Block 5 (now known as The Maltings Building), Grand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
WEB1158/26 is a planning application for permission at Block 5 (now known as The Maltings Building), Grand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal Place, Dublin 8, received by Dublin City Council on 26 Jan 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: A planning permission is sought for: (a) a change of use from previously permitted retail, medical and office (3209/19) and medical (3405/23) use to educational use (excluding ground floor café area), (b) minor internal alterations and, (c) all associated works. The council granted permission on 17 Jul 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Mar 2026. A commencement notice (SN0013751DC) was lodged on 17 Feb 2026, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 96 other decided applications in the last five years and 14 appeals.
Proposal
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: A planning permission is sought for: (a) a change of use from previously permitted retail, medical and office (3209/19) and medical (3405/23) use to educational use (excluding ground floor café area), (b) minor internal alterations and, (c) all associated works.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Grant permission on 17 Jul 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 745 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 26 Jan 2026New applicationObservation window closed 2 Mar 2026
- 20 Mar 2026Further information requested
- 23 Jun 2026Further information received
- 17 Jul 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 14 Aug 2026
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1 Deadlines still open
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0013751DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- EPA-licensed facility · 4
- NIAH-recorded building · 57
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 13
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 84126). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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