Change grails.serverURL in Config.groovy from "http://localhost:8080/${appName}" to "http://localhost:8090/${appName}".
Launch grails with -Dgrails.server.port.http=8090 on the command line. Set the GRAILS_OPTS environment variable to -Dgrails.server.port.http=8090 to have it applied automatically.
You didn't say what IDE you are using. If you are using Netbeans you just right-click on the project name and choose Properties. From the General Settings Category, you can easily change the server port to whatever you like.