Commercial fit-out · Co. Dublin

Unit 14A, Ground Floor, Citywest Shopping Centre, Citywest Road, D24 PE89, Co. Dublin

Granted 20 Aug 2026 (final grant issued 1 Oct 2026)

Key facts

Planning application SD26A/0159W at Unit 14A, Ground Floor, Citywest Shopping Centre, Citywest Road, D24 PE89, Co. Dublin: Internal alterations to facilitate the sub-division of an existing…
It was received by South Dublin County Council on 3 Jul 2026.
Status: Granted 20 Aug 2026 (final grant issued 1 Oct 2026).
Permission was granted on 20 Aug 2026 and the final grant issued on 1 Oct 2026. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Source: the South Dublin County Council planning register, checked 25 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Internal alterations to facilitate the sub-division of an existing…

The development will consist of internal alterations to facilitate the sub-division of an existing vacant (with a floorspace of approximately 171.25 sq.m) into two separate retail units of approximately 92 sq.m GFA (Unit 14A) and approximately 60 sq.m GFA (Unit 14B), respectively together with the installation of a new shopfront to enable own door access to each of the proposed units internally within the shopping centre mall. Internal alterations to the floor plan layout include the provision of an emergency escape route / corridor serving both units that connect with an existing emergency escape corridor that exits the shopping centre building externally to the south of the subject units.

Location: Citywest Road, Co. Dublin Map
Council: South Dublin County Council
Planning reference: SD26A/0159W
Application type: Permission

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Numbers and dates

Floor area: 323 m²
Project type: Commercial fit-out
Received: 3 Jul 2026
Decision to grant: 20 Aug 2026
Final grant: 1 Oct 2026

Timeline

3 Jul 2026Application received
20 Aug 2026Decision to grant
1 Oct 2026Final grant issued

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 20 Aug 2026 and the final grant issued on 1 Oct 2026. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

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Council planning fileThe application file SD26A/0159W on planning.agileapplications.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

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What the documents establish

Government document review

The reviewed July application divides an existing retail unit and adds internal shopfronts and an escape corridor. The retained register records a 20 August grant decision, but its decision PDF and conditions were not present in the reviewed catalogue. These application details do not establish the final approved specification.

4 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-07 · Official file index

The July layout subdivides existing floorspace

Application scope before the retained 20 August grant decision; decision conditions not inspected

What the evidence says
The application starts with a vacant 171.25 m² unit and describes two retail units of approximately 92 m² and 60 m². Drawing 07006 C1 labels their areas 91.85 m² and 59.9 m² within the existing envelope. The planning statement says there is no net gain or loss of retail floorspace. Existing and proposed parts must not be added as new floor area.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Fit-out teams can size the subdivision without treating existing space and its component units as separate new construction.

What is not established
The final approved layout, conditions, commencement and a replacement headline area are not established by these application PDFs.

Inspect the evidence

Council acknowledgement and exact application scope · p.1
Development: existing vacant ... 171.25 ... 92 ... 60 · Issued 2026-07-08 · Acknowledgement dated 8 July; application received 3 July; not a decision · Checked 2026-09-07

Development: existing vacant ... 171.25 ... 92 ... 60

Existing and proposed retail floor plans · p.1
EXISTING 171.25sq.m; PROPOSED 91.85 m² and 59.9 m²; C1 · Issued 2026-07-03 · 1272-MDO-ZZ-00-DR-A-07006 C1; issued for planning 3 July; S5 for submission · Checked 2026-09-07

EXISTING 171.25sq.m; PROPOSED 91.85 m² and 59.9 m²; C1

Planning statement and covering letter · p.4
will not result in a net gain or net loss of retail floorspace · Issued 2026-07-03 · Signed covering statement dated 3 July 2026; received 3 July · Checked 2026-09-07

will not result in a net gain or net loss of retail floorspace

Both units connect to the existing southern escape route

July submitted escape arrangement; later decision conditions remain uninspected

What the evidence says
The July plan introduces a separating wall and rear corridor serving both units. The statement connects this arrangement to the existing fire escape on the shopping centre southern elevation. This is an internal circulation and partitioning proposal.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Partitioning and fire-safety teams need to coordinate both tenant spaces with the shared existing escape route.

What is not established
Building-control approval, fire certificate details, final construction design and installed fire-resisting products were not reviewed.

Inspect the evidence

Existing and proposed retail floor plans · p.1
PROPOSED NEW SEPARATING WALL; rear corridor · Issued 2026-07-03 · 1272-MDO-ZZ-00-DR-A-07006 C1; issued for planning 3 July; S5 for submission · Checked 2026-09-07

PROPOSED NEW SEPARATING WALL; rear corridor

Planning statement and covering letter · p.5
emergency exits / fire escape routes ... southern elevation · Issued 2026-07-03 · Signed covering statement dated 3 July 2026; received 3 July · Checked 2026-09-07

emergency exits / fire escape routes ... southern elevation

New glazed entrances face the internal mall

July proposed shopfront and unresolved signage details

What the evidence says
Drawing 08001 C1 shows separate glazed shopfront entrances replacing the boarded vacant frontage. The statement says the change is visible inside the mall and does not alter the larger centre external elevations. It supplies no signage details and suggests later agreement by condition; that suggestion is not itself an imposed condition.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Glazing and fit-out suppliers have a defined internal frontage, while signage needs the actual decision and agreed details before manufacture.

What is not established
The grant conditions, approved signage, lighting specification and any later shopfront revision were not reviewed.

Inspect the evidence

Existing and proposed internal elevations and sections · p.1
PROPOSED GLAZED SHOP FRONT WITH DOOR ACCESS; C1 · Issued 2026-07-03 · 1272-MDO-ZZ-XX-DR-A-08001 C1; issued for planning 3 July; S5 for submission · Checked 2026-09-07

PROPOSED GLAZED SHOP FRONT WITH DOOR ACCESS; C1

Planning statement and covering letter · p.4
only be visible from inside the mall · Issued 2026-07-03 · Signed covering statement dated 3 July 2026; received 3 July · Checked 2026-09-07

only be visible from inside the mall

Planning statement and covering letter · p.5
does not include any details of proposed signage · Issued 2026-07-03 · Signed covering statement dated 3 July 2026; received 3 July · Checked 2026-09-07

does not include any details of proposed signage

Remaining document questions

What conditions and approved drawings accompany the retained 20 August grant decision?

The declared pages of these government-published PDFs were visually inspected. Other catalogue files, later compliance, procurement and installed specifications were not established. Historical weekly membership is retained separately from these document dates.

How we know this

From the South Dublin County Council planning register, checked 25 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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What the documents establish

The July layout subdivides existing floorspace

Both units connect to the existing southern escape route

New glazed entrances face the internal mall

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