39, Woodside Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14C8Y0
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SD24A/0084W is a planning application for permission at 39, Woodside Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14C8Y0, received by South Dublin County Council on 18 Apr 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council granted permission on 11 Jun 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 23 May 2024. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 320111 on 4 Sept 2025 (refuse). The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 93 other decided applications in the last five years and 11 appeals.
Proposal
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.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 11 Jun 2024
- Floor area
- 8,008 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 6,293 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 18 Apr 2024New applicationObservation window closed 23 May 2024
- 11 Jun 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 9 Jul 2024
- 5 Jul 2024Appeal lodged

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Zoning at the site
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
- Record of Protected Structures · 2
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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