The Bonnington Hotel site on Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
REFUSE PERMISSIONPlanning application 4198/19
Dublin - Dublin City Council
Proposed Development
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.
Application Timeline
Application received
14 Oct 2019
Further information requested
6 Dec 2019
Further information received
16 Mar 2020
Decision: REFUSE PERMISSION
22 May 2020
Decision due
5 Jun 2020
Appeal submitted
22 Jun 2020
Appeal decided: REFUSE PERMISSION
22 Oct 2020
Application Details
- Location
- The Bonnington Hotel site on Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- Permission
- Planning Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Site Area
- 13919.11 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 14 October 2019
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- REFUSE PERMISSION
- Decision Date
- 22 May 2020
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- ABP-307366-20
- Decision
- REFUSE PERMISSION
- Submitted
- 22 June 2020
- Decided
- 22 October 2020
Location
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Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
Permission was granted on 12 February 2019 by An Bord Pleanala (Reg. Ref. 3353/18 and ABP-302507), for a period of 2 years to operate the conference centre at the Hotel subject to conditions relating to a) the use and opening hours of the conference centre and b) the noise level not to be exceeded from the conference centre. Condition three of the permission required the operation of the conference centre to be reviewed before February 2021. An application was submitted (Reg, Ref. 3229/20) before that date but was subsequently considered withdrawn by the Planning Authority. This application seeks to relodge that application and permission is now sought to continue to operate the centre subject to the remaining conditions in the permissions applying to the centre and without the need to repeatedly apply every 2 years.
Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
Permission was granted on 12 February 2019 by An Bord Pleanala (Reg. Ref. 3353/18 and ABP-302507), for a period of 2 years to operate the conference centre at the Hotel subject to conditions relating to a) the use and opening hours of the conference centre and b) the noise level not to be exceeded from the conference centre. Condition three of the permission required the operation of the conference centre to be reviewed before February 2021. An application was submitted (Reg. Ref. 3229/20) before that date but was subsequently considered withdrawn by the Planning Authority. This application seeks to relodge that application and permission is now sought to continue to operate the centre subject to the remaining conditions in the permissions applying to the centre and without the need to repeatedly apply every 2 years.
The Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
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Bonnington (formerly The Regency) Hotel on Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
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The Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Dublin 9
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The Bonnington Hotel Swords Road, Dublin 9
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Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
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Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
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The Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
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