Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Unit 8, Castletymon Shopping Centre, Tallaght, Dublin, D24 V0AA

The use of premises for the purpose in connection with the carry out of a bookmakers/betting shop/turf accounting trading as Paddy Power Plc (Flutter Entertainment Plc). The premises has been trading as a betting shop from this location for more than seven years. Having regard to Section 157 (4)(i) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, no warning letter or enforcement notice may be served and no proceedings for an offence under the Act may be commenced in respect of a development where no permission has been granted after the expiration of seven years from the date of commencement of the development. The use of the premises as a betting shop commenced in 1988 and has continued at this location since that date. Accordingly, we request a declaration under Section 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, confirming that the continued use of the premises as a bookmaker's/betting shop/ turf accountant is exempted development.

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: ED26/0099 · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
Status: Officer Allocation
Applicant: Paddy power Betfair Plc
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 17 m²
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 6 Oct 2026
Decision: not yet decided

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/70996.
Write your observation.Quote ED26/0099 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. South Dublin County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 14 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, South Dublin County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M3 Neighbourhood centre	LC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Local Centres	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
SD21A/0074/EP	Refuse ext. of duration of permission	27 Aug 2026	1	368 m	Construction of a two bedroom, two storey semi-detached dwelling (floor area 91sq.m max height 7.31m) and all ancillary works.
SD26A/0152W	Request additional information	17 Aug 2026	—	395 m	Sub division of existing residential dwelling site & the construction of a new two storey three bedroom semi-dwelling dwelling house in side garden of the existing dwelling & attached to the existing dwelling. A new vehicular entrance way adjacent to the existing vehicular entrance way to the existing dwelling & other associated alterations to facilitate works including new drainage connections, new boundary walls, landscaping etc.
ED26/0051	Declared exempt	22 Jun 2026	—	448 m	We are looking at having external insulation wrap put on our scout hall. The wrap will be 150mm thick and will finish off in a grey colour similar to the existing block work colour. All external work will include new window sills, flashing, new waste pipes & moving of existing gas pipes.
SD26A/0022W	Request additional information	24 Mar 2026	—	406 m	Retention for a yard being used as a Motor Trade Outlet at our facility at Sitecast Industrial Estate, Greenhills Road, Co. Dublin. The subject yard has an overall area of 1,140 sqm and comprises a stoned vehicular display area of 1,067 sqm, together with a 19 sqm prefabricated ancillary sales office building with a maximum external height of 2.7 m. The yard is bounded by existing fencing to the East and shares open boundaries with the existing Sitecast Business Park to the North and West.
SD25A/0049	Invalid - site notice	24 Mar 2025	—	40 m	Retention of existing detached single storey self - Service Laundry Kiosk as constructed along with Retention of associated signage and logos on existing Kiosk and all associated site works
ED25/0014	Request additional information	11 Feb 2025	—	330 m	External wall insulation (EWI) and associated works, 100mm with an arcylic render, front side and rear.
SD248/0008	Part 8 approved by council	9 Dec 2024	—	450 m	A proposed Sports Changing Rooms Pavilion at Tymon Park South, in the townland of Tymon North. In accordance with the requirements of the above, notice is hereby given that South Dublin County Council proposes: • One single storey pavilion building consisting of two individual team changing rooms each with one WC area, one club storage area, and one plant room, all with individual access. • 2 No. Storage facility for equipment with a Plant room. • Ancillary landscaping works adjacent to the pavilion building. • All associated ancillary works in adjacent areas including but not limited to foul & surface water drainage and utility supplies. • CCTV. The proposal has undergone Appropriate Assessment Screening under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and screening for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under the EIA Directive 2014/52/EU. The Planning Authority has made a preliminary examination of the nature, size and location of the proposed development. The authority has concluded that there is no real likelihood of signifi cant e ects on the environment arising from the proposed development and a determination has been made that an EIA is not required
SD24A/0047	Grant permission	25 Nov 2024	—	288 m	Construction of a new approx. 592 sqm single storey extension to the Junior National School to provide a new SEN suite comprising 2 no. classroom bases, a central activities space, shower & WC facilities, ancillary spaces and a new external play areas and a new approx. 345 sqm part-two storey extension to the Senior National School comprising 3 no. en-suite new mainstream classrooms and 2 no. resource rooms. Along with a remodelled car park increasing the number of car spaces from 35 no. to 45 no. and associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324070	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Granted with conditions	18 May 2026	227 m
306725	LA Non Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	1 Jun 2023	211 m
315135	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	3 Apr 2023	410 m
312095	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Other	30 Mar 2022	227 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 15 Sept 2026, 20:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.