Dublin City Council grants permission for 191-home scheme at 1-6 Beresford Street, Dublin 7, Dublin

In context

It is one of 140 housing scheme applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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 1 May 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.

The proposed development will consist of the following: • The demolition of the existing warehouse building and associated outbuildings/structures at 1-6 Beresford Street (D07 T611); • The removal and part demolition of the existing boundary treatments. The existing stone wall to the north along Cuckoo Lane and existing decorative stone elements to the south east corner will be retained; • Reuse of the existing basement level for plant storage; • The construction of a residential-led mixed use development, ranging in height between 6-12 storeys. The development will comprise the following: • 191 no. residential units (57 no. 1 bed, 106 no. 2 bed and 28 no. 3 bed apartment units) with associated balconies on all street and internal courtyard elevations of the residential block; • 267 no. bedroom hotel; • Childcare facility (206 sqm); • 2 no. arts/cultural/community spaces (129 sqm and 450 sqm); • Retail unit (500 sqm); • Office/retail unit (844 sqm) (including 544 sqm mezzanine level) • A total of 9 no. EV car parking spaces, including 1 no. accessible car parking spaces, 4 no. motorcycle spaces, 353 no. sheltered bike spaces for residents, and 185 no. bike spaces at ground floor level throughout the development for short stay visitors, hotel use and staff use are proposed; • Relocation of the existing ESB substation along Beresford Street; • The provision of a new public plaza to the southeast corner of the site at the junction of Mary's Lane and George's Hill; • The provision of communal amenity space and a play area at ground floor level and communal roof terraces at level 6 and level 8; • Upgrades to the public realm surrounding the site, including improvements to the footpaths, roads and a new signalised junction at the junction between Mary's Lane and Beresford Street; • Removal of 4 no. on-street car parking spaces along Beresford Street and; • The development also includes landscaping, new boundary treatments, lighting, green/blue roofs, telecommunications infrastructure, site services and drainage connections, site clearance and all associated site works.