Site accessed from the Balgaddy Road cul-de-sac, off the Lucan Newlands Road, Balgaddy, South Lucan, Dublin, K78 D422
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SD25A/0276W is a planning application for permission at Site accessed from the Balgaddy Road cul-de-sac, off the Lucan Newlands Road, Balgaddy, South Lucan, Dublin, K78 D422, received by South Dublin County Council on 8 Apr 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of the demolition and removal of the existing single storey and temporary buildings on site and, the construction of a Community Centre and Place of Worship ( Mosque ) in a detached part single storey and part two storey building, part pitched and part flat roofed, incorporating solar PV panels and a feature minaret and dome on / over roofs levels, and including the following within the building envelope: Entrance and circulation spaces, reception / refreshment zone, 2 no. retailing / services units, a prayer room and gallery, a multi-purpose events room, 1No. three bedroomed apartment, community health / medical consulting rooms, administrative spaces, a room as a library / book store / meeting room, enclosed car parking and supporting services spaces including for such uses as, toilets and for ablutions, tea stations, storage, service plant, etc. On site but external to the building will be the main vehicular and pedestrian site entrances including gates in the new northern boundary, pedestrian and vehicular circulation routes, boundary treatments including walls and fencing, car and bicycle parking, a small service yard, a community clothes recycling bank, hard and soft landscaped areas including a children's play space etc. The council granted permission on 5 May 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 13 May 2026. Appeal 501466 is before An Coimisiún Pleanála (lodged 2 Jun 2026). The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 18 other decided applications in the last five years and 2 appeals.
Proposal
The development will consist of the demolition and removal of the existing single storey and temporary buildings on site and, the construction of a Community Centre and Place of Worship ( Mosque ) in a detached part single storey and part two storey building, part pitched and part flat roofed, incorporating solar PV panels and a feature minaret and dome on / over roofs levels, and including the following within the building envelope: Entrance and circulation spaces, reception / refreshment zone, 2 no. retailing / services units, a prayer room and gallery, a multi-purpose events room, 1No. three bedroomed apartment, community health / medical consulting rooms, administrative spaces, a room as a library / book store / meeting room, enclosed car parking and supporting services spaces including for such uses as, toilets and for ablutions, tea stations, storage, service plant, etc. On site but external to the building will be the main vehicular and pedestrian site entrances including gates in the new northern boundary, pedestrian and vehicular circulation routes, boundary treatments including walls and fencing, car and bicycle parking, a small service yard, a community clothes recycling bank, hard and soft landscaped areas including a children's play space etc.
- Status
- Appeal Report Sent to ABP
- Decision
- Grant permission on 5 May 2026
- Floor area
- 2,591 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 4,250 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 16 Jan 2026Further information requested
- 8 Apr 2026Further information received
- 8 Apr 2026New applicationObservation window closed 13 May 2026
- 5 May 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 2 Jun 2026
- 2 Jun 2026Appeal lodged
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Appeal
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
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
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 2
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 115227). 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/69273.
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