Oakway Test Centre, Lower Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, D12 KDN8
Conversion of the Oakway Test Centre in Walkinstown into a drive-through facility.
SD25A/0283 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 19 November 2025
- Reference
- SD25A/0283
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 19 November 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves internal and external alterations to convert the existing test centre into a drive-through facility. External changes include removing a showroom glazed screen and inserting two new vehicular openings.
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Official record
Development description
Alterations to the building to facilitate the conversion of the existing test centre into a ''drive - through'' test centre in line with incoming rsa/cvrt regulatory policy. The alterations are mostly internal, including the re-positioning of partitions and the vehicular test equipment to facilitate the proposed 'drive - through' circulation route. Externally, there are alterations to the front facade including the removal of the glazed screen of the existing disused showroom and the insertion in that area of two new vehicular openings that will be similar to the one existing vehicular opening.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To facilitate enterprise and/or residential led regeneration”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneview, Walkinstown House, Ballymount Road Lowerprice excludes VAT | Aug 2025 | €60,768,277 | 341 m |
| Stoneview Ballymount Road Lower, Walkinsontownprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €17,337,516 | 341 m |
| 7 Walkinstown Crescent, Dublin 12, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €400,000 | 400 m |
| 72 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | May 2025 | €499,000 | 408 m |
| 35 Walkinstown Park, Walkinstown, Walkinstown | Sept 2025 | €523,250 | 414 m |
| C 1 Ballymount Sq, Ballymount Rd, Walkinstown Dublin 12 | Jan 2025 | €335,000 | 471 m |
| 19a Ballymount Sq, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Apr 2025 | €392,000 | 472 m |
| 46 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Feb 2025 | €390,000 | 474 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received19 November 2025
- Decision due22 January 2026
- Decision issued21 January 2026
- Permission expiry23 February 2031
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
Extension to existing premises comprising showrooms/offices and workshop also signage
Lower Ballymount Road, Dublin 12
SD03A/0512South DublinLodged 16 Jul 2003Commercial
- GrantedAt this site
Demolish existing advance tyre centre structure destroyed by fire and construct new replacement structure to…
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SD06A/1045South DublinLodged 6 Dec 2006Commercial
- Granted30 m away
Extension of existing warehouse
Unit G2A Ballymount Drive, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
SD02A/0518South DublinLodged 29 Apr 2003Industrial
- Granted40 m away
Change of use of part of building from offices to retail outlet: new signage to front facade. (Ballymount…
Unit G1, Ballymount Drive, Ballymount Road Lower, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
SD03A/0720South DublinLodged 3 Dec 2003Change of use
- Granted60 m away
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Maxol Filling Station, Oakway Motors, Ballymount Rd., D.12.
S02A/0113South DublinLodged 25 Feb 2002Commercial
- Granted60 m away
Redevelop existing filling station incorporating: demolition of existing shop building and portion of…
Maxol Filling Station/Oakway Motors,, Ballymount Road,, Dublin 12.
S01A/0622South DublinLodged 7 Dec 2001Commercial
- Granted70 m away
Erection of signage on the front (southern elevation) of the building, including a trough light for external…
Unit 2, Ballymount Road Lower, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD21A/0089South DublinLodged 8 Jul 2021Commercial
- Granted70 m away
Redevelopment of a light industrial building which was previously subdivided into two units totalling 1199…
E1, E2, E3 Ballymount Industrial Estate, Ballymount Drive, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD07A/1058South DublinLodged 22 May 2008Industrial
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