Sweetmans Yard, Folkstown Great, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Retention of change of use from agricultural to light industrial and commercial units in Balbriggan.
F24A/0871 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 27 September 2024
- Reference
- F24A/0871
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Retention
- Received
- 27 September 2024
Summary
AI-generatedRetention of the change of use and subdivision of agricultural buildings into separate light industrial, commercial, and storage uses at Sweetmans Yard. The application also seeks retention for new light industrial, commercial, and storage units.
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Official record
Development description
- Permission for the following
- Retention of change of use and subdivision from agricultural buildings to separate light industrial/commercial/storage uses
- Retention of new light industrial/commercial/storage units, all site and ancillary works in accordance with the lodged plans and documents on this site. Additional information received 20/06/2025 clarification of additional information received 19/08/2025
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Provide opportunities for general enterprise and employment”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planKey dates
Timeline
- Application received27 September 2024
- Decision due15 September 2025
- Decision issued15 September 2025
- Appeal submitted13 October 2025
- Appeal decided20 February 2026
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
(1) Retention of change of use and subdivision from agricultural buil
Sweetman's Yard Folkstown Great, Balbriggan, Co Dublin
F20A/0226FingalLodged 21 Dec 2020Retention
- Granted490 m away
The development will consist of a distillery (total floor area of floo
Lands at Harvest Lodge, Folkstown Lane ( Folkstown Little Td) and land
F22A/0033FingalLodged 1 Dec 2022Industrial
- Invalid490 m away
The development will consist of the construction of a business park wh
Lands at Harvest Lodge, Folkstown Lane ( Folkstown Little Td) and land
F21A/0677FingalLodged 14 Dec 2021Commercial
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