Restaurant proposals lodged for former post office and beauty salon in The Square

A planning application has been lodged to merge a former post office and beauty salon at The Square in Tallaght into a restaurant.

The proposed development would see “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 to accommodate a restaurant/ takeaway unit (243sqm) for consumption of hot food on and off the premises”, according to the planning application lodged on Wednesday, March 11.

It would also include modifications to “existing shopfront signage, new tenant sign on eastern elevation and all associated site and development works”.

The former An Post unit at Belgard Square East closed in early November 2024 when the new post office unit located within The Square Shopping Centre itself opened that same month.

The move came after the Tallaght An Post branch was acquired by a postmaster and privatised earlier that year, who decided to relocate the branch to a unit on the second floor beside Dunnes Stores.

Third party observations and submissions regarding this planning application can be made up until April 14, with a decision due by May 5, 2026.