Site at Edmondstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 P685
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
SD26A/0198W is a planning application for permission at Site at Edmondstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 P685, received by South Dublin County Council on 17 Aug 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Demolition of existing derelict outbuilding (approximately 95m²) and the construction of 3 no. dwelling houses as follows; 1 no. Type A: Detached, 352m², 2-storey, 5-bedroom dwelling with single storey projecting elements to front (west). 2 no. Type B: Detached, 132m², 2-storey + attic dormer, 3-bedroom dwellings. New site boundary treatments will consist of: 1.8m high concrete block wall with neighbouring sites to north and south. Concrete retaining wall to required areas at base of neighbouring sloped land bank to east. Stabilising and repair works to stone wall on western boundary with Edmondstown Road, removal of existing metal fence to top of wall and new 1.5m high timber fence built inside wall. Existing vehicular entrance to be narrowed and existing gates replaced with timber gates, with refuse area incorporated inside vehicular entrance. All associated site works including new access road, parking spaces to dwellings, garden boundaries, lighting, drainage and landscaping. No decision has been made yet; the council's decision is due by 12 Oct 2026. Observations can be made to the council until 21 Sept 2026 (9 days left) under s.34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The site is zoned R2 — existing residential under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 69 other decided applications in the last five years and 10 appeals.
Proposal
Demolition of existing derelict outbuilding (approximately 95m²) and the construction of 3 no. dwelling houses as follows; 1 no. Type A: Detached, 352m², 2-storey, 5-bedroom dwelling with single storey projecting elements to front (west). 2 no. Type B: Detached, 132m², 2-storey + attic dormer, 3-bedroom dwellings. New site boundary treatments will consist of: 1.8m high concrete block wall with neighbouring sites to north and south. Concrete retaining wall to required areas at base of neighbouring sloped land bank to east. Stabilising and repair works to stone wall on western boundary with Edmondstown Road, removal of existing metal fence to top of wall and new 1.5m high timber fence built inside wall. Existing vehicular entrance to be narrowed and existing gates replaced with timber gates, with refuse area incorporated inside vehicular entrance. All associated site works including new access road, parking spaces to dwellings, garden boundaries, lighting, drainage and landscaping.
- Status
- Valid
- Decision
- Pending
- Floor area
- 616 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 1,417 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 17 Aug 2026New applicationObservation window closes 21 Sept 2026
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
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 · 2
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 116259). 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/70850.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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