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South Dublin County Council · SD24A/0084W

39, Woodside Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14C8Y0

  1. 18 Apr 2024Received
  2. 11 Jun 2024Grant permission
  3. 5 Jul 2024Appealed
  4. 4 Sept 2025Appeal: Refused
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Status
Appeal decided — refused
Decision
Grant permission · 11 Jun 2024
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
Permission
Site
6,293 m²
Appeal
ACP 320111 · Refused

What’s proposed

Permission for development at 39 Woodside Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. The site is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (lime kiln, ref. 315). The development will consist of:- •Demolition of existing dwelling and tennis court; •Construction of 2 no. apartment buildings set around landscaped open space. The northern building (Block A) has a height of 4-storey over basement. The southern building (Blocks B & C) has a height of 4 to 5-storey over basement. The proposed buildings will accommodate 52 no. apartments comprising 38 no. 2-bedroom and 14 no. 3 bedroom units, all with associated balconies/terraces. The basement will accommodate 58 no. car parking spaces, refuse store, plant room and apartment storage area. The development will include: • Vehicular and pedestrian access from Woodside Drive via a revised entrance arrangement; • Ramped vehicular access to the basement; • Cycle parking, landscaped open spaces and boundary treatments; • Construction of a foul drain to connect to the existing sewer at Woodside Drive/Hillside Drive; • Construction of a surface water drain to connect to the existing sewer at Woodside estate (located within the boundary of South Dublin County Council); • Associated site works and services. The application is submitted to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and South Dublin County Council

SD24A/0084W is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for permission for development at 39 Woodside Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. The site is, received on 18 Apr 2024; permission was granted on 11 Jun 2024.

Planning details

Reference
SD24A/0084W
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Appeal decided — refused · register status “Appeal decided
Received
18 Apr 2024
Observations close
23 May 2024 (closed 844 days ago)
Decision due
12 Jun 2024 · decided 11 Jun 2024
Decision
Grant permission on 11 Jun 2024
Proposed development
Permission for development at 39 Woodside Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. The site is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (lime kiln, ref. 315). The development will consist of:- •Demolition of existing dwelling and tennis court; •Construction of 2 no. apartment buildings set around landscaped open space. The northern building (Block A) has a height of 4-storey over basement. The southern building (Blocks B & C) has a height of 4 to 5-storey over basement. The proposed buildings will accommodate 52 no. apartments comprising 38 no. 2-bedroom and 14 no. 3 bedroom units, all with associated balconies/terraces. The basement will accommodate 58 no. car parking spaces, refuse store, plant room and apartment storage area. The development will include: • Vehicular and pedestrian access from Woodside Drive via a revised entrance arrangement; • Ramped vehicular access to the basement; • Cycle parking, landscaped open spaces and boundary treatments; • Construction of a foul drain to connect to the existing sewer at Woodside Drive/Hillside Drive; • Construction of a surface water drain to connect to the existing sewer at Woodside estate (located within the boundary of South Dublin County Council); • Associated site works and services. The application is submitted to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and South Dublin County Council
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Site area
6,293 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

ACP 320111 · Planning Appeal · decided · Refused 4 Sept 2025
received by the Commission 5 Jul 2024 · inspector's report · board order

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    G1 — Open space with recreation

    Objective F: F To preserve and provide for open space with ancillary active recreational amenities.

    Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

    R2 — Existing residential

    Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities

    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.

    G1 — Open space with recreation

    Objective F: F To preserve and provide for open space with ancillary active recreational amenities.

    Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

    R2.6 — Existing residential

    Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities

    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.

    G1 — Open space with recreation

    OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities

    Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

    R2 — Existing residential

    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 · 1
      Rathfarnham Religious Society of Friends' Meeting House
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Record of Protected Structures · 2
      Lime Kiln; Ice House

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 119521). 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/65938.

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