16-17 Grand Canal Place, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 AY88
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WEB5392/25 is a planning application for permission at 16-17 Grand Canal Place, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 AY88, received by Dublin City Council on 14 Oct 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of: (i) demolition of 2 no. existing two-storey residential properties at Nos. 16-17 Grand Canal Place; (ii) construction of a six storey, with communal roof terrace, residential apartment block comprising 16 no. apartments (6 no. studio, 6 no. one-bedroom & 4 no. two-bedroom) each having shared access to a communal roof garden and bike store (30 no. spaces); and, (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of SuDS drainage, necessary to facilitate the development. Each apartment from first to fifth floor level will be served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony. The council refused permission on 8 Dec 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 18 Nov 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. The scheme is for 16 units. Within 500 m there are 92 other decided applications in the last five years and 13 appeals.
Proposal
The development will consist of: (i) demolition of 2 no. existing two-storey residential properties at Nos. 16-17 Grand Canal Place; (ii) construction of a six storey, with communal roof terrace, residential apartment block comprising 16 no. apartments (6 no. studio, 6 no. one-bedroom & 4 no. two-bedroom) each having shared access to a communal roof garden and bike store (30 no. spaces); and, (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of SuDS drainage, necessary to facilitate the development. Each apartment from first to fifth floor level will be served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 8 Dec 2025
- Units
- 16
- Site (from polygon)
- 277 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 14 Oct 2025New applicationObservation window closed 18 Nov 2025
- 8 Dec 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 14 Jan 2026
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- EPA-licensed facility · 4
- NIAH-recorded building · 46
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 12
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 75361). 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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