Docklands Innovation Park, 128-130 East Wall Road, Dublin 3
Retention of existing uses for multiple units within an innovation park.
4327/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 30 October 2019
- Reference
- 4327/19
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Retention Permission
- Received
- 30 October 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks retention planning permission to maintain the current uses of several units within the business park. These uses include dance studios, offices, a gym, a language school, and a warehouse.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- Retention: retention planning permission of the existing uses of units 2, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 19 at the docklands innovation park, 128-130 east wall road, dublin
- The proposed development seeks retention of the existing uses on site as follows: unit 2 and
- Cultural/recreational use (dance studio) unit
- Office use unit
- Gym at ground floor level and office use at 1st and 2nd floor level unit
- Educational use (language school) at ground floor level and office use at 1st and 2nd floor level unit
- Warehouse at ground floor level unit
- Cultural/recreational use (dance studio) unit
- Office use
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.”
National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses
Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95 Merchants Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3 | Oct 2025 | €343,366 | 75 m |
| 75 Merchants Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3 | May 2026 | €330,000 | 77 m |
| 59 Merchants Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3 | Jul 2025 | €305,000 | 86 m |
| 51 Merchants Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3 | May 2025 | €318,000 | 99 m |
| 30 Merchants Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3 | Jun 2025 | €365,000 | 122 m |
| 33 Merchants Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3 | Jul 2025 | €356,000 | 123 m |
| Apt 54 Teeling Way, East Rd East Wall, Dublin 3not full market price | Oct 2025 | €126,576 | 159 m |
| Apt 54 Teeling Way, East Rd East Wall, Dublin 3 | Mar 2026 | €315,000 | 159 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received30 October 2019
- Further information requested4 June 2020
- Further information received19 August 2020
- Decision due15 September 2020
- Decision issued15 September 2020
- Grant issued20 April 2021
- Appeal submitted13 October 2020
- Appeal decided20 April 2021
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