"Sonas", Kilteel Road, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

What’s proposed

Change of use of two ground floor rooms from residential to pre-school childcare use with additional off street car parking

Reference: SD09A/0400
Local authority: South Dublin County Council
Status: Granted · register status “Decision”
Received: 8 Oct 2009
Observations close: 12 Nov 2009 (closed 6172 days ago)
Decision due: 2 Dec 2009 · decided 2 Dec 2009
Decision: Grant permission on 2 Dec 2009
Proposed development: Change of use of two ground floor rooms from residential to pre-school childcare use with additional off street car parking
As published by the register.
Site area: 758 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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Permitted, not started · 28 homes granted 24 Feb 2026, expires 23 Feb 2031 — Rathmill Manor (0.8 km)
Permission expired · 204 homes granted 12 Nov 2020, expires 12 Nov 2025 — Stoney Hill Road (0.8 km)
Derelict site — Site at Long Acre, School Road, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin (0.2 km)
Residential land off Croftwell Square, Rathcoole (0.0 km)
Residential land off Croftwell Square, Rathcoole (0.1 km)

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51

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