Development of this site at 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2
The Alex Hotel, 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097, and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678.
0.3243 ha · Granted · permission to May 2031 (estimate)
Planning application WEB1707/26 to Dublin City Council: Development of this site at 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2. Granted by the council on 20 May 2026. The permission normally runs to May 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).
This application amends 4018/24, which carries the original file.
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Council granted
- Permission normally ends (estimate)
The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.
Key facts
Homes and mix
- ESB substations
Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.
Proposed development
Permission for development of this site at 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097 and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678. The development will consist of minor revisions to previously approved Planning Application Reg. Ref. 4018/24 for the construction of a new hotel extension building. Revisions are to allow for the operational and functional requirements of the proposed hotel and comprise: (i) Ground Floor extended to Northern boundary to provide for a Breakfast Servery to restaurant (Total additional area = 51m2). (ii) Revisions to ESB substation and switch room on Cumberland Street South to meet ESB requirements. Total reduction in area 2m2. (iii) Revisions to lower ground floor layout to accommodate a wellness area, staff facilities and WC layouts. No additional area. (iv) Lift overruns - Local increase in height to front of House (FOH) lifts of 725mm to the North and East elevations. Local increase in height to Back of House (BOH) Lift of 550mm to North elevation. No additional area. (v) Increase in overall height of 350mm to accommodate green roof build up bringing overall height to 27.850m. Additional height set back by 800mm from outer edge and not visible from the ground. (vi) Proposed overall building area increase equals 49m2.
Planning status
Permission was granted on 20 May 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to May 2031 (estimate).
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Nearby applications
Other applications on the Dublin register close to this address.
- WEB1673/26The Alex Hotel, 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097, and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678.Closed
Development of this site at 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097 and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2…
- 4018/24Hospitality House, 16-20 Cumberland Street, Dublin 2 D02Y097 & Alex Hotel, 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02H678Granted
16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097 and 41- 47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2…
- WEB1779/26The Alex Hotel, 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097, and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2Granted
Development of this site at 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097 and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2…
- WEB2196/26The Alex Hotel, 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097, and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678.Granted
RETENTION AND PERMISSION: The development will consist of Retention Permission of the existing 6th Floor Attic Roof Space (598 m²)…
- WEB3027/2622/23 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02 TX65Lodged
The change of use of a 156.5m2 first floor commercial unit to 2 no. Two bed apartments as well as the addition of 41.5m2 private open space at roof level…
- WEB1772/24The Atlantis Building, Cumberland Court, Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2Granted
One one-bedroom apartment on the fourth floor and one one-bedroom duplex apartment on the second to third floor.
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