Planning application · Dublin City Council

The following tourist accommodation at "Porterhouse" 16-17 Parliament Street

16-17 Parliament Street, Dublin 2 (on the corner with Essex Street East)

4474/22 · DublinOn Site

0.015 ha · On Site

Planning application 4474/22 to Dublin City Council at 16-17 Parliament Street, Dublin 2. Granted by the council on 8 December 2022. Work commenced on 2 April 2026.

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received
  4. Council granted
  5. Work commenced

Key facts

Reference
4474/22
Planning authority
Dublin City Council
Received
14 Jul 2022
Decided
8 Dec 2022
Status
On Site
Use
Hospitality
Dwellings (estimated)
8
Read from the description, not stated on the register.
Floor area
1,144 m²
Site area
0.015 ha
Further information requested
5 Sept 2022
Further information received
11 Nov 2022
Commenced
2 Apr 2026

Homes and mix

4-bed8
Total homes8

Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.

Proposed development

[name removed] - The development will consist for the following tourist accommodation at "Porterhouse" 16-17 Parliament Street, Dublin 2, (on the corner of Essex Street East), and using existing interconnection with 18 Parliament Street, (Protected Structure) to provide fire escape only via its existing non-original stairs: (a) change of use of the 2nd floor from public house storage to 4 no. bedrooms, with internal alterations; (b) the insertion of a third floor in the present 2nd floor double height space to provide 4 bedrooms and circulation; (c) the addition of a fourth floor (103 sqm) to provide 3 no. bedrooms, 2 no. terraces and circulation; (d) extension of 2 no stairwells and 1 no. lift-shaft upwards to 5th floor level and the provision of a roof terrace (65sqm) with glass balustrade.

Planning status

A commencement notice has been lodged: works are under way or about to start.

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