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Dublin City Council · WEB1404/26

College House, College Square, Townsend St, Dublin 2, D02 A4T2

Approved in May 2026. No sign of building yet.

  1. 24 Feb 2026Received
  2. 17 Apr 2026Approved
  3. 26 May 2026Final approval
  4. 26 May 2031Approval runs out

Earlier approval here ran out with no sign of building: 2583/20 (2020), 4170/19 (2020), 3668/19 (2020)

Status
Approved
Decision
Approved · 17 Apr 2026
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
6,368 m²

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What’s proposed

In plain English

Two internally illuminated high level signs at College House

The applicant wants to install two new signs with raised acrylic lettering on the building. These signs will be lit from the inside using LED lighting.

  • One sign is located at sixth floor level on Townsend Street
  • One sign is located at eighth floor level on Poolbeg Street
  • Signs are fixed back to the building structure
Written by AI from the council’s description

An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.

The council’s description

The proposed development relates to permission for: • 1 no. ‘Workday’ high level sign comprising raised individual coloured acrylic lettering, fixed back to structure, with an overall area of 2.725m x 5.672m, internally illuminated with led lighting, located on the building inset at sixth floor level on the southern elevation on Townsend Street. • 1 no. ‘Workday’ high level sign comprising raised individual coloured acrylic lettering, fixed back to structure, with an overall area of 3.713m x 7.734m, internally illuminated with led lighting, located at eighth floor level on the northern elevation on Poolbeg Street

Planning details

Reference
WEB1404/26
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
24 Feb 2026
Observations close
31 Mar 2026 (closed 192 days ago)
Decision due
20 Apr 2026 · decided 17 Apr 2026
Decision
Grant permission on 17 Apr 2026
Proposed development
The proposed development relates to permission for: • 1 no. ‘Workday’ high level sign comprising raised individual coloured acrylic lettering, fixed back to structure, with an overall area of 2.725m x 5.672m, internally illuminated with led lighting, located on the building inset at sixth floor level on the southern elevation on Townsend Street. • 1 no. ‘Workday’ high level sign comprising raised individual coloured acrylic lettering, fixed back to structure, with an overall area of 3.713m x 7.734m, internally illuminated with led lighting, located at eighth floor level on the northern elevation on Poolbeg Street
As published by the register.
Site area
6,368 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Zoning

Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

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  • NIAH-recorded building · 182
    Loop Line Railway; Wynns Hotel
  • Radon risk area · 2
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  • Recorded monument · 31
    Religious house - Augustinian canons; Hospital

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

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Summary

WEB1404/26 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the proposed development relates to permission for: • 1 no. ‘Workday’ high level sign, received on 24 Feb 2026; permission was granted on 17 Apr 2026.