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South Dublin County Council · SD25A/0104W · Permission and Retention

Lands at Ballyroan House, Ballyroan Heights, Dublin 16, D16 E8C6

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Council received 2 May 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (498 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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SD25A/0104W is a planning application for permission and retention at Lands at Ballyroan House, Ballyroan Heights, Dublin 16, D16 E8C6, received by South Dublin County Council on 2 May 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Permission and retention permission for development at this site of approx. 1 ha on lands at Ballyroan House, Ballyroan Heights, Dublin 16, D16 E8C6 (The overall development currently under construction at this site is referred to as 'Watson Place' and development subject of this application relates to this development and to the dwelling unit known as 'McFarland House', Watson Place, Dublin 16, D16 R6W4). The development consists of the retention of an enlarged private open space area (increased in size from approx. 172 sq m to approx. 211 sq m) and a new boundary wall of approx. 2m in height serving McFarland House (permitted and constructed under Reg. Ref. SD23A/0302). Permission is also sought for the inclusion of an additional area of land approx. 3 sq m to form part of the main area of public open space serving the overall development at Watson Place. There are no works proposed to Ballyroan House (a Protected Structure). All other development within the wider site remains as previously permitted under Reg. Ref. SD17A/0064 (ABP Ref. PL06S.249209), as extended under Reg. Ref. SD17A/0064/EP and as amended under Reg. Ref. SD21A/0175, Reg. Ref. SD23A/0302, Reg. Ref. SD23A/0340 and Reg. Ref. SD25A/0010W. The council refused permission on 26 Jun 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 6 Jun 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 323123 on 25 Nov 2025 (grant conditions). The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 80 other decided applications in the last five years and 2 appeals.

Appeal window closes 24 Jul 2025 closed 415 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (26 Jun 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

Permission and retention permission for development at this site of approx. 1 ha on lands at Ballyroan House, Ballyroan Heights, Dublin 16, D16 E8C6 (The overall development currently under construction at this site is referred to as 'Watson Place' and development subject of this application relates to this development and to the dwelling unit known as 'McFarland House', Watson Place, Dublin 16, D16 R6W4). The development consists of the retention of an enlarged private open space area (increased in size from approx. 172 sq m to approx. 211 sq m) and a new boundary wall of approx. 2m in height serving McFarland House (permitted and constructed under Reg. Ref. SD23A/0302). Permission is also sought for the inclusion of an additional area of land approx. 3 sq m to form part of the main area of public open space serving the overall development at Watson Place. There are no works proposed to Ballyroan House (a Protected Structure). All other development within the wider site remains as previously permitted under Reg. Ref. SD17A/0064 (ABP Ref. PL06S.249209), as extended under Reg. Ref. SD17A/0064/EP and as amended under Reg. Ref. SD21A/0175, Reg. Ref. SD23A/0302, Reg. Ref. SD23A/0340 and Reg. Ref. SD25A/0010W.

Status
Appeal decided
Decision
Refuse permission & refuse retention on 26 Jun 2025
Site (from polygon)
1.01 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 2 May 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 6 Jun 2025
  • 26 Jun 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 24 Jul 2025
  • 23 Jul 2025
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

ACP 323123 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted with conditions 25 Nov 2025
received by the Commission 23 Jul 2025 · inspector's report · board order

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    Zoning at the site

    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

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 1
      Ballyroan House
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 118844). 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/68196.

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