Dublin City Council grants permission for 332-bedroom hotel at Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin 1, Dublin

In context

It is one of 52 hotel applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 154 nationally. Of the 316 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 88% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 9 November 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Dublin City Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

The development will consist of an extension of the existing hotel building comprising an additional storey (852 sqm), which will be provided over the existing eight storey section. The development will also consist of the internal reconfiguration of the existing eight storey (including the removal of 1 no. hotel bedroom) to facilitate the extension of existing stairs to the ninth storey and replacement roof plant. The development will also consist of revised elevational treatment to the Findlater Place facade (including alterations to the central bay; construction of new balconies from third to eighth storeys; the removal and replacement of the entrance canopy; alterations to existing opes); removal of existing signage and its replacement and all associated development work above and below ground. The overall extension results in a total increase in floor area of 860 sqm approximately, resulting in a hotel building of 11,828 sqm total area (including basement of 1,498 sqm, with 332 no. bedrooms (a net increase of 28 no. hotel bedrooms). The overall extended building will range from five to nine storeys with roof plant over basement level.