Land parcel 2852544

Area

157 m²

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 817 m².

Zoning

M2 Z5: City Centre (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 7 Jul 2026Registered application

  easyHotel Ireland Limited seek Planning Permission for revisions to previously granted Planning Permission Ref. WEB1828/25 at the existing 160 Bedroom Six-storey over Ground Level Hotel consisting of the following; 1) Revisions to the previously proposed separate Lounge/Seating Area and Breakfast Room layout at Ground Level which are now proposed to be amalgamated with the existing Ground Floor Reception Lobby into a single, open plan space with a 75-seat Breakfast Room area (reduced in size from that previously permitted), a repositioned Kitchen, Buffet Servery and Hotel Reception and additional Luggage Storage/Office space. 2) Provision of a total No. of 4 additional Hotel Bedrooms consisting of an extra 1 No. Double occupancy Hotel Bedroom, 2 No. Triple occupancy Hotel Bedrooms and an extra 1 No. Universal Access Double occupancy Hotel Bedroom, all located to the rear of the reduced Breakfast Room area at Ground Level facing Easterly to Wood Lane and Westerly to the rear access yard and requiring minor elevation amendments as described below. 3) Revisions to Fire Safety Escape Routes to facilitate the shared Lobby/Seating and Breakfast Room and additional 4 No. Hotel Bedrooms by construction of a fire-separated protected lobby and exit route to the repositioned final exit door on Benburb Street from the main stair of the existing hotel. 4) Revisions to Ground Floor shopfronts and signage on the Benburb Street South Elevation including repositioning of the main fire escape door to the Western bay, repositioning of the main entrance doors and overhead ‘easyHotel’ sign to the Central bay as a pair of electronic sliding doors with repositioned ‘easyHotel’ signage above and decorative opaque vinyl manifestations up to 1,200mm in height from ground level to the Eastern bay for modesty reasons to window-facing seats. 5) Revisions to Ground Floor shopfronts on the Wood Lane East Elevation including decorative opaque vinyl manifestations up to 1,200mm in height from ground level for modesty reasons to window-facing seats and additional powdercoated aluminium air extract and intake ventilation louvres at 2700mm above ground level to the Southern bay nearest Benburb Street and replacement of the Central recessed bay glazed shopfront with a mild steel privacy/security screen including a fire escape exit gate and 3 No. recessed Hotel Bedroom windows and 1 No. Fire Escape doorway set in a new recessed rendered blockwork wall. 6) Revision to the rear West elevation to include 1 No. new recessed Hotel Bedroom window facing onto the rear access yard. 7) Additional mechanical, heating and ventilation and plant as required which is all to be located within existing plant enclosures, risers and rooms. 8) Revisions to on site below ground drainage as required to facilitate the additional bedrooms and kitchen.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2682/26

• 22 Oct 2025Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The Law Society of Ireland intends to apply for permission for development at its site comprising 0.46 Hectares being the Greenhall Building (The Law Society Diploma Centre Eircode D07 R81C), within the curtilage of the former Blue Coat School (protected structure RPS no.765) at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 D07 VY24 and the adjoining shed building, to the south, off Benburb Street (Eircode D07 AEC5), Dublin 7. The proposed development will comprise: 1. Demolition of the existing single storey print facility building and adjacent lean-to-shed (c.93sqm ) and the removal of the temporary poly tunnel (c.35sqm) located to the west of the Greenhall building. 2. Demolition of the shed building (c.538sqm) off Benburb Street to the south of the Greenhall building. 3. Alteration works to the existing Greenhall building to provide an enlarged flexible teaching space, additional toilets, lecture room, counselling room and connections to the proposed extension. 4. The construction of a single-storey extension to the west end of the Greenhall building to provide a new secondary entrance and a moot court with judge’s chambers (c.93sqm) with SUDS compliant green roof. 5. The construction of an upper floor extension to the west end of the Greenhall building to provide a lecture room, counselling room and accessible WC (c.126 sqm) with SUDS compliant green roof. 6. The construction of a glazed link (c.12sqm) connecting the three-storey extension to the east end of Greenhall building at first-floor level. 7. The construction of a three-storey extension (with local lowering of the ground level by approximately 2.3m) to the south of the Greenhall building to provide 12 tutorial rooms, 2 meeting rooms, a changing-places sanitary facility, with rooftop plant enclosure and roof mounted plant over and roof mounted photovoltaic panels (c.1,134sqm) with SUDS compliant blue roof. 8. The creation of a new entrance plaza to the east of the proposed three storey extension, which involves the removal of a c.11.3m long portion of a boundary wall to create an opening onto the Academic Street to the south of the former Blue Coat School building. The stone removed will be used to build low stone walls around the plaza, topped with metal railings. 9. The replacement of the existing vehicular ramp with a new ramp to provide improved fire tender and delivery access to the rear of Blackhall Place via existing vehicular access from Benburb Street. 10. New gardens and landscaping to the south and west of the building and along the edges of the new vehicular ramp. 11. The construction of cycle parking facilities to the west of the proposed single-storey extension. 12. Upgrading works to the existing tennis court, removal of outdoor gym equipment, hard landscaping and all other repair and refurbishment site development and associated site development works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5476/25

