Hotel plan has 40 objections, including from the Prior at John’s Lane Church
There is currently a shortage of hotel bed spaces in Dublin and in the area where Harry Crosbie is planning to construct a four-star, 182-bedroom Vicar Street “rock and room” concept hotel, according to planning consultant William Doran.In June, the city council stalled Mr Crosbie’s eight-storey hotel plan for the Liberties after it received 40 objections including one from a senior Augustinian priest, Fr Paddy O’Reilly, Prior at John’s Lane Church, Dublin 8.
In seeking further information on the scheme, the council pointed out that the City Development Plan policy seeks to avoid an over-concentration of hotels in certain areas of the city and requested Mr Crosbie’s firm to submit a report outlining all existing and planned hotel developments within a distance of one kilometre.
Mr Doran that the site would never become available for residential use and, also, the principle of a hotel on the site is accepted under the current city development plan. Mr Doran told the council the proposed hotel would, as part of its concept provide “rock and room” accommodation where a patron can book both a room and tickets for the Vicar Street venue.
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