Dublin City Council grants permission for 92-bedroom hotel at 5-6 Dame Court, Dublin 2, Dublin

In context

It is one of 52 hotel applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 150 nationally. Of the 317 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 16 December 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.

The proposed development seeks a change of use of a portion of the basement and ground floor and the entirety of upper floors (first to fifth floors but excluding the external portion of the fifth floor containing Eir equipment) from telephone exchange to hotel accommodation providing 92 bedrooms, linen rooms and stores as an extension to the ReZz D2 hotel, with reception accessed from Dame Lane.The development requires significant refurbishment and improvement works including internal and external alterations: - Provision of staff facilities (shower, changing rooms and staff room) and plant room at basement level. - Internal doorway opening at ground floor level between nos.5-6 Dame Court and nos.2-4 Dame Lane (REZz D2 Hotel) to link into Rezz D2 reception accessed from Dame Lane.- Coffee kiosk and shopfront on Dame Court.- Internal modifications at ground and 1st to 5th floors to provide 92 bedrooms, linen rooms and stores. - Elevational upgrades and complete facade overhaul of the building to include revised elevational design and treatment of all elevations. - Bike parking shelter within existing Eir car park to rear.- All site and services works to facilitate the development.