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South Dublin County Council · SD25A/0283 · Permission

Oakway Test Centre, Lower Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, D12 KDN8

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Council received 19 Nov 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (297 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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SD25A/0283 is a planning application for permission at Oakway Test Centre, Lower Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, D12 KDN8, received by South Dublin County Council on 19 Nov 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Alterations to the building to facilitate the conversion of the existing Test Centre into a ''Drive - Through'' Test Centre in line with incoming RSA/CVRT regulatory policy. The alterations are mostly internal, including the re-positioning of partitions and the vehicular test equipment to facilitate the proposed 'drive - through' circulation route. Externally, there are alterations to the front facade including the removal of the glazed screen of the existing disused showroom and the insertion in that area of two new vehicular openings that will be similar to the one existing vehicular opening. The council granted permission on 21 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Jan 2026. The site is zoned M1 — metro / rail economic corridor under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 41 other decided applications in the last five years and 7 appeals.

Appeal window closes 18 Feb 2026 closed 207 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (21 Jan 2026) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

Alterations to the building to facilitate the conversion of the existing Test Centre into a ''Drive - Through'' Test Centre in line with incoming RSA/CVRT regulatory policy. The alterations are mostly internal, including the re-positioning of partitions and the vehicular test equipment to facilitate the proposed 'drive - through' circulation route. Externally, there are alterations to the front facade including the removal of the glazed screen of the existing disused showroom and the insertion in that area of two new vehicular openings that will be similar to the one existing vehicular opening.

Status
Final Grant
Decision
Grant permission on 21 Jan 2026
Final grant
24 Feb 2026
Permission expires
23 Feb 2031
Floor area
136 m²
Site (from polygon)
450 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 19 Nov 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 2 Jan 2026
  • 21 Jan 2026
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 18 Feb 2026

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    Zoning at the site

    M1 — Metro / rail economic corridor

    REGEN: To facilitate enterprise and/or residential led regeneration

    A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here.

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    • EPA-licensed facility · 3
      Irish Printed Circuits Limited; Hitech Plating; Irish Packaging Recycling
    • Radon risk area · 4
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 102440). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/69316.

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