4880/22

Description

Fitzwilliam Real Estate Developments Ltd intends to apply for permission for development at this site of c.0.555 hectares at: No. 97 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1; 16/17 Prince's Street North, Dublin 1; the area previously known as Nos. 19/25 Prince's Street North, Dublin 1; the 'Arnotts' Car Park', with an address of Nos. 98-101 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 and the associated roof of the car park over Arnott's Store at Nos. 102-107 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1; Nos. 2-3, 4 and 4A Proby's Lane, Dublin 1; and Nos. 7/7A and 8 Liffey Street Upper, Dublin 1. The proposed development will consist of a hotel development consisting of the: demolition of the existing 3 No. storey Eircom structure to the rear of No. 97 Middle Abbey Street (c. 2,201 sq m), rooftop stairwell enclosures (c.128 sq m) and of the existing rear extensions No. 97 Middle Abbey Street (second and third floor levels) (c. 11sq m) decommissioning and demolition of the top three open-air levels of the Arnotts' car park (resulting in the removal of 145 no. car parking spaces, with 225 no. car parking spaces remaining); development of a 9 no. storey (with setbacks) over basement element fronting William's Lane, a 3 no. storey (with setbacks) element above Arnotts' car park and 2 no. storey (with setback) element above Arnotts store, to provide hotal (254 no. bedrooms and related ancillary hotel facilities and restaurant uses (including reception area, lobby, public bar, restaurant, cold room, storage areas, administration and staff facilities, plant, refuse area and bicycle parking area) with a total new build gross floor of c. 10,689 sq m (including c. 632 sq m basement, and ESB substation with switchrooms); and the change of use (from basement to fourth floor levels to hotel), refurbishment (internal and external alterations) and extension (to link with the new build hotel in the rear) of No. 97 Middle Abbey Street (total floor area of c. 404 sq m (including c. 124 sq m basement); the continued use of the Arnotts' car park stairs (ground, first, second and their floor levels) and Arnotts' store stairs (ground, first, second, third, fourth and fifth floor levels) (c. 205 sq m and c.142 sq m respectively); associated lighting, pedestrian access via no. 97 Middle Abbey Street and William's Lane; sustainable urban drainage systems (including green roofs and attenuation tanks; associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); associated hard and soft landscaping and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including changes in level, boundary treatments and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply). The total gross floor area of the overall development is c. 11,440 sq m. The development will also consist of : the erection of no. side-lit signs, 1 no. on the south elevation (entrance to no. 97 Middle Abbey Street) and 1 no. on the east elevation (William's Lane) measuring c.0 49 sq m each.

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Address

97 Middle Abbey St & 16/17 Prince's Street North, 19/25 Prince's Street North & 98-101 Middle Abbey Street & 102-107 Middle Abbey Steet & 2-3, 4 & 4A Proby's Lane & 7/7A and 8 Liffey Street Upper, Dublin 1.

Coordinates

53.348286290722434, -6.263225698775178

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