Dublin City Council refuses permission for 108-bedroom hotel at 27-32 Parliament Street, Dublin 2, Dublin

In context

It is one of 52 hotel applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 155 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 26 January 2024. 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.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE : Permission for development on lands at Nos. 27-32 Parliament Street (nos. 27, 28 & 31 being protected structures) Dublin 2, 1-2 Essex Gate (both protected structures) Dublin 8, 7-10 Exchange Street Upper (nos. 9 & 10 being protected structures) Dublin 8. The proposed development comprises the following: (a) change of use from office to hotel at 31 Parliament Street (a protected structure) and from vacant restaurant and residential use to hotel at 32 Parliament Street. The hotel use will integrate nos. 31 and 32 into the existing Paramount Hotel and will comprise a new hotel entrance on Parliament Street, a foyer and reception at ground floor level, administration areas at basement level and the collective amalgamation of both properties with Paramount Hotel at all existing floor levels to provide 28 no. new bedrooms from first to fourth floor levels and the addition of 5 no. bedrooms in a new setback floor behind exiting roof hips at fifth floor level; (b) the proposal involves the reconfiguration of the internal layout of 29-30 Parliament Street to incorporate a new opening in the existing wall with 31 Parliament Street resulting in a change from a double bedroom to a single bedroom and reconfiguration of the store room with the addition of hallway doors from first to fourth floor level; (c) demolition of the single storey rear extensions of nos. 31 and 32 Parliament Street and addition of a new courtyard with fully glazed roof extending across the rear of nos. 31 and 32; (d) reconstruction of the existing front facade of nos. 31 and 32 Parliament Street from first to fourth floor level (no changes proposed to existing protected bay window and ground floor shop front of no. 31); (e) internal alterations at basement and ground floor levels in all properties except for nos. 27-30 Parliament Street where no changes are proposed; (f) extension of existing setback of 7-8 Exchange Street Upper at fourth floor level to the street front to match the existing frontage to include the reconfiguration of the internal layout to provide 4 no. bedrooms and lobby; (g) addition of a setback fifth floor level with the provision of a terrace enclosed by a glass balustrade at 7-8 Exchange Street Upper to include the addition of 3 no. bedrooms, lobby, lift and new staircase. New flat roof over fifth floor with setback louvred plant area in centre of roof to be provided; (h) provision of 10 no. signage zones on frontages of Parliament Street, Essex Gate and Exchange Street Upper. The overall development will result in a hotel bedroom count of 108 no. bedrooms (66 existing and 42 proposed) and includes all associated alterations to the existing hotel services and all associated site development works above and below ground.