Malankara House (Palm Chalet), Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20
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SD23A/0177 is a planning application for permission and retention at Malankara House (Palm Chalet), Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, received by South Dublin County Council on 4 Mar 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Amendments to the previously granted permission SD17A/0466, as amended by significant further information, as follows; retention permission of the change of use of the existing dwelling to a presbytery; permission for the construction of a 222 sq.m church with associated services, carparking, landscaping, flagpole, and notice board; use the existing entrance on Old Lucan Road as it currently exists, and erection of a new gate, all at Malankara House, Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, D20 VP97. The council granted permission on 2 Apr 2024 (retention). The five-week observation window closed on 8 Apr 2024. A commencement notice (CN0117632SD) was lodged on 29 Jul 2024, so works have started on site. The site is zoned M2 — major town centre under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 42 other decided applications in the last five years and 7 appeals.
Proposal
Amendments to the previously granted permission SD17A/0466, as amended by significant further information, as follows; retention permission of the change of use of the existing dwelling to a presbytery; permission for the construction of a 222 sq.m church with associated services, carparking, landscaping, flagpole, and notice board; use the existing entrance on Old Lucan Road as it currently exists, and erection of a new gate, all at Malankara House, Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, D20 VP97.
- Status
- Final Grant
- Decision
- Grant permission & grant retention on 2 Apr 2024
- Final grant
- 15 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 14 May 2029
- Floor area
- 222 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 2,442 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 19 Sept 2023Further information requested
- 4 Mar 2024Further information received
- 4 Mar 2024New applicationObservation window closed 8 Apr 2024
- 2 Apr 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 30 Apr 2024
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Commencement notice CN0117632SD
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.
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
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 4
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 116780). 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/64555.
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