Library Square, Main Street, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, D24 W14F.
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SD24A/0070W is a planning application for permission at Library Square, Main Street, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, D24 W14F., received by South Dublin County Council on 24 Jul 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The proposed development will consist of a Change of use of 4 No. office units in the building to the rear of the site (Block B) into 4 No. one-bed apartments as well as minor elevational changes to install additional windows to side elevations to facilitate this new use. This change will convert the building fully to residential. Works will include construction of a secure bicycle enclosure on the site, as well as all associated and ancillary site and landscaping works. The Site is located at the rear of a second building and site, also in their ownership (Block A) which fronts onto the main street. Block A is a protected structure. Note there are no works proposed to Block A as part of this application. The council granted permission on 20 Aug 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 28 Aug 2024. A commencement notice (CN0132467SD) was lodged on 25 Aug 2025, so works have started on site. The site is zoned M2 — major town centre under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 4 units. Within 500 m there are 59 other decided applications in the last five years and 8 appeals.
Proposal
The proposed development will consist of a Change of use of 4 No. office units in the building to the rear of the site (Block B) into 4 No. one-bed apartments as well as minor elevational changes to install additional windows to side elevations to facilitate this new use. This change will convert the building fully to residential. Works will include construction of a secure bicycle enclosure on the site, as well as all associated and ancillary site and landscaping works. The Site is located at the rear of a second building and site, also in their ownership (Block A) which fronts onto the main street. Block A is a protected structure. Note there are no works proposed to Block A as part of this application.
- Status
- Final Grant
- Decision
- Grant permission on 20 Aug 2024
- Final grant
- 3 Oct 2024
- Permission expires
- 2 Oct 2029
- Units
- 4
- Floor area
- 209 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 824 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 28 May 2024Further information requested
- 24 Jul 2024Further information received
- 24 Jul 2024New applicationObservation window closed 28 Aug 2024
- 20 Aug 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 17 Sept 2024
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Commencement notice CN0132467SD
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
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 11
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 4
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 110039). 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/65834.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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