Dublin City Council grants permission for 66-bedroom hotel at Hilton Garden Inn, Custom House Quay, Dublin

In context

It is one of 54 hotel applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 153 nationally. Of the 318 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 23 March 2026. 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.

Permission for rear extensions and internal reconfiguration at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, resulting in a net gain of 66 no. bedrooms and 2,279 sq.m of floor area. The development will consist of a first to seventh floor middle rear extension; a second to sixth floor rear extension at western end; internal alterations to existing room layouts; the reduction in size of existing water tank, demolition and reconstruction of the existing pump room and reincorporation into middle rear extension; the extension of the existing chiller compound and addition of stairwell and lift at ground floor level; Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) measures, including a green roof; and site services.