Arranmore Apartments, 13-17 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4

Dec 17 2025

Application Received

Feb 18 2026

Decision

Feb 19 2026

Decision Due

Mar 19 2026

Appeal Submitted

Submitted: 17 / 12 / 2025
Dublin City Council
Application Type:
Permission
Application Status:
Decision Appealed
Council Decision:
GRANT PERMISSION (Unknown)

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Development Description:

THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: An amendment to the permitted development to change the wording of condition no. 7 as set out planning permission register reference 2022/87 which states the following: The development shall be used exclusively as a retirement complex where an appropriate management company shall be set up prior to occupation of any of the units. It shall not be used at any time in the future for accommodating non-retired people. Similarly no part of the development may be converted to ordinary flats or holiday homes. Reason: To prevent substandard development as the development standards of the proposal i.e. density car parking etc. would only be acceptable for retirement flats and not for ordinary flat development and also to provide for the proper planning and development of the area.’ To the following: The proposed development shall be used exclusively as an age-restricted residential complex for persons aged 55 years and over. An appropriate management company shall be maintained in place to oversee the maintenance, operation, and long-term management of the development. No part of the development shall, at any time, be used to accommodate persons under the age of 55 years and the development, or any part thereof, shall not be sold, let, or otherwise converted for use as standard or ordinary residential units or apartments. Reason: To ensure that the development continues to function as an age-specific residential complex in accordance with the stated intentions of the application, to maintain appropriate management arrangements, and to prevent the erosion of the specialised nature of the accommodation in the interest of orderly development.

