for development at a 0.06 Ha site at Nos. 35 and 36 Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1. Permission was previously granted for the demolition of the 3 no. storey commercial unit located on the subject site under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18. The development will principally consist of modifications to a previously permitted development (DCC Reg. Ref. 2971/17 / ABP Ref. PL29N.249037 and DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18 resulting in omission of the previously permitted basement level -3 and resultant reconfiguration of the remaining 2 no. basement levels; the installation of double height glazing at ground and first floor level of the northern elevation and part of the eastern elevation; the removal of the previously permitted mezzanine to the first floor level; the removal of first floor guest bedrooms and their replacement with dining spaces, food preparation area, circulation and toilets; amendments to the fenestration resulting in the addition of 5 no. windows per floor on the western elevation from the first to the eighth floor; the repositioning of the facade at seventh and eighth floor levels to align with a recently granted scheme at the neighbouring nos. 31 to 34 Abbey Street Upper (DCC Reg. Ref. 3172/18); the relocation of the previously permitted condensers from eight floor level to the roof level; the removal of previously permitted solar panels at roof level and their replacement with a domestic hot water heap pump; and all associated elevational changes and site development works above and below ground. The proposed development will result in the reduction of the total number of rooms from 127 no. to 119 no rooms and a reduction in the gross floor area from 4,927 sq.m (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18) to 4,530 sq.m.

35/36, Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1

36m
2928/19GRANT PERMISSION7 May 2019

Permission for development at a 0.06 Ha site at Nos. 35 & 36 Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1. Permission was previously granted for the demolition of the 3 no. storey commercial unit located on the subject site under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18. The development will principally consist of modifications to a previously permitted development (DCC Reg. Ref. 2971/17 / ABP Ref. PL29N.249037 and DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18) resulting in: omission of the previously permitted basement level -3 and resultant reconfiguration of the remaining 2 no. basement levels; the installation of double height glazing at ground and first floor level of the northern elevation and part of the eastern elevation; the removal of the previously permitted mezzanine to the first floor level; the removal of first floor guest bedrooms and their replacement with dining spaces, food preparation area, circulation and toilets, amendments to the fenestration resulting in the addition of 5 no. windows per floor on the western elevation from the first to the eighth floor; the repositioning of the facade at seventh and eighth floor levels to align with a recently granted scheme at the neighbouring nos. 31 to 34 Abbey Street Upper (DCC Reg. Ref. 3172/18); the relocation of the previously permitted condensers from eighth floor level to the roof level; the removal of previously permitted solar panels at roof level and their replacement with a domestic hot water heat pump; and all associated elevational changes and site development works above and below ground. The proposed development will result in the reduction of the total number of rooms from 127 no. 119 no. rooms and a reduction in the gross floor area from 4,927 sq.m (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 2954/18) to 4,530 sq.m.

35/36, Abbey Street Upper and Abbey Cottages, Dublin 1

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