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Dublin City Council · WEB2853/25 · Permission

3, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2, D02 WC65

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Council received 8 Aug 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (400 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB2853/25 is a planning application for permission at 3, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2, D02 WC65, received by Dublin City Council on 8 Aug 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council granted permission on 5 Dec 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 12 Sept 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 149 other decided applications in the last five years and 29 appeals.

Appeal window closes 12 Jan 2026 closed 243 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (5 Dec 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

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.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 5 Dec 2025
Final grant
14 Jan 2026
Site (from polygon)
1,534 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 8 Aug 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 12 Sept 2025
  • 2 Oct 2025
    Further information requested
  • 10 Nov 2025
    Further information received
  • 5 Dec 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 12 Jan 2026

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z14 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    R3 — Rural cluster

    Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs): To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.

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

    Designations within 250 m

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

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

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 86022). 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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