Land parcel 5524696

Area

124 m²

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 472 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

• 15 Oct 2025Grant permission

  We, Findlater House Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for alterations to the existing/permitted at Holiday Inn Express (Formerly Known as Findlater House), 28-32 O’Connell Street Upper and Cathal Brugha Street / Findlater Place, Dublin 1. The proposed development will consist of alterations to the existing / permitted hotel building (as per the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: 3200/22 and ACP Ref.: 313981-22) and includes the following: • Alterations to the permitted basement level layout, involving reconfiguration of storage areas, staff facilities, plant and back of house area and the inclusion of a hotel gym and associated changing areas. • Alterations to the existing/permitted layout at ground floor level including the extension of floor area at the corner of O’Connell Street / Cathal Brugha Street. • Amalgamation of the existing/permitted café and restaurant units into the ground floor layout of the hotel providing the same food and beverage facilities, with associated reconfiguration of the lobby/lounge area including a new bar area and provision of a new hotel entrance from O’Connell Street. • Relocation of permitted cycle parking spaces to the courtyard area. • Reconfiguration of the permitted ESB sub-station location at ground floor level and internal alterations to the permitted stair core from basement to first floor level. • The development includes associated alterations to the existing/permitted facades on the southern, northern and western elevations. • No changes are proposed to the permitted development from second to sixth floor levels. • All associated development works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5409/25

• 2 Feb 2022Grant permission

  Planning permission for development at Holiday Inn Express (Formerly known as Findlater House), 28-32 O'Connell Street Upper and Cathal Brugha Street / Findlater Place, Dublin 1. The application site is located on the junction of O'Connell Street Upper, Findlater Place and Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1. The subject site is located within the O'Connell Street Architectural Conservation Area. The proposed development will consist of alterations and provision of an extension (comprising 7 storeys over basement) to the existing / permitted 8 storey hotel building (an additional eighth storey, permitted under Reg. Ref.: 2084/18 & ABP Ref.: 301378-18, and a fire fighting shaft, permitted under Reg. Ref.: 2850/19, have yet to be implemented). The proposed development comprises of the following: • Alterations to the existing basement level involving the omission of the existing car parking spaces and access ramp to provide 9 no. hotel rooms, plant, bin store and ancillary back of house areas; • The demolition of c. 355 sq.m of existing hotel floorspace and external ancillary structures within the existing courtyard and alterations to the existing bar/restaurant at ground floor level, and provision of a proposed extension including an additional 9 no. hotel rooms at ground floor level. It is also proposed to provide 34 no. cycle spaces at ground floor level; • A proposed seven storey extension (located within the existing courtyard to the rear of the site) from basement to 6th floor level to provide for an additional 103 no. hotel rooms; • Alterations to existing hotel rooms and removal of 6 no. rooms from first to sixth floor level to provide access to stair/lift cores and the proposed extension; • The proposed development will increase the total number of existing / permitted hotel rooms from 214 no. to 311 no. rooms, i.e. a net increase of 97 no. hotel rooms, and will increase the overall gross floor area from c. 10,880 sq.m to c. 13,490 sq.m.; and • The proposed development also includes for the decommissioning of an existing ESB substation and provision of a new ESB sub-station at ground floor level, and all associated and ancillary works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3200/22

• 26 Apr 2019Grant permission

  The development will consist of amendments to the permitted development under Reg. Ref.: 2084/18 relating to the construction of a part additional floor to the existing 7 storey building. The proposed development seeks permission for the construction of a fire-fighting shaft to the rear (north) of the building to serve existing floors ground to 6th floor (seventh storey) inclusive plus the additional floor permitted under Reg. Ref: 2084/18. The proposed fire-fighting shaft will include changes to the vehicular entrance, shutter and basement access ramp on Cathal Brugha Street to facilitate egress from the fire-fighting shaft to Cathal Brugha Street.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2850/19

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

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

• House, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay four-storey former house, built c.1780, with replacement timber front to ground floor shared with Nos. 81 and 82. Now in use as hotel. Full-height hipped return to rear. Hipped artificial slate roof with brick parapet having granite coping, stepped brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted brick walls laid in English garden wall bond. Square-headed window openings with painted brick reveals, painted granite sills and replacement uPVC windows.

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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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.