Observation pack · Dublin City Council

The Hot Box Sauna, Unit 7, Building 2, Bolands Mills, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 KA9P

Retention permission sought for window manifestations/graphics on glass doors and windows at ground floor level. The development lies within the North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock SDZ Planning Scheme.

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Oct 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: WEBDSDZ3433/26 · full record
Authority: Dublin City Council
Type: Retention Permission
Status: Registered Application
Applicant: Lidoc Experiences Limited
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: —
Received: 2 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 12 Oct 2026, 23:58
Decision due: —
Decision: not yet decided

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 WEBDSDZ3433/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEBDSDZ3433/26 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 6 Nov 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
	Docklands SDZ (ZD02)	Dublin City Council development plan	—

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: Dublin City Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:23

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Dublin City Council development plan zoning	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:23	—

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
WEB3170/26	Grant permission	27 Oct 2026	—	448 m	Construction of a 5.4 sqm pitched roof extension to rear at first floor and all associated internal and external alterations.
WEB3508/26	Application declared invalid	15 Oct 2026	—	457 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The erection of a demountable enclosed rear porch of the protected structure at 60 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, D02 NH93.
WEB3059/26	Grant permission	13 Oct 2026	—	420 m	Permission was granted on site for a 6-storey apartment building comprising 15 apartments (5 no. studios, 6 no. one beds, 4 no. two beds. Three of two bed units are 2 storey maisonettes with own door access) and associated works under ABP-314226-22 & 3932/22. Permission is sought to make alterations to the approved development and change 2 no. of the permitted 2 storey maisonettes to 4 no. studios comprising 2 no. studios on ground floor with own door access to the street and 2 no. studios on the first floor. All 4 no. proposed studios have terraces or balconies. Minor alterations are required to internal layout and all associated works. The proposal increases total apartments from 15 to 17 (9 no. studios, 6 no. one beds, 2 no. 2 beds).
WEB2978/26	Grant permission	2 Oct 2026	—	244 m	Erection of an illuminated corporate sign measuring 9.9m wide x 1.5m high at ninth floor level on the northern elevation of No. 2 Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2.
WEB3248/26	Application declared invalid	14 Sept 2026	—	292 m	We, Google Ireland (Limited), intend to apply for permission for development at this site at The Treasury Building and Treasury Annex, Grand Canal Street Lower and Macken Street, Dublin 2. The development will consist of the construction of a single storey external bicycle store (57 no. spaces) adjacent to the northern elevation to facilitate the relocation of permitted bicycle storage at basement level of the Treasury Annex, with bin storage and minor reconfiguration to changing facilities provided at basement level. The number of permitted bicycle parking spaces (313 no.) under Reg. Ref.: 2860/21 (as amended) and Reg. Ref.: 3965/20 (as amended) remains unchanged.
WEB2964/26	Application declared invalid	12 Aug 2026	—	244 m	Erection of an illuminated corporate sign measuring 9.9m wide x 1.5m high at ninth floor level on the northern elevation of No. 2 Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2.
WEB2828/26	Application declared invalid	28 Jul 2026	—	246 m	1. Demolition of existing 15 sq.m.single storey Kitchen and Wet Room extension and 2.49 sq.m. outhouse to the rear. 2. Construction of 12 sq.m. Ground Floor extension and a 25.5 sq.m. First Floor extension with flat roof to the rear of existing terraced house. 3. Replacement windows and entrance door to the front elevation of the house. 4. Associated works.
WEB2535/26	Application declared invalid	23 Jul 2026	—	490 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The site of Number 151 was formerly part of the curtilage of No.64 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4 (Protected Structure). The site of Number 154 was formerly part of the curtilage of No.66 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4 (Protected Structure). Numbers 151 and 154 Lansdowne Park are each two storeys in height and sited at each end of a terrace of four similar two storey houses (Nos 151-154 Lansdowne Park, inclusive). The development will consist of (i) Demolition of the existing roof to each house; (ii) Construction of an additional floor (including new front balcony 5.9 sqm) at second floor level with new zinc roof to each of the two houses to form a new extension at second floor level to No. 151 (62 sqm approx) and to No.154 (62 sqm approx); (iii) the incorporation into No.154 Lansdowne Park of an existing first floor balcony (5 sqm) and a ground floor patio area (5.3 sqm), both to the rear; (iv) construction of an external (fire escape) spiral stairs (3.54 sqm) to the rear of each house, with external access link (No.151 - 4.8sqm and No.154 - 3.7sqm) at second floor level; (v) all associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502342	—	pending	19 Oct 2026	492 m
501947	Planning Appeal	pending	24 Aug 2026	474 m
501412	Planning Appeal	Other	24 Aug 2026	443 m
501913	Planning Appeal	pending	14 Aug 2026	243 m
501880	Planning Appeal	pending	12 Aug 2026	249 m
501839	Planning Appeal	pending	5 Aug 2026	179 m
501105	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	22 Jul 2026	459 m
501030	Planning Appeal	Granted	16 Jul 2026	201 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

2 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 12 Oct 2026, 23:58. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.