Unit 40 Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 PP49
GRANT PERMISSIONPlanning application WEBDSDZ5485/25
Dublin - Dublin City Council
Proposed Development
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.
Application Timeline
Application received
23 Oct 2025
Decision due
17 Dec 2025
Decision: GRANT PERMISSION
17 Dec 2025
Application Details
- Location
- Unit 40 Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 PP49
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- Permission
- Planning Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Site Area
- 96.92 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 23 October 2025
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- GRANT PERMISSION
- Decision Date
- 17 December 2025
Location
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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.
Unit 40 Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 PP49
PERMISSION for changes to the existing façade, including the fascia and signage with new pressed dibond panel with cut out letters and LED pods inside to illuminate 10mm white opal perspex letters Owen Reilly inserted into cut out area, with matching black vinyl applied directly to glazing left and right to give the effect of pilasters framing the shopfront, with 1nr 65inch digital display screen mounted inside the existing glazing, 2nr freestanding LED liy property display units located inside the existing glazing, and removal of an existing projected sign, all at Unit 3, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2.
Unit 3, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
PERMISSION for changes to the existing façade, including the fascia and signage with new pressed dibond panel with cut out letters and LED pods inside to illuminate 10mm white opal perspex letters Owen Reilly inserted into cut out area, with matching black vinyl applied directly to glazing left and right to give the effect of pilasters framing the shopfront, with 1nr 65 inch digital display screen mounted inside the existing glazing, 2nr freestanding LED lit property display units located inside the existing glazing , and removal of an existing projected sign, all at Unit 3, Forbes Street Grand Canal Dock. Dublin 2.
Unit 3, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
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Riverside Two, 43-49 Sir John Rogersons Quay, Dublin 2
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The Marker Hotel, Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin 2.
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1, Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 E295
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