Council enforcement targeted property owners listing on platforms such as Airbnb and booking.com, issuing approximately 300 warning letters this year as the initial enforcement step. Since the Short Term Letting legislation began in July 2019, 1,996 cases have been resolved and closed following compliance with enforcement requirements. Property owners seeking planning retention for unauthorised short‑term letting face significant obstacles due to a Dublin City Development Plan policy that generally presumes against dedicated short‑term tourist rental accommodation because of impacts on housing availability. Specific cases include a refusal for ten apartments near Dublin Castle and a pending six‑bedroom application.
In a clampdown against those property owners placing their properties on platforms such as Airbnb and booking.com, the Council has confirmed that it has issued to date this year the approximate 300 warning letters which is the first step planning authorities take in planning enforcement actions. A spokesman for the Council said today: "To date since the initiation of the Short Term Letting legislation in July 2019, a successful resolution has been achieved in respect of 1,996 cases, these cases have been resolved and closed following the commencement of and compliance with enforcement requirements."
Property owners who do seek to regularise their unauthorised use through planning retention applications however face an uphill struggle in securing planning retention for their short-term letting. This arises from a policy in the Dublin City Development Plan where there is a general presumption against the provision of dedicated short term tourist rental accommodation in the city due to the impact on the availability of housing stock.
One of the property owners to receive a warning letter was the operator of Dublin Castle Suites, Olympia Real Estate Limited. The firm received a warning letter in March and earlier this month, Dublin City Council refused the firm's planning application for the planning retention to continue the short term rental use of its 10 apartments facing onto Parliament Street and Dame Street and close to Dublin Castle and Temple Bar.
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