South Dublin Ford Centre, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
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SD04A/0803 is a planning application for permission at South Dublin Ford Centre, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14., received by South Dublin County Council on 22 Oct 2004 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: (a) Block A will comprise of 5 storey with 3 storey projections at front and rear, having landscape roof gardens at 4th floor level - a total of 40 apartments consisting of 24 no. two bedroom apartments, 12 no. one bedroom apartments, and 4 no. three bedroom apartments: each apartment will have an individual balcony; (b) Block B will comprise of 5 storey with 3 storey projections at front and rear, having landscape roof gardens at 4th floor level - a total of 45 apartments consisting of 32 no. two bedroom apartments, 12 no. one bedroom apartments and 1 no. three bedroom apartments: each apartment will have an individual balcony; (c) a total of 115 number car parking spaces, including 6 no. spaces over ground floor and 109 no. car spaces in basement car park with 85 no. cycle spaces; (d) access to site and basement car park to be from Whitechurch Road, landscaping including new footbridge over the stream at the eastern boundary, a new pedestrian access to Fonthill Court at the western boundary of the site and new perimeter railings on the northern, eastern and southern boundaries incorporating gates to the entrance from Whitechurch Road. The council refused permission on 14 Dec 2004. The five-week observation window closed on 26 Nov 2004. The register records an appeal (PL06S.210461), decided: refuse permission. The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 85 units. Within 500 m there are 95 other decided applications in the last five years and 10 appeals.
Proposal
(a) Block A will comprise of 5 storey with 3 storey projections at front and rear, having landscape roof gardens at 4th floor level - a total of 40 apartments consisting of 24 no. two bedroom apartments, 12 no. one bedroom apartments, and 4 no. three bedroom apartments: each apartment will have an individual balcony; (b) Block B will comprise of 5 storey with 3 storey projections at front and rear, having landscape roof gardens at 4th floor level - a total of 45 apartments consisting of 32 no. two bedroom apartments, 12 no. one bedroom apartments and 1 no. three bedroom apartments: each apartment will have an individual balcony; (c) a total of 115 number car parking spaces, including 6 no. spaces over ground floor and 109 no. car spaces in basement car park with 85 no. cycle spaces; (d) access to site and basement car park to be from Whitechurch Road, landscaping including new footbridge over the stream at the eastern boundary, a new pedestrian access to Fonthill Court at the western boundary of the site and new perimeter railings on the northern, eastern and southern boundaries incorporating gates to the entrance from Whitechurch Road.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 14 Dec 2004
- Permission expires
- 29 May 2005
- Units
- 85
- Floor area
- 1.09 ha
- Site (from polygon)
- 6,019 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 22 Oct 2004New applicationObservation window closed 26 Nov 2004
- 14 Dec 2004DecisionAppeal window closed 20 Jan 2005
- 19 Jan 2005Appeal lodged
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Appeal
The register records appeal PL06S.210461 (Appeal decided) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 12
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 118164). 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/24315.
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