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Dublin City Council · WEB2755/25

3 Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2, D02 NR22

Withdrawn or invalid.

  1. 26 Jul 2025Received
  2. 28 Jul 2025Application declared invalid
Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Application declared invalid · 28 Jul 2025
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
1,534 m²

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What’s proposed

The development will consist of: The alteration and re-use of the existing former warehouse building at no 3 Grand Canal Quay to create a new digital library for Trinity College Dublin. Alteration of the existing building east gable to create a new entrance façade including glass windows and screens and backlit glazing elements, refurbishment and repair of the existing south elevation including upgrade or replacement of windows, alteration of west end of building and adjacent store workshop to create a new fire exit and service entrance. Existing roof to be retained but modified to provide additional roof top plant space, ventilation outlets and photovoltaic panels and upgrade of roof glazing and roof safety access systems. External paved areas to the front of the building on Grand Canal Quay to be altered as part of the new entrance and interface with the paving to adjacent buildings. Internal floor and column structures to be removed and replaced with new structure to create 3 floors of open plan research and digital library space within the existing external envelope at basement, ground and mezzanine levels arranged around an internal void space or atrium

Planning details

Reference
WEB2755/25
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
26 Jul 2025
Observations close
1 Sept 2025 (closed 399 days ago)
Decision due
19 Sept 2025 · decided 28 Jul 2025
Decision
Application declared invalid on 28 Jul 2025
Proposed development
The development will consist of: The alteration and re-use of the existing former warehouse building at no 3 Grand Canal Quay to create a new digital library for Trinity College Dublin. Alteration of the existing building east gable to create a new entrance façade including glass windows and screens and backlit glazing elements, refurbishment and repair of the existing south elevation including upgrade or replacement of windows, alteration of west end of building and adjacent store workshop to create a new fire exit and service entrance. Existing roof to be retained but modified to provide additional roof top plant space, ventilation outlets and photovoltaic panels and upgrade of roof glazing and roof safety access systems. External paved areas to the front of the building on Grand Canal Quay to be altered as part of the new entrance and interface with the paving to adjacent buildings. Internal floor and column structures to be removed and replaced with new structure to create 3 floors of open plan research and digital library space within the existing external envelope at basement, ground and mezzanine levels arranged around an internal void space or atrium
As published by the register.
Site area
1,534 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 Z14 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

R3 — Rural cluster

A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

Protections nearby 250 m

Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗

  • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
    Grand Canal
  • NIAH-recorded building · 10
    St. Andrew's Resource Centre; bridge
  • Radon risk area · 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Where this comes from

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

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Summary

WEB2755/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the development will consist of: The alteration and re-use of the existing former, received on 26 Jul 2025; the council declared it invalid on 28 Jul 2025.