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Dublin City Council · WEB2297/26

College House, College Square, Townsend Street, Dublin 2

  1. 28 May 2026Received
  2. 10 Jul 2026Grant permission
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Status
Granted
Decision
Grant permission · 10 Jul 2026
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
6,269 m²

What’s proposed

The College Square development is located onto Townsend St, Tara Street, Poolbeg Street & Theatre Royal Way, Dublin 2. The proposed development relates to a temporary five-year permission for: • 1 no. ‘LED Wall’ comprising the installation of a transparent LED film onto the internal façade at ground level of the existing venue reception unit located on the south and south-east elevations onto Townsend St and Theatre Royal Way. The ‘LED Wall’ has an overall area of 7.45m x 21.92m and will display soft moving imagery related to Workday only. • 1 no. ‘LED Wall’ comprising the installation of a transparent LED film onto the internal façade at ground level of the existing office reception located on the north and north-west elevations onto Poolbeg St and Theatre Royal Way. The ‘LED Wall’ has an overall area of 7.45m x 10.12m and will display soft moving imagery related to Workday only

WEB2297/26 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the College Square development is located onto Townsend St, Tara Street, Poolbeg Street, received on 28 May 2026; permission was granted on 10 Jul 2026.

Planning details

Reference
WEB2297/26
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued
Received
28 May 2026
Observations close
2 Jul 2026 (closed 74 days ago)
Decision due
22 Jul 2026 · decided 10 Jul 2026
Decision
Grant permission on 10 Jul 2026
Proposed development
The College Square development is located onto Townsend St, Tara Street, Poolbeg Street & Theatre Royal Way, Dublin 2. The proposed development relates to a temporary five-year permission for: • 1 no. ‘LED Wall’ comprising the installation of a transparent LED film onto the internal façade at ground level of the existing venue reception unit located on the south and south-east elevations onto Townsend St and Theatre Royal Way. The ‘LED Wall’ has an overall area of 7.45m x 21.92m and will display soft moving imagery related to Workday only. • 1 no. ‘LED Wall’ comprising the installation of a transparent LED film onto the internal façade at ground level of the existing office reception located on the north and north-west elevations onto Poolbeg St and Theatre Royal Way. The ‘LED Wall’ has an overall area of 7.45m x 10.12m and will display soft moving imagery related to Workday only
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Site area
6,269 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Appeal

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Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    M2 — Major town centre

    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

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 181
      Loop Line Railway; Wynns Hotel; Iarnród Éireann Travel Centre
    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 31
      Religious house - Augustinian canons; Hospital; Water mill - unclassified

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87182). 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.

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