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100m	21/05/2026	N/A	Nos, 46, 48 and 52 -54 Baggot Street Upper and Nos. 46, 48, 50 and 52-54 Eastmoreland Lane and fronting onto Eastmoreland Place, Dublin 4, D04 F2C8	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: WE The Raglan Townhouse Hotel Ltd. intend to apply for Permission and Permission for Retention. For development at this site of 0.1384 hectares at Nos.46, 48 and 52-54 Baggot Street Upper, together with Nos.46, 48, 50 and 52-54 Eastmoreland Lane, Dublin 4, Eircodes D04 F2C8, D04 Y9W8, D04 F671, D04 W7R8 and D04 XC67, and fronting onto Eastmoreland Place. Nos. 46, 48 & 52-54 Baggot Street Upper are Protected Structures (R.P.S. Nos.462, 463 and 465) Permission is sought for the following works to accommodate a 87-bedroom hotel (G.F.A. 4,100 square metres): Cafe/bar, cafe, hotel reception, courtyard and 12 guest bedrooms at ground floor level; Demolition of existing ground-floor (single-storey kitchen and toilets extension) (87 sq.m) at the rear of No.46 Baggot Street Upper, together with the reconfiguration of the existing restaurant at ground floor and new basement area, including the re-location of preparation kitchen and staff bathrooms to a new basement behind 46 Baggot Street Upper with access through hotel basement to shared goods inwards on Eastmoreland Lane, (the dental practice on the three upper floors of No.46 Baggot Street Upper will remain in place together with existing ground-floor, dentist's entrance-hallway in No.46 Baggot Street Upper); Demolition of a 110 sq.m., two-storey extension (built in 1984) at the rear of No.48 Baggot Street Upper, together with the reconfiguration of the existing shop at No.48 Baggot Street Upper, including the re-location of florist's office and workshop to a new basement behind No.48 Baggot Street Upper also with access through hotel basement to shared goods inwards on Eastmoreland Lane; Change the use of the three upper floors of No.48 Baggot Street Upper from offices to hotel bedrooms with proposed separate entrance via new, ground-floor, hotel hallway with proposed new side-door onto Baggot Street Upper at No.48; Demolition of 194 sq.m. existing two-storey gym at No.50 Eastmoreland Lane; Demolition of all twentieth-century, ground floor and first-floor (422 sq.m) flat-roof extensions from the rear of Nos.52-54 Baggot Street Upper; Change the use of Nos.52-54 Baggot Street Upper from bank branch and bank offices, to hotel, and construction of a new building to the rear of Nos. 46,48,50 & 52-54 Baggot Street Upper of four storeys plus basement floor for services & back-of-house facilities including staff-rooms, toilets, plant rooms, staff bicycle parking and waste sorting room; The development includes an off-street loading-bay, goods inwards, staff pedestrian entrance and short-term bin-staging-area within an enclosed yard off Eastmoreland Lane, together with SUDs features including green/blue roofs, four arrays of photo-voltaic panels on the roofs of the new buildings to the rear of Nos.46, 48, 50 and 52 Baggot Street Upper, placed towards the inner roof area around the inner courtyard, a 108 sq.m. landscaped courtyard at ground floor, and all ancillary site development and excavation works above and below ground. Site works also provide for an increased footpath width at the south-east corner of the site, road marking and tactile paving on the pedestrian paths on either side of the junction at Eastmoreland Place and Eastmoreland Lane. Retention Permission is also sought for the demolition of an unstable, original (but partly modified) garden wall of random, Calp Limestone and stock-brick between the rear of Nos.46 and 48 Baggot Street Upper (otherwise Nos.46 and 48 Eastmoreland Lane), where the original material has been cleaned, palleted and stored on-site for re-use on-site in the proposed landscaped courtyard marking original plot divisions between Nos.48 and 50 and between Nos.48 and 46 and also to be recycled and re-used in planter walls at the rear of Nos.52 and 54 Eastmoreland Lane.	Details...
240m	21/05/2026	N/A	2 Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dubln 4, D04X2DO	PROTECTED STRUCTURE : The removal of existing sheeted timber door to Raglan Lane and replacement with new steel-framed door with solid panel at lower level and glazed panels to upper section .	Details...
400m	19/05/2026	N/A	60, Wellington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E0H1	PROTECTED STRUCTURE Modification of existing doors to mews building to the rear laneway, on Raglan Lane to provide access for an EV car to allow charging within the existing Mews. The works include 1. removal of two existing sets of double outward opening timber doors and removal of internal concrete support pillar. 2. New sliding doors, one outward opening timber door & new supports. 3. Other minor internal alterations. All works to the rear and within the curtilage of a protected structure.	Details...
240m	18/05/2026	N/A	2 Raglan Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	The development will consist of the removal of existing sheeted timber door to Raglan Lane and replacement with new steel-framed door with solid panel at lower level and glazed panels to upper section .	Details...
420m	22/04/2026	N/A	9 Herbert Lane, Dublin 2, D02 X857	The change of use of the existing two storey building from commercial use to 1 no. two-bedroom, two storey dwelling. The works will include internal alterations to facilitate the new residential layout, the removal of the existing apex rooflight and the provision of 2 no. new velux rooflights, one to the front roof slope and one to the rear roof slope	Details...
410m	21/04/2026	GRANT PERMISSION AND RETENTION PERMISSION	44 Percy Lane, Ballsbridge Dublin 4	RETENTION & PERMISSION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Retention of development and proposed development comprising of: protected structure: (1) retention of the demolition of a substantially destroyed coach house and later extension and the part construction of a 93sqm 2-storey, 2-bedroom, townhouse and a below ground attenuation tank (all previously permitted under lapsed permission reg. Ref. 2845/20); and (2) full permission to complete the development of the 93sqm 2-storey, 2-bedroom townhouse to a revised design with 2 no. Rooflights to the front and rear and associated site works at 44 percy lane, dublin 4, located to the rear of a protected structure (44 haddington road rps 3435).	Details...
420m	31/03/2026	APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID	9 Herbert Lane, Dublin 2 , D02 X857	The development will consist of the change of use of the existing two storey building from commercial use to 1 no. two-bedroom residential mews dwelling. The works will include: • Internal alterations to facilitate the new residential layout; • The removal of the existing apex rooflight; • The provision of 2 no. new rooflights (1 no. Velux rooflight to the front pitch and 1 no. Velux rooflight to the rear pitch); The development will also include all associated site works.	Details...
140m	27/03/2026	APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID	38 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E3E6	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Sambourn Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for development on a site of c. 0.0226ha at No. 38 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 (A Protected Structure). The proposed development will consist of: A) The change of use of the property from commercial (office) and residential use to single residential use. B) The alteration, restoration and refurbishment of the property to comprise a single residential dwelling unit. C) The proposed works to the property comprise:- The removal of non-original modern external metal staircases and concrete yard to the rear of the property; The removal of non-original internal partitions; The provision of a replacement insulated floor slab at lower ground floor level; Creation of new opening at rear lower ground floor level to provide garden access (replacing an non-original window ope); Carrying out of essential repair works to existing historic fabric including the external stone steps, and timber staircase. Provision of minor non-invasive internal partition walls; Provision of new electrical wiring and heating system within the property; D) The carrying out of all other internal and external refurbishment and restoration works necessary to facilitate the proposed development of the property; all ancillary site development & infrastructural works, boundary treatment and hard and soft landscaping works. Parking will be provided to the rear of the property (in existing parking spaces within the curtilage of the property) with access off Baggot Lane.	Details...
