Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

24, Beechwood Lawns, Rathcoole, Dublin 24, D24 P038

House wrapped in external insulation 150mm thickness. Seeking exemption to have house finished in white (not matching adjoining house).

Observations close 16 Sept 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: ED26/0080 · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
Status: Officer Allocation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 21 m²
Received: 12 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 8 Sept 2026
Decision: not yet decided

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/70824.
Write your observation.Quote ED26/0080 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. South Dublin County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 16 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, South Dublin County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
R2 Existing residential	RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R149391
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

1 layer present but masked: flood_cfram — source licence forbids redistribution (CC-BY-NC-ND); shown as a boolean and a link only

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
SD26B/0186W	Request additional information	15 Jun 2026	—	299 m	Widening of the existing vehicular entrance by 2 metres and extension of the existing driveway to the public road including associated footpath dishing and ancillary site works previously constructed.
SD25A/0266W	Grant permission	26 May 2026	10	342 m	a) the part demolition of Muldowney's Pub to the rear; b) the change of use of the front portion of the pub to provide for 2no. 1-bed units; c) the construction of 8 no. own-door residential units within a single three storey block to provide 4no. 1- bed units and 4no. 2-bed units; d) enlargement of residential bin storage; reallocation of permitted car parking to the amended development; e) all ancillary hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, signage, engineering and site development works necessary to facilitate the development
SD26B/0145W	Grant permission	25 May 2026	—	461 m	Permission for demolition off existing single storey garage and the construction of a new two storey extension to the side of the existing house and single storey extension to the rear of the house with all assocciated works.
SD26A/0074	Request additional information	13 May 2026	—	477 m	Permission to extend the period of retention (Planning reference No. SD19A/0355), for a period of six years, of development consisting of the single storey prefabricated buildings (floor area 870 m2) to the side/rear of existing Community Centre for community/ recreational use.
SD26A/0063W	Refuse permission	5 May 2026	2	369 m	Amendments to Permitted P.R.R. SD22A/0096 for: a) Demolition of existing stone cottages on which works have commenced; b) reconstruction of cottages in modern materials to match existing structures in form to allow for 2 no. 2-bedroom single storey residential units ; c) reuse of the existing roof slates to the front and new roof slates to the rear; d) construction of yard boundary walls within the site using reclaimed stone from the cottages; e) all ancillary landscaping and site development works necessary to facilitate the development.
SD26B/0053W	Refuse permission	7 Apr 2026	—	299 m	The proposed development will consist of the widening of the existing vehicular entrance by 2 metres and extension of the existing driveway to the public road, including associated footpath dishing and ancillary site works.
ED25/0105	Declared exempt	18 Mar 2026	—	479 m	The roof on the structure was an apex roof some years ago and damage caused roof to be changed. we would like to reinstate apex roof.
SD26A/0027W	Invalidate application	26 Feb 2026	—	369 m	Amendments to Permitted SD22A/0096 for: Demolition of existing stone cottages on which works have commenced and reconstruction of cottages in modern materials to match existing structures in form to allow for 2 no. 2-bedroom single storey residential units. Reuse of the existing roof slates to the front and new roof slates to the rear and construction of yard boundary walls within the site using reclaimed stone from the cottages. All ancillary landscaping and site development works necessary to facilitate the development.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501589	Planning Appeal	open	19 Jun 2026	342 m
324071	Appeal - LRD	Refused	27 May 2026	496 m
322826	Planning Appeal	Refused	2 Oct 2025	418 m
321696	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 May 2025	137 m
321133	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	25 Feb 2025	486 m
318649	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Jun 2024	292 m
317122	Planning Appeal	Invalid	15 May 2023	343 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

12 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 16 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.