PROTECTED STRUCTURE for development including amendments to previously permitted…

Proposed development

PROTECTED STRUCTURE for development including amendments to previously permitted alterations (Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3270/22 at this c. 0.16 ha site at Temple Bar Inn and Tesco Metro, Nos. 40-47 Fleet Street and Parliament row, Dublin 2, D02 NX25, and the party wall to No. 39 Fleet Street, D02 EK07/No. 7 Westmoreland Street, D02 XF76 (Protected Structure). (The extant planning permission (Reg. Ref. 3270/22) which is partially implemented, permits inter alia the relocation of the existing electrical substation and switchroom from existing basement level to the rear service yard and subsequent change of use of the substation area to hotel use (43 sq m), provision of a new entrance door and glazed screen, provision of a new internal stairs to basement level directly from Fleet Street, and all associated works.) The development will consist of the following demolition: part of the Basement Level; the single storey structure to the rear of the Ground Floor Level; part of the First Floor Level to the front to create a double height main entrance; the rear return from First to Third Floor Levels; and the Fourth Floor Level. Total demolition Gross Floor Area 1,319 sq m. The development will consist of the construction of new hotel floor area comprising: rear extensions to Basement Level; rear extensions of the Ground to Third Floor Levels; an extended replacement Fourth Floor Level; new Fifth Floor Level; new set back Sixth Floor Level with a separate roof top access to the east and a roof top terrace bar to the north and west incorporating canopy structure and PV panels above; enclosed plant room at roof level set back from all facades with screened roof plant above (total new Gross Floor Area 5352 sqm); and the provision of opes to No. 39 Fleet Street/No. 7 Westmoreland Street at Basement, Ground, and Fourth Floor Levels. The development also includes the change of use of part of the Ground Floor Level retail unit to hotel use (848 sq m). The development will result in an increased number of hotel bedrooms by 111 No. (from 101 No. to 212 No. proposed), with associated hotel facilities (including licenced public bar/restaurant/hotel lounge at Basement Level (633 sqm) and licenced public bar/ restaurant at Ground Floor Level (363 sq m), external licenced public bar at Roof Level (375 sq m), reception and seating areas, storage, administration and staff facilities, other hotel-related back-of-house areas, enclosed service yard, plant (including substation and switchroom), waste storage and cycle parking) and an own-door Ground Floor Level retail unit (177 sq m). The proposed development also includes: new facades, recessed at the front at Ground Floor Level; alterations to internal layouts; new entrance doors to Parliament Row, Fleet Street and the rear; alterations to services (mechanical and electrical, piped services); PV panels; plant and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground. The proposed development will result in a building with a total gross floor area that increases by 4,264 sqm (from 4,634 sq m, including the surface level substation, to 8,898 sq m proposed) resulting in a seven storey building (with setbacks) excluding enclosed roof plant room above, all over Basement Level.

What happens next

Permission was granted on 26 Nov 2024. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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