Unit 3, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
Modifying the shopfront facade and installing digital displays at Grand Canal Dock.
DSDZ4340/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 October 2024
- Reference
- DSDZ4340/24
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 11 October 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks permission for changes to the existing facade of Unit 3, Forbes Street. Works include new signage, a 65-inch digital display screen, and two freestanding LED property display units inside the glazing.
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Official record
Development description
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 the applicant 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 87 Block 4, Grand Canal Residences, Forbes St | Feb 2025 | €468,000 | 14 m |
| Apt 92, Grand Canal Square Residences, Forbes St | May 2025 | €577,500 | 14 m |
| 97 Grand Canal Residences, Grand Canal Sq, Grand Canal Harbour | Jun 2025 | €525,000 | 35 m |
| 76 Block E, Hanover Dock, Hanover Quaynot full market price | Jun 2025 | €306,000 | 38 m |
| 76 Block E, Hanover Dock, Hanover Quay | Nov 2025 | €612,000 | 38 m |
| 9 Hanover Dock, Hanover Quay, Dublin 2 | Oct 2025 | €740,000 | 41 m |
| Apt 63, Hanover Quay, Dublin 2 | Apr 2025 | €631,000 | 48 m |
| Apt 58 Block D, Hanover Quay, Forbes St | Mar 2025 | €589,500 | 48 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 received11 October 2024
- Decision due5 December 2024
- Decision issued15 October 2024
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
PERMISSION for changes to the existing façade, including the fascia and signage with new pressed dibond panel…
Unit 3, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
DSDZ4353/24Dublin CityLodged 18 Oct 2024Commercial
- Granted50 m away
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DSDZ2633/18Dublin CityLodged 29 Mar 2018Retention
- Invalid50 m away
Proposed works at Unit 40, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, consisting of the following principal…
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WEBDSDZ5462/25Dublin CityLodged 20 Oct 2025Change of use
- Granted50 m away
Proposed works at Unit 40, Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, consisting of the following principal…
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WEBDSDZ5485/25Dublin CityLodged 22 Oct 2025Change of use
- Granted60 m away
Permission for development at a site of 0.17 ha at The Marker Hotel, Grand Canal Square, Misery Hill, Dublin…
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DSDZ4423/18Dublin CityLodged 19 Nov 2018Commercial
- Granted60 m away
The site is bound by Misery Hill to the South, Hibernian Road to the West, Chimney Park to the North and…
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DSDZ3744/24Dublin CityLodged 23 May 2024Commercial
- Refused60 m away
Planning Permission for development at a site of 0.17 ha at The Marker Hotel, Grand Canal Square, Docklands,…
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DSDZ3046/20Dublin CityLodged 20 Jul 2020Commercial
- Granted60 m away
Permission for development of a site of 0.17ha at the Marker Hotel - the site is bounded by Misery Hill to…
The Marker Hotel, Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin 2.
DSDZ2708/20Dublin CityLodged 14 May 2020Alterations
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