The Forge Guesthouse, Mill Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
ED24/0057 is a planning application for declaration of exemption sect. 5 at The Forge Guesthouse, Mill Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 23 Oct 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Whether the use of a Guesthouse at the Forge Guesthouse, Mill Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin D24PV2, (A Protected Structure RPS Ref. 320) to provide accommodation for persons seeking international protection, constitutes exempted development or does not constitute exempted development? 2 (a) Section of Exempted Development Regulations under witch exemption is claimed (if Known): Class 14 Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2024 Schedule 2, Article 6, Part 1. The council granted permission on 18 Nov 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 27 Nov 2024. The site is zoned M2 — major town centre under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 31 other decided applications in the last five years and 7 appeals.
Proposal
Whether the use of a Guesthouse at the Forge Guesthouse, Mill Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin D24PV2, (A Protected Structure RPS Ref. 320) to provide accommodation for persons seeking international protection, constitutes exempted development or does not constitute exempted development? 2 (a) Section of Exempted Development Regulations under witch exemption is claimed (if Known): Class 14 Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2024 Schedule 2, Article 6, Part 1
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Declared exempt on 18 Nov 2024
- Site (from polygon)
- 41 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 23 Oct 2024New applicationObservation window closed 27 Nov 2024
- 18 Nov 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 16 Dec 2024

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1 Where this is — preview
1 Deadlines still open
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
VC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 6
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 15
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 89612). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/67125.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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