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South Dublin County Council · ED26/0009

1, Somerton Court, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 N2V5.

  1. 5 Feb 2026Received
  2. 4 Mar 2026Declared not exempt
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Status
Refused
Decision
Declared not exempt · 4 Mar 2026
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
Site
20 m²

What’s proposed

Conversion of a portion of the exclusive use front garden within the curtilage of the dwelling into domestic parking driveway to facilitate off street parking and electric vehicle charging. Works will involve replacement of soft landscaping with a permeable hard surface. No alteration to height or alignment of boundary walls no alteration of footpath or road. Aligns with class 1, part 1, schedule 2 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001. As works within the curtilage of a dwelling/house. The driveway is for domestic use only and to provide off street parking facilities. No alternation to public footpath, road or boundary wall

ED26/0009 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for conversion of a portion of the exclusive use front garden within the curtilage of the, received on 5 Feb 2026; permission was refused on 4 Mar 2026.

Planning details

Reference
ED26/0009
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Refused · register status “Decision
Received
5 Feb 2026
Observations close
12 Mar 2026 (closed 186 days ago)
Decision due
4 Mar 2026 · decided 4 Mar 2026
Decision
Declared not exempt on 4 Mar 2026
Proposed development
Conversion of a portion of the exclusive use front garden within the curtilage of the dwelling into domestic parking driveway to facilitate off street parking and electric vehicle charging. Works will involve replacement of soft landscaping with a permeable hard surface. No alteration to height or alignment of boundary walls no alteration of footpath or road. Aligns with class 1, part 1, schedule 2 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001. As works within the curtilage of a dwelling/house. The driveway is for domestic use only and to provide off street parking facilities. No alternation to public footpath, road or boundary wall
As published by the register.
Site area
20 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    R3 — Rural cluster

    SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes

    A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 1
      Somerton House
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 90466). 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/69771.

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