The hotel — commencement notices

“The construction of a new three storey over basement building with a set back penthouse top floor. The building will have five floors including basement and will have a total floor area of 1868 m2. The new building generally follows the massing and volume of the five storey mixed use building approved under planning permissions Reg. Ref. 3113/07 and 6054/07.The use of the building is to be a boutique hotel comprising of a Reception area with a Bar and Restaurant at ground floor, a total of 40 guest bedrooms on the first and second floor levels and a roof-top Restaurant at the penthouse level, set back from both the Ranelagh and the Mornington Road facades with associated roof terrace. No public access is proposed to the rear flat roof facing Mornington Road, except for general maintenance. The hotel basement is to contain one small ‘art-house’ screening room seating approximately 50 people, projection room, toilet facilities, a meeting room, storage and plant rooms. The building will also contain services and all other ancillary works to service the hotel. The lane linking Mornington Road to Ranelagh will be retained for pedestrian use and enhanced. The front door to the hotel will be from Ranelagh.”