Dublin City Council is getting tough on the overconcentration of hotel and aparthotel developments in the city centre.
Applications to build three such developments have been refused by the local authority in recent months on the "overconcentration" grounds. Plans for an eight-bed hotel at Merchants Arch in Temple Bar, a 142-bed hotel on Capel Street and a 37-bed aparthotel on Francis Street were all rejected by DCC.
An Bord Pleanala did overturn the Capel Street decision after the developer appealed it. The planning board cited a lack of "specific policy basis" for DCC's refusal in their decision.
