The Garden Centre, Rathfarnham Shopping Centre, Butterfield Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14K796
- 19 Feb 2026Received
- 15 Apr 2026Grant permission & grant retention
- 27 May 2026Final grant
- 26 May 2031Permission expires
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Grant permission & grant retention · 15 Apr 2026
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission and Retention
- Site
- 1,202 m²
What’s proposed
The development will consist of: Continued use of the building as a garden centre to include minor internal alterations. The erection of a twin arched external canopy structure over the garden centre yard to the rear. The erection of a single arched external canopy structure over the access ramp to the lower ground floor. Retention of the continued use of the lower ground floor as a garden centre retail space. All associated site works and services
SD26A/0047W is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for the development will consist of: Continued use of the building as a garden centre to, received on 19 Feb 2026; permission was granted on 15 Apr 2026.
Planning details
- Reference
- SD26A/0047W
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Granted · register status “Final Grant”
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Observations close
- 26 Mar 2026 (closed 173 days ago)
- Decision due
- 15 Apr 2026 · decided 15 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Grant permission & grant retention on 15 Apr 2026
- Proposed development
- The development will consist of: Continued use of the building as a garden centre to include minor internal alterations. The erection of a twin arched external canopy structure over the garden centre yard to the rear. The erection of a single arched external canopy structure over the access ramp to the lower ground floor. Retention of the continued use of the lower ground floor as a garden centre retail space. All associated site works and servicesAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 1,202 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.29582, -6.29879
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
HA-DV: To protect and enhance the outstanding character and amenity of the Dodder Valley
Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
DC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of District Centres
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 5
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 115306). 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/69857.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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