Development at The Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2…

Proposed development

We, Earlsfort Centre Hotel Proprietors Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for development at The Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 V562. To the north of the site, is the St. Stephen’s Green House office complex. A portion of the application site also fronts onto Leeson Street Lower. To the south of the site is the Earlsfort Centre office complex, and to the east of the site are the offices fronting onto Lesson Street Lower including Ormonde House, with the National Concert Hall opposite, to the west. The proposed development comprises upgrades works and extension of the existing hotel, including: • Elevational upgrade works to the existing hotel including replacement and enhancement of windows; • A new 8 storey extension over existing event space, resulting in a 10 storey building with accommodation and reconfiguration of the existing event space at ground level with additional head height and ancillary spaces at first floor and 8 No floors of bedroom accommodation; • Internal modifications and improvements to hotel facilities; • 7th floor extension to Earlsfort Terrace and provision of additional floor to existing hotel providing resulting in a 9 no. storey building with set back to Earlsfort Terrace over existing basement and lower ground floor; • Existing bar and restaurant facade upgrade facing Earlsfort Plaza; • An increase in hotel bedrooms from 192 No. to 308 No. (an increase of 6,189 sqm); and • All associated works, site development, landscaping, plant, demolition and construction work and consequential revisions to the existing hotel internally and externally. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council, Planning Department, Block 4, Ground Floor, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 during its public opening hours (9.00a.m.- 4.30p.m.). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

What happens next

Permission was granted on 17 Apr 2026. 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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