GrantedChange of useDecided 18 December 2025

Block U, East Point Business Park, Alfie Byrne Road, Dublin 3

Change of use of a three-storey office building to a medical facility with consulting rooms and laboratories.

WEB5557/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 30 October 2025

Reference: WEB5557/25
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 30 October 2025

Summary

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The application proposes converting Block U in East Point Business Park from office use to medical use. The internal layout across three floors will be modified to accommodate consulting rooms, offices, laboratories, training rooms, and staff facilities, with a reduction in the size of a roof skylight.

Change of usemedicaloffice conversionbusiness park

Storeys: 3
Floor area: 1,592 m²

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Official record

Development description

Change of use: the proposed development will consist of the change of use of the block u building from office use to medical use (total 1591.5 sq. M gfa) and is described on a level-by-level basis as follows: ground floor: 7no. Consulting rooms, 2no. Offices, entrance lobby (incl. Waiting area and reception), record room, staff room with kitchenette, storeroom, comm/it room, 2no. Utility rooms and all ancillary accommodation. First floor: 3no. Labs, 2no. Offices, 2no. Utility rooms, waiting area, teaching/training room, support room, 2 no. Stores, staff room, and all ancillary accommodation. Second floor: 3no. Labs, 2no. Offices, 2no. Utility rooms, waiting area, teaching/training room, support room, kitchenette, ahu room, and all ancillary accommodation. The proposed development involves modifications to the internal layout of the block u building consisting of 3 floors to facilitate this change of use from office space to medical use. To facilitate the proposed change of use at second floor level, a reduction in the size of the skylight on roof of the block u building is proposed. No alterations are proposed to the external façades of the block u building. In total 25no. Car parking spaces (including 2no. Accessible spaces) are proposed to serve the proposed development. The proposed development involves the reconfiguration of existing car parking arrangements for the block u building to facilitate an increase from 1no. To 2no. Accessible spaces and an overall reduction from 28no. To 25no. Car parking spaces in total. The proposed development will be served by 2no. Existing covered bicycle parking stores together providing a total of 30no. Bicycle parking spaces. Planning permission is also sought for the relocation of existing bins to a new bin store and collection area to the rear of the block u building in the southwest corner of the subject site as well as all ancillary site services and site development works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z6: Employment/EnterpriseSI

“To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
172 East Wall Rd, Dublin 3, Dublin	Oct 2025	€116,667	215 m
148 East Wall Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3	Jun 2026	€382,000	221 m
25 Forth Rd, East Wall, Dublin	Jun 2026	€475,000	241 m
202 East Wall Rd, Dublin 3, Dublin	Aug 2025	€200,000	249 m
67 Bargy Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3	Feb 2026	€381,000	263 m
28 Bargy Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3	Nov 2025	€436,000	292 m
33 Bargy Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3	Jun 2026	€406,000	311 m
74 Shelmalier Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3	Apr 2026	€335,000	329 m

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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 2025
Decision due2 January 2026
Decision issued18 December 2025
Appeal submitted12 January 2026
Appeal decided28 April 2026
Permission expiry11 June 2031

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