• 17 Oct 2025Application declared invalid

  PROTECTED SRTRUCTURE: The Law Society of Ireland intends to apply for permission for development at its site comprising 0.46 Hectares being the Greenhall Building (The Law Society Diploma Centre Eircode D07 R81C), within the curtilage of the former Blue Coat School (protected structure RPS no.765) at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7 D07 VY24 and the adjoining shed building, to the south, off Benburb Street (Eircode D07 AEC5), Dublin 7. The proposed development will comprise: 1. Demolition of the existing single storey print facility building and adjacent lean-to-shed (c.93sqm ) and the removal of the temporary poly tunnel (c.35sqm) located to the west of the Greenhall building. 2. Demolition of the shed building (c.538sqm) off Benburb Street to the south of the Greenhall building. 3. Alteration works to the existing Greenhall building to provide an enlarged flexible teaching space, additional toilets, lecture room, counselling room and connections to the proposed extension. 4. The construction of a single-storey extension to the west end of the Greenhall building to provide a new secondary entrance and a moot court with judge’s chambers (c.93sqm) with SUDS compliant green roof. 5. The construction of an upper floor extension to the west end of the Greenhall building to provide a lecture room, counselling room and accessible WC (c.126 sqm) with SUDS compliant green roof. 6. The construction of a glazed link (c.12sqm) connecting the three-storey extension to the east end of Greenhall building at first-floor level. 7. The construction of a three-storey extension (with local lowering of the ground level by approximately 2.3m) to the south of the Greenhall building to provide 12 tutorial rooms, 2 meeting rooms, a changing-places sanitary facility, with rooftop plant enclosure and roof mounted plant over and roof mounted photovoltaic panels (c.1,134sqm) with SUDS compliant blue roof. 8. The creation of a new entrance plaza to the east of the proposed three storey extension, which involves the removal of a c.11.3m long portion of a boundary wall to create an opening onto the Academic Street to the south of the former Blue Coat School building. The stone removed will be used to build low stone walls around the plaza, topped with metal railings. 9. The replacement of the existing vehicular ramp with a new ramp to provide improved fire tender and delivery access to the rear of Blackhall Place via existing vehicular access from Benburb Street. 10. New gardens and landscaping to the south and west of the building and along the edges of the new vehicular ramp. 11. The construction of cycle parking facilities to the west of the proposed single-storey extension. 12. Upgrading works to the existing tennis court, removal of outdoor gym equipment, hard landscaping and all other repair and refurbishment site development and associated site development works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5432/25

• 14 Apr 2025Grant permission

  Permission for amalgamation of the adjacent standalone permitted Café/Restaurant unit at ground floor level (vacant since completion) into the existing easyHotel Dublin hotel premises and the change-of-use of the Café/Restaurant unit to Lounge/Seating area, Breakfast Room and Service Kitchen/Pantry serving the existing Hotel use, to include for one new double-door opening to be formed in the existing party wall dividing the vacant Café/Restaurant unit from the existing hotel lobby and ground floor. There are no changes proposed to the exterior elevations and shopfronts and the Breakfast Room, Service Kitchen/Pantry and Lounge/Seating areas will avail of bin storage, service access, drainage, water supply and mechanical and electrical plant areas as previously proposed and constructed for the Café/Restaurant unit and as granted in Planning Permission Reference 3655/19.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1828/25

• 4 Mar 2022Grant permission

  The development will consist of revised site boundary alignments and treatments to the staggered western boundary to Law Society lands pursuant to previous grant of planning permission P.A. reference 3655/19.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3432/22

• 23 Feb 2022Application declared inva

  The development will consist of revised site boundary alignments and treatments to the staggered western boundary to law society lands pursuant to previous grant of planning permission P.A. reference 3655/19.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3360/22

• 1 Aug 2019Grant permission

  The development will consist of alterations to previously approved Planning Permission, Planning Authority Ref. 2692/16, An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL29N.247314. The alterations to include: a reduction in the floor to floor heights of the proposed development; the addition of a single floor of hotel bedroom accommodation providing for a three to seven storey Hotel building (progressively set back at its fourth and seventh storeys) resulting in a net increase of building height from currently permitted 20.6 metres above existing ground level to a proposed main roof parapet height of 21.8 metres above existing ground level; provision of a screened rooftop plant enclosure and lift over-run; omission of the previously permitted basement level of 730 sq m gross floor area; alterations to internal layouts including relocation of lifts and staircases resulting in an increase in bedroom room numbers from the currently permitted 96 No. bedrooms to a proposed 160 No. bedrooms; alterations to hotel public areas at Ground Level including omission of Hotel Restaurant and Kitchen; repositioning of the Hotel Public Entrance on the proposed West elevation to Benburb Street to allow for the inclusion of a separate Cafe/restaurant unit of 292 sq m gross floor area at the corner of Benburb Street and Wood Lane; revisions to previously approved elevations; the omission of 3 no. currently permitted car parking spaces; an increase from currently permitted 10 No. bicycle parking spaces to a proposed 20 No. bicycle parking spaces; revisions to hard and soft landscaping proposals to Benburb Street and Wood Lane; amended signage; revisions to location of ancillary plant, stormwater attenuation and ESB sub-station together with revisions to site development and site excavation works above and below ground. The alterations give a reduction in the previously permitted gross floor area of 3,904 sq m to a proposed gross floor area of 3,655 sq m.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3655/19

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3206 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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