Plans to build a hotel over the historic Cobblestone pub in Smithfield have been scaled back in an effort to get the project green lighted.
Dublin City Council rejected the original nine-storey, 114-bed scheme which would have seen the removal of the pub's back room, where a lot of its gigs take place.
The announcement of the project faced significant backlash, with over 700 complaints filed to the Council and a petition to maintain the full protected structure of the pub receiving thousands of signatures.
Now developers Marron Estates Ltd and architects C+W O'Brien have submitted an appeal to An Bord Pleanala with amended plans for a seven-storey development, which will allow for "the retention of the entire Cobblestone pub over all floors at basement, ground and first and second floors", according to RTE.
However, the back room would still be shut down, with plans now offering a new purpose-built performance space to be built in a yard at the back of the site.
The new area would then be reconnected to the existing pub.
"In order for the proposed development to fulfil the maximum site potential, it was necessary to propose relocating the existing back room venue to a new purpose built performing space, with a direct link to the Cobblestone pub," the architects said.
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