Core Planning Reasoning
The Inspector recommends amending Condition 3 to permit ancillary meeting rooms and bar/restaurant facilities, concluding that they are essential for the hotel's operational viability and consistent with the density thresholds and safety requirements of the Fingal Development Plan and the ERM Public Safety Zone guidance.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed meeting rooms and bar/restaurant facilities are ancillary to the primary hotel use and do not result in a development density that materially exceeds the levels contemplated for the Outer Public Safety Zone in the ERM report.
- The inclusion of these facilities is an operational requirement for an airport hotel and is necessary to satisfy Failte Ireland's hotel classification scheme for a viable, standalone hotel.
- Condition 3 should be amended to restrict the meeting rooms to daytime use only (10am-5pm) and prohibit conferences or banqueting events to ensure the development remains within the intent of the Public Safety Zone regulations.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy CMP27Objective DMSO 105Objective DAO11Objective DAO14Objective DAO18Objective DAO19Objective DAO20Section 8.5.7Table 14.16Table 8.1
Decision Document Summary
The appeal concerns a first-party challenge to Condition 3 of a planning grant for a 100-bedroom, 5-storey hotel on a 0.75 ha site near Dublin Airport. Fingal County Council had conditioned the removal of all meeting rooms and bar/restaurant facilities to minimize density within the Outer Public Safety Zone. The applicant argued that such facilities are vital for the viability of an airport hotel and cited planning precedent (ABP 307884-20) where similar facilities were previously permitted on t...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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