250m	11/03/2026	N/A	55, Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4,D04 Y6K3	Planning Application for alterations and extensions to the existing three-storey end of terrace house at 55 Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y6K3 comprising: Alterations and extensions to the existing three-storey end of terrace house at 55 Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y6K3, comprising of conversion of the attic space to study with a new dormer to the rear, 1 no. new rooflight above the new dormer roof, plus modifications to the existing first floor internal layout with a new staircase to the converted attic space.	Details...
500m	06/03/2026	N/A	52 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4, D04 A665	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is requested for a development at 52 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, (a Protected Structure). The development consists of the erection of two fibreglass flag poles 7 metres high in the front garden of the property and the placing over the entrance door of the Vietnamese national emblem in a circular disc 0.85 metres in diameter for The Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Ireland.	Details...
300m	16/02/2026	GRANT RETENTION PERMISSION	56 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin, Dublin 4, D04 W7W1	RETENTION: retention permission for development at no. 56 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4, D04 W7W1. The development consists of the retention of the following works to the existing two storey detached mews dwelling:- Retention of the single storey rear extension;- Retention of the single storey front porch; - Retention of bin and bike storage shed within the front courtyard; and - Retention of the rear garden shed as well as all ancillary site development works.	Details...
240m	30/01/2026	APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID	47, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04R2E2 and Haddington Lane	The development will consist of alterations to previously approved permission ref web 2428/25 to include: demolition of single storey extension to the rear, erection of two storey extension to the rear, comprising living accommodation, internal alterations, alterations to windows/openings at rear (main) elevation of existing building at ground, first and second floor and ancillary related works.	Details...
240m	28/01/2026	APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID	47 Haddington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 R2E2	The development will consist of alterations to previously approved permission ref web 2428/25 to include: demolition of single storey extension to the rear , erection of two storey extension to the rear comprising living accomodation , internal alterations ,,alterations to windows/openings at rear ( main ) elevation of existing building at ground first and second floor and ancillary related works .	Details...
370m	16/01/2026	GRANT PERMISSION	85, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04W2N1	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The works to the Lower Ground floor will include; the demolition of a single storey conservatory and dismantling of an external staircase to the rear return. The widening of existing openings at the front and rear elevations, the reopening of a historic door opening and forming of two new window openings to the rear, removal of internal partition walls and making good of internal walls affected by damp. The construction of a single storey extension to the rear to contain a new accessible bathroom, a screen wall on the rear line of the return and a new stairs providing access from the upper ground floor to the rear garden. The installation of a new kitchen and general decoration works. At Upper Ground floor the construction of a small landing / deck with 1.8m high screening and the alteration of an existing opening to form a door to provide independent access to the rear garden. No parking spaces or significant trees will be affected. Existing connections to be used for supply and drainage of water.	Details...
190m	13/01/2026	GRANT PERMISSION	11 St. Mary's Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04K7R2	PROTECTED STRUCTURE:The development will consist of the demolition of the existing 19 square metre single storey extension to the rere and replacement with a 26 square meter single storey flat roof extension in the same location incorporating 2 no. rooflights, together with alterations to 2 no. windows on the rere return and associated site works. The installation of PV solar panels to the inner roof pitches of the main roof and the installation of a new roof access hatch.	Details...
330m	12/01/2026	N/A	35, St. Mary's Road, Dublin 4	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The works will consist of refurbishment of existing house including internal alterations to layout. The demolition of existing single storey extension to rear of house, and single storey garage to back of site facing Pembroke Gardens. The construction of a new single storey kitchen extension to rear of house and a detached two storey mews to the back of site with access to Pembroke Gardens. The mews will contain a garage at ground floor level providing a parking space and an artists studio at first floor level. No other parking or mature trees will be affected.	Details...
0m	15/12/2025	APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID	Arranmore Apartments, 13-17 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4	THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: An amendment to the permitted development to change the wording of condition no. 7 as set out planning permission register reference 2022/87 which states the following: The development shall be used exclusively as a retirement complex where an appropriate management company shall be set up prior to occupation of any of the units. It shall not be used at any time in the future for accommodating non-retired people. Similarly no part of the development may be converted to ordinary flats or holiday homes. Reason: To prevent substandard development as the development standards of the proposal i.e. density car parking etc. would only be acceptable for retirement flats and not for ordinary flat development and also to provide for the proper planning and development of the area.’ To the following: The proposed development shall be used exclusively as an age-restricted residential complex for persons aged 55 years and over. An appropriate management company shall be maintained in place to oversee the maintenance, operation, and long-term management of the development. No part of the development shall, at any time, be used to accommodate persons under the age of 55 years and the development, or any part thereof, shall not be sold, let, or otherwise converted for use as standard or ordinary residential units or apartments. Reason: To ensure that the development continues to function as an age-specific residential complex in accordance with the stated intentions of the application, to maintain appropriate management arrangements, and to prevent the erosion of the specialised nature of the accommodation in the interest of orderly development.	Details...
400m	12/12/2025	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	48, Haddington Road, Dublin 4	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the fitting of Solar panels to the front, rear and valley slopes of the double pitched roof and the following works to the front façade: cleaning the brickwork, cleaning the granite steps, cills, string course and coping stones and local repairs to patent cement reveals to windows including repainting, and all ancillary works to this three storey over garden level residential building at 48 Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 T20P by Brownwood Developments Limited. This is a Protected Structure.	Details...
380m	05/12/2025	GRANT PERMISSION	81 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 4	The development will consist of an extension to the existing mews dwelling at 81 Heytesbury Lane, Dublin 04. The proposed extension will involve the partial demolition and reconfiguration of the existing dwelling. The proposed works include the relocation of both vehicular and pedestrian access points, as well as the construction of part two-storey and part three-storey extensions. The project also incorporates updated materiality and fenestration, together with associated landscape works, and the introduction of a roof terrace.	Details...

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