28-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Leading Polish retailer gets green light for off-licence near Bray Dart station
Bray People
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Permission has been granted to accommodate an off-licence in a ground floor unit of Dargan Hall, the residential apartment development, located opposite Bray Dart station.
The application was submitted by Tempside Ltd, trading as Polonez, the Polish retailer and food distribution company, and was for a part change of use in a permitted retail unit (of roughly 156 square metres) to retail use with ancillary off-licence sales (the area for the display of alcohol is approximately 3.6 square metres), associated signage for the unit and other minor ancillary alterations.
With 45 stores on the island, Polonez is among the leading providers of Polish and East European foods and the firm also has a store on St Kevin's Square, in the town.
The off-licence element is split into two areas, with beer cabinets integrated into the central aisle of the store which would be visible from the cashier desks, and a further space behind the cashier desk containing spirits.
In arriving at its decision, the local authority was satisfied that there are no other off-licences in the immediate vicinity.
The approved use is for convenience store, which is noted to be operated by Polonez, selling eastern European groceries and the provision of an off-licence area within the shop would not be at odds with this use.
