Third setback for UK hospitality group as beer garden at its Camden Street hotel remains closed
Plans for a 13ft high glass acoustic barrier at Keaven's Port Hotel have been rejected. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Local residents had objected, claiming that the application would turn a super-pub into a mega-pub by reopening the courtyard. The plan for the 13ft high acoustic glass screen is the firm’s second bid to address those noise complaints. In 2023, JD Wetherspoon abandoned plans to erect a 43ft high sound barrier, dubbed “taller than the Berlin Wall” by one objector, after strong local opposition.
But the council has refused planning to the glass screen proposal after concluding that the proposed development would constitute an unacceptable overdevelopment of the open courtyard area to the rear of the protected structure at No. 3 Camden Street Upper.
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