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
0.3243 ha · Granted · permission to May 2031 (estimate)
Planning application WEB1779/26 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 27 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
Proposed development
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL - We, Persian Properties Unlimited, intend to apply for 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 a change of use on the 7th floor of the previously approved Planning Application Reg. Ref. 4018/24 for the construction of a new hotel extension building, from bedrooms to restaurant use, comprising of the following: (i) Change of use on the 7th floor from 6 number suite bedrooms to restaurant and south facing terrace with associated service and back of house areas (kitchen, toilets & storage). (ii) External terrace area of 78m2. Terrace area has been restricted to prevent overlooking of properties to the North and East of the hotel extension (iii) Proposed 7th floor internal floor area decreased by 36m2. (iv) Proposed new external services area to the east end of the terrace to be screened (not accessible by public).
Planning status
Permission was granted on 27 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…
- WEB1707/26The Alex Hotel, 16-20 Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2, D02Y097, and 41-47 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02H678.Granted
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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