Fingal Weekly Planning02 Jul 2026

FS5/058/26

ALDI Store, Seatown Road, Swords Demesne, Swords, Co Dublin

Lead potentialMedium

Well-defined specialist solar PV package of substantial area (640sqm) on a retail store, though it is a single-package retrofit rather than a broad multi-trade build.

Planning stageNew Application

Project typeRetrofit Energy Upgrade

Development sectorCommercial Retail

Matched trades3

Source description

What is being proposed

Installation of 640.44sqm of photovoltaic panels at roof level of the retail store. The question being asked is 'whether the provision of photovoltaic panels at roof level is or is not exempted development within the meaning of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 (as amended)'

Opportunity fit

Why these trades match

3 evidence-led matches

Solar

High

Proposal explicitly installs 640.44sqm of photovoltaic panels at roof level.

Electrical

Medium

PV installation necessarily involves electrical connection and inverter works, though not explicitly detailed.

Roofing

Low

Roof-level mounting of panels implies roof works, though not explicitly described.