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Dublin City Council · WEBDSDZ5462/25 · Permission

Unit 40 Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 PP49

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Council received 21 Oct 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (326 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEBDSDZ5462/25 is a planning application for permission at Unit 40 Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 PP49, received by Dublin City Council on 21 Oct 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Proposed works at Unit 40, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, consisting of the following principal elements 1. Change of use from Restaurant use to Medical use 2. Erection of new, backlit, external signage over shopfront. This application relates to a proposed development within an SDZ Planning Scheme area, North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock. The council declared the application invalid on 23 Oct 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 25 Nov 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 125 other decided applications in the last five years and 8 appeals.

Observations close 25 Nov 2025 closed 291 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (21 Oct 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
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Proposal

Proposed works at Unit 40, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, consisting of the following principal elements 1. Change of use from Restaurant use to Medical use 2. Erection of new, backlit, external signage over shopfront. This application relates to a proposed development within an SDZ Planning Scheme area, North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared invalid on 23 Oct 2025
Site (from polygon)
97 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 21 Oct 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 25 Nov 2025
  • 23 Oct 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 20 Nov 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Docklands SDZ (ZD02)

    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.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 3
      Sir John Rogersons Quay Gasworks; Sir John Rogerson's Quay Gasworks; Site contained by the street frontages
    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
      Grand Canal
    • NIAH-recorded building · 10
      North Wall Quay; CIÉ Goods Depot; gates/railings/walls
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 2
      Quay; R184154

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 66170). 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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