Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

KFC Drive-thru Restaurant, Unit 2/4 Building B, Lidl Retail Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, D22 W2Y4

Permission for replacement of 2No. internally illuminated fascia letter signs; 1No. replacement panel to existing entrance box sign. and 1No. new high level box sign to rear elevation on existing fascia; addition of 1No. new internally illuminated split bucket portal door surround at main entrance as well as 3No. new non-illuminated vinyl graphic signs applied to the existing rendered blockwork walls on all elevations; permission is also sought for replacement sign panels to 2No. existing non-illuminated ground fixed directional signs and 2No. high level directional panel signs; replacement of 1No. existing non-illuminated height restrictor sign panel at drive-thru as well replacement sign panels to 1No. non-illuminated totem site sign at entrance to the site; permission is also sought for the replacement of existing wall mounted main menu boards with 1No. new ground fixed double digital screen menu board at drive-thru entrance.

Observations close 14 Sept 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0192W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: 35 Day Assessment
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 742 m²
Received: 10 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 5 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/70812.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0192W 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 Sept 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
M2 Major town centre	TC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Town 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

Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
Grand Canal
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
SD26A/0137W	Request additional information	5 Aug 2026	—	365 m	Retention for change of use from commercial enterprise unit to community social club with after school homework club, breakfast club and associated community uses with administrative offices; Permission for proposed internal alterations.
ED26/0062	Declared not exempt	30 Jul 2026	—	479 m	Use of existing unit in its current form as a Gym; no alterations proposed.
SD26B/0246W	Grant permission	16 Jul 2026	—	113 m	Single storey sunroom extension to the rear and side attached single storey extension for utility room and shower room.
SD26A/0114W	Request additional information	8 Jul 2026	—	287 m	The addition of 4 jet wash lance bays with added canopy covering both bays. New storage unit replacing the existing. Updated site layout with additional parking added and paladin fencing to the site boundary. Associated drainage and attenuation system added.
SD20A/0309/EP	Grant extension of duration of permission	16 Jun 2026	—	262 m	Provision of 4 new information and communications technology (ICT) Facility buildings and associated development at the subject site, superseding elements of the extant planning permissions on site (Reg. Ref.: SD18A/0068 and Reg, Ref.: SD19A/0185). The application site is subject to an EPA Industrial Emissions Licence (Ref. No,: P1113-01) relating to the Energy Centre permitted on site, The single storey Energy Centre, gas pressure reduction station, and 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation permitted under Reg, Ref.: SD18AI0068 and Reg. Ref.: SD19AI0185 will be constructed as previously approved and are not affected by the current application. The proposed development will comprise the following: The construction of 4 ICT Facility buildings (ICT Facilities 1, 2, 3, and 4) with a combined total gross floor area {GFA) of c. 47,564.5 sq.m, Each ICT Facility building includes associated external plant areas, totalling c, 20,649.5 sq,m, ICT Facilities 1, 2, and 3 will be located in the eastern portion of the site, and each comprise a GFA of c. 15,196 sq.m (including ancillary office and administration space) over part two and part three levels with a maximum height of c, 25 metres and a parapet height of c, 19.5 metres, Each of the ICT Facilities will include an associated external plant area of c, 6,624 sq,m, ICT Facility 4 will be located in the southern portion of the site and comprises a GFA of c, 1,976.5 sq,m (including ancillary office and administration space) over two levels with a maximum height of c, 15 metres and a parapet height of c. 10.5 metres, This ICT Facility includes an associated external plant area of c. 777.5sq.m, Each ICT Facility building will accommodate ICT equipment halls, associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms, loading bays, maintenance and storage space, office administration areas, and screened plant. Construction of internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of 153 no. car parking spaces and 54 no, cycle parking spaces. Connections to vehicular access routes, roads, services and permitted infrastructure relating to the Energy Centre and 110kV GIS substation permitted under Reg, Ref.: SD18A/0068 and Reg, Ref.: SD19A/0185. Provision of emergency generators with associated flues, water storage tanks and associated pump rooms (comprising 150 sq,m in total) to serve each of the proposed ICT Facility Buildings. Hard and soft landscaping and planting, lighting, and all associated works, including underground foul and storm water drainage network, boundary treatments and security fencing, attenuation areas, and utility cables.
SD26A/0067W	Refuse permission	11 Jun 2026	—	182 m	370sqm side and rear extension, new entrance, and new facade to front elevation.
ED26/0033	Declared not exempt	13 May 2026	—	380 m	Takeaway Facility (currently a cafe)
SD26A/0103W	Invalidate application	6 May 2026	—	287 m	The development will consist of the addition of 4 jet wash lance bays with added canopy covering both bays. New storage unit replacing the existing. Updated site layout with additional parking added. Added paladin fencing to the site boundary. Associated drainage and attenuation system added.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322854	Planning Appeal	Other	6 Oct 2025	266 m
321386	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Mar 2025	445 m
321230	Planning Appeal	pending	11 Nov 2024	305 m
316828	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	17 Oct 2024	408 m
318127	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	7 Dec 2023	262 m
313055	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2023	412 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

10 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 14 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.