Dublin City Council refuses permission for 81-hectare solar farm at 9, Hanover Quay, Dublin

In context

It is one of 32 solar farm applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 335 nationally. Of the 573 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 92% 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 April 2025. 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: Planning permission at 9 Hanover Quay, and adjoining Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, both protected structures. This application relates to a proposed development within the North Lotts & Grand Canal Dock Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme Area. The proposed development consists of the change of use from dwelling to mixed use café/bar with soundproof entertainment venue, 35 bedroom hotel, removal of non-historic internal walls, insertion of floor openings for lifts and stairs, enlargement of one opening in the north wall of the protected structure, raising roof truss level at No 9 Hanover Quay, demolition of modern conservatory and replacement with a building adjoining the protected stone malt house building, with access to quayside, two-storey extension above existing roofline, green roof with solar panels, extended basement, and ancillary siteworks to facilitate access to the venue.