Observation pack · Dublin City Council

Pure Gym, Retail B, College Square, Dublin 2

Planning permission for development at Part Ground Floor and Basement Level, Parnell Centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1. The development will consist of the change of use of an existing vacant retail unit to a 24-hour gymnasium, the installation of a new access platform lift providing access between the ground floor and basement level, new entrance doors, new externally illuminated signage to the south-east elevations, new ventilation louvres to the front elevation, the installation of a new louvre concealed within the rear soffit, the installation of condenser units at rear elevation level, together with all associated internal alterations, external works, plant, building services, site development and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. ______________________________________________________________________________

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: WEB3226/26 · full record
Authority: Dublin City Council
Type: Permission
Status: Decision Notice Issued
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: —
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 4 Oct 2026, 23:38
Decision due: —
Decision: Application declared invalid

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.No register URL is recorded for this reference; search the Dublin City Council planning register for WEB3226/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3226/26 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Dublin City Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 14 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Dublin City Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
R2 Existing residential	RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity	south dublin county development plan 2022 2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: South Dublin County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
South Dublin County Council development plan zoning	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Kimmage Manor
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
SD26B/0357W	Grant permission	24 Sept 2026	—	322 m	Conversion of existing garage to habitable room plus a single storey rear extension; Internal and external alterations plus the widening of the existing vehicular entrance plus new pedestrian gate in rear boundary wall and all associated site works.
ED26/0090	Declared exempt	21 Sept 2026	—	495 m	Planting of pleached/espaliered evergreen oak trees in the rear garden with lightweight horticultural support frames for the purpose of supporting and training the row of pleached trees.
SD26B/0284W	Grant permission	27 Jul 2026	—	308 m	Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure; New gable window; New access stairs; 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
WEB2497/26	Application declared invalid	17 Jun 2026	—	481 m	Change of use of an existing detached single storey flat roof masonry storage shed to a residential ancillary family dwelling to include the following ; construction of a new first floor level bedroom and ensuite with new gable roof, two dormer structures with one clerestory window facing south west and new rooflights, internal and external alterations, 7.4sqm of shed retained with access onto rear laneway serving main house, connection into existing utilities, new soakaway to BRE Digest 365 and all associated site works at 90 Fortfield Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W.
SD26B/0154W	Grant permission	19 May 2026	—	111 m	A single-storey side extension and associated to works to the north of the existing dwelling.
ED26/0037	Declared not exempt	18 May 2026	—	452 m	Modifications to existing permitted Main ID Sign at Service Station to comprise incorporating a digital display panel in place of existing illuminated digital numbering. The new digital display will change every 30 to 60 seconds and will inform customers of service stations offering in accordance with the Retail Prices ( Diesel and Petrol) Display Order of 1997.
SD25B/0682W	Grant permission	11 May 2026	—	449 m	The demolition of the existing porch, garage door to the front elevation, roof covering to the side access, chimney stack and tiled roof to the rear of the existing dwelling. Permission for single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling with flat roofs, roof lights, internal alterations, attic conversion to habitable status with a dormer roof, roof light to front elevation, doors to garage entrance, new driveway, widening of the vehicular driveway entrance, dishing of the public footpath, grass verge, kerb, alterations to front boundary wall and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
SD26B/0072W	Grant permission	13 Apr 2026	—	348 m	Demolition of an existing garage shed to the side of the existing dwelling and the construction of a single storey flat roof extension to the side and front of the existing dwelling which will consist of a home office located at the front portion of the structure and a children's den / living space located to the rear portion of the extension along with a bathroom and all associated landscaping and drainage works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323512	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	21 May 2026	68 m
500567	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	5 May 2026	395 m
321966	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	31 Mar 2026	391 m
500803	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Refused	9 Mar 2026	480 m
322955	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	7 Aug 2025	453 m
322106	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	24 Jul 2025	494 m
316272	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	16 Dec 2024	464 m
319960	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	1 Nov 2024	127 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
10 Sept 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 8 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:38. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.