Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Block 5, Unit 1 And 2, Tallaght Retail Centre, High Street, Tallaght, D24 E297

Subdividing existing unit back to its original 2 units, to form new restaurant with associated signage.

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0209W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: 245 m²
Site area: 296 m²
Received: 29 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 23 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/70923.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0209W 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 5 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
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

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 3
Mill - unclassified · R187888 · R187891

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
SD26A/0098W	Grant permission	17 Jun 2026	—	408 m	The development will consist of the proposed change of use of the two storey warehouse with ancillary offices to a new place of worship with ancillary meeting and other spaces at ground and first floor level (gross floor area - 1,000sqm). This will be facilitated by: minor internal alterations and reconfigurations that will include the creation of a new mezzanine floor above the first floor level to enable access to plant only; new lift; and creation of a stage and ceremonial space at ground floor. external elevation changes to the north and east elevation of this commercial unit that will include the replacement of the warehouse shutter doors with new cladding and door to the north elevation, and alterations to the existing door on the eastern elevation. new signage (3.59sqm) on the corner elevation above the main entrance to the building. The proposed development will be served by 20 no. car parking spaces that will include the integrating of two existing spaces to create a disabled space with vehicular and pedestrian access via the existing entrances off Belgard Square North and Belgard Square East that will continue to serve the rest of this mixed use commercial development.
SD26A/0099W	Grant permission	15 Jun 2026	—	18 m	Alterations to previously approved design (Reg.Ref:SD25A/0001W) comprising modified internal apartment layouts, additional window/door ope to terraces in Apts 1 & 2, fenestration alternations to southern and eastern facades, additional floor area to Apt. 4 to northern elevation, additional of 2 no. AOV's to roof level and all associated site works.
SD26A/0065W	Grant permission	5 May 2026	—	339 m	The proposed development will consist of amalgamation (including removal of internal mezzanine areas) and change of use of Units U133ABC (former An Post) and U133D (former Bodytalk) from Post Office and Retail Use respectively (both Class 1 “shops”) to accommodate a restaurant/ takeaway unit (243sqm) for consumption of hot food on and off the premises, modifications to existing shopfront signage, new tenant sign on eastern elevation and all associated site and development works
ED26/0019	Declared exempt	25 Mar 2026	—	475 m	The development will consist of alterations to the shop frontage at unit 242/243 & 244 at The Square Tallaght, D24 V26N (Formerly New Look) including the development of new replacement shopfront signage and all other associated shopfront works.
SD26A/0019W	Grant permission	19 Mar 2026	—	398 m	2 number signs (1 main fascia sign & 1 menu sign) to the front elevation of the oriental take away business
LRD25A/0009W	Grant permission	21 Jan 2026	199	118 m	The proposed development principally comprises: the demolition and removal of existing boundary walls and railings on the main development site's eastern, western and northern sides; and the construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the south and Block B to the north) with a gross floor area of 23,540 sq m (including basement of 275 sq m) and ranging in height from 1 No. to 7 No. storeys (with mezzanine level) over basement. The development includes a total of 199 No. residential dwellings (6 No. studios, 47 No. 1-bed, 98 No. 2-bed and 48 No. 3-bed) in the 2 No. blocks, with Block A comprising 49 No. 'senior living' apartment units and Block B comprising 150 No. 'standard' apartment units. The development also includes 2,123 sq m of non-residential floor space, with the following uses proposed: 4 No. retail units (totalling 331 sq m); 4 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 387 sq m); a bicycle sales and repair shop (81 sq m); an off-licence (64 sq m); a bar (151 sq m); a café (87 sq m); a medical centre (210 sq m); a dental practice (72 sq m); a pharmacy (195 sq m); a beauty/health salon (195 sq m); and a crèche (350 sq m) with external play area. The development also comprises: an undercroft car park accessed via a new entrance/exit at Belgard Square East which provides 58 No. car parking spaces; a gated service lane to the south of Block A, with entrances/exits off Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; 2 No. pedestrian/cycle crossings, at Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; continuation of the northbound cycle lane from Belgard Road onto Old Blessington Road; alteration to the median and northbound right turn at Belgard Road onto Abberley Square; cycle parking; internal communal amenity spaces for the senior living units; hard and soft landscaping, including public open space, communal amenity space and incidental spaces; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; 2 No. sub-stations; plant/operational rooms; bin stores; public lighting; blue roofs; rooftop PV arrays; lift overruns and rooftop opening vents atop both blocks; 4 No. 0.3 m diameter microwave link dishes mounted on 2 No. steel support poles affixed to the Block B lift overrun, all enclosed in radio-friendly GRP shrouds; and all associated works above and below ground. Note for the mixed-use question below: there are too many non-residential uses proposes relative to the lines available, so we have provided the residential floor area and the combined non-residential floor area. See submitted materials for details of the individual non-residential uses. The main development site (approximately 0.91 Ha) is generally bound: to the north by Old Blessington Road; to the east by Belgard Road.
SD24A/0893W	Grant permission	3 Nov 2025	22	433 m	Demolition of the existing former Ulster Bank building and the construction of two new buildings: a mixed-use building (Block A) and a residential building (Block B). Block A is a proposed 3-storey accessed by Old Blessington Road (Main Street) and will consist of 1no. retail unit ( 76.5 sqm ) at the ground-floor and 4 no. apartment units ( 4 No. 1-bed units). Block B is a proposed 5-storey located to the rear of the site, accessed by a side lane connected to Old Blessington Road, consisting of 22 no. apartment units (8 No. 1-bed units, 4 No. 2-bed units, and 10 No. 3-bed units). The vehicular and pedestrian entrance is accessed by a side lane connected to Old Blessington Road. The development will also include associated private and communal open spaces, landscaping, bicycle storage, bin storage, retail storage, and all associated site works.
ED25/0088	Declared exempt	29 Oct 2025	—	450 m	The internal works to the two existing retail units (Units 242/243 & 244) to facilitate the amalgamation into one retail unit.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501442	Planning Appeal	pending	29 May 2026	339 m
324080	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	27 May 2026	118 m
323421	Planning Appeal	Other	4 Mar 2026	389 m
500367	Planning Appeal	pending	28 Nov 2025	419 m
313760	Strategic Housing Development - Application	Refused	11 Jun 2025	124 m
313606	Strategic Housing Development - Application	Refused	16 Apr 2025	306 m
316828	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	17 Oct 2024	156 m
319167	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	24 Sept 2024	401 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

29 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 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.