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Dublin City Weekly Planning26 Jun 2026

WEB2592/26

Lands off Clonliffe Road, (formerly part of the Holy Cross College Seminary lands), Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3

Lead potentialLow

Retention permission for as-constructed amendments with no dominant new construction work.

Planning stageNew Application
Project typeRetention
Development sectorHospitality
Matched trades4

Source description

What is being proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION: WE, Páirc an Chrócaigh Cuideachta Faoi Theorainn Ráthaíochta. INTEND TO APPLY FOR RETENTION PERMISSION. For development at this site: Lands off Clonliffe Road (formerly part of the Holy Cross College Lands), Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3. The site comprises 0.51 hectares. The development will consist of: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for as-constructed amendments to permitted hotel development Reg. Ref. 2935/20 comprising of: (1) Reductions to the upper fl. levels & overall building height; (2) Revised stone fin designs to east & south elevations; (3) Transoms to permitted windows; (4) Permitted brick slip lintels on Levels 1-5 replaced with PPC aluminium flashing;…

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PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION: WE, Páirc an Chrócaigh Cuideachta Faoi Theorainn Ráthaíochta. INTEND TO APPLY FOR RETENTION PERMISSION. For development at this site: Lands off Clonliffe Road (formerly part of the Holy Cross College Lands), Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3. The site comprises 0.51 hectares. The development will consist of: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for as-constructed amendments to permitted hotel development Reg. Ref. 2935/20 comprising of: (1) Reductions to the upper fl. levels & overall building height; (2) Revised stone fin designs to east & south elevations; (3) Transoms to permitted windows; (4) Permitted brick slip lintels on Levels 1-5 replaced with PPC aluminium flashing; (5) Reconstituted stone band omitted; (6) New & revised fire escape doors at gnd. level; (7) Opaque glass to gnd. level windows & door omitted to west elevation & assoc. internal revisions; (8) Internal revisions at gnd. & 1st. floor; (9) At roof levels, re-siting of PV panels, new access door, access ladder, & lightning rod, & new & revised louvered plant screens. The development applied for is within the Holy Cross College landholding which includes a number of buildings on the Dublin City Council record of protected structures, including the following: the main College Building (1863): Holy Cross Church; the South Link Building; the Ambulatory; the Assembly Hall and the Red House, ref. 1901 and 1902 respectively, all at the Clonliffe College lands, Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3.

Opportunity fit

Why these trades match

4 evidence-led matches
01

Architecture Design

Medium

Amendments to a protected structure landholding require conservation-sensitive design.

02

Fire Safety

Medium

New and revised fire escape doors at ground level.

03

Roofing

Medium

Roof level works including re-siting of PV panels, access door, ladder and plant screens.

04

Solar

Medium

Re-siting of PV panels at roof levels.