Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Iona Pastoral Community Centre, Idrone Avenue, Dublin, D16 T299

Replacing one car park space with one bike rack for bicycles to be parked for visitors to the Iona Centre. Improving accessibility and encouraging cyclists to come to the centre.

Observations close 17 Sept 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: ED26/0081 · 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: 17 m²
Received: 13 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 9 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/70840.
Write your observation.Quote ED26/0081 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 17 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
M3 Neighbourhood centre	DC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of District Centres	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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
SD26B/0309W	Grant permission	17 Aug 2026	—	125 m	Construction of a 32sq.m ground floor flat roof extension to the rear, providing a new utility room, extended kitchen and dining room with no.1 new rooflight; Attic conversion to the rear extending the property to two storeys to include two additional bedrooms, office space, shower room and en-suite; Two roof lights to the north facing front elevation; External insulation with brick finish to the front, side and rear facades; Ancillary site works as required to facilitate construction works.
SD26B/0242W	Request additional information	14 Jul 2026	—	481 m	Dormer extension at existing attic level and an extension at first-floor level to facilitate the conversion of the existing three-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached dwelling into a three-storey, four-bedroom dwelling. The proposed works will include (i) modifications to part of the existing roof over the rear ground-floor kitchen area to incorporate a pitched roof, (ii) Construction of a first-floor extension with associated internal reconfiguration, (iii) Construction of a dormer extension with reconfiguration of the attic layout to provide an additional bedroom, (iv) Removal and replacement of existing rear first-floor windows, installation of a new dormer window and ground-floor bi-fold door, (v) Relocation/reuse of the existing ground-floor skylight at dormer level, and all associated site works, landscaping, drainage, and ancillary service works.
SD26B/0225W	Grant permission for retention	6 Jul 2026	—	212 m	The development consists of re-location and enlargement of ground floor window to eastern side elevation of dwelling-house.
SD21B/0201/EP	Refuse ext. of duration of permission	2 Jun 2026	—	378 m	Construction of a two storey extension at the side and a single storey extension to the rear of existing semi-detached house; canopy at the front of the house above the main entrance and continuing over a new single storey bay window; 3 no. west facing roof lights to the rear of the house; 3 no. new west-facing roof-lights to the single storey extension to the rear of the house; 3 no. windows to the new end wall and gable; connection into existing public mains; internal reconfiguration; all with a total floor area of approx.. 49sq.m and associated site works.
SD26B/0156W	Grant permission	28 May 2026	—	248 m	Amendmetns to the first floor extension previously granted planning permission Reg Ref: SD21B/0021
SD26B/0092	Grant permission	29 Apr 2026	—	292 m	Proposed construction of a dormer attic extension and alterations to existing dormer to the rear and all associated site works to existing dwelling house.
ED26/0027	Declared exempt	13 Apr 2026	—	469 m	Removal of a traffic lane, Reconfiguration of junction geometry, Installation of traffic signals, Provision of pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure, Associated ancillary and landscaping work
SD26B/0062W	Grant permission	2 Apr 2026	—	127 m	Demolition of an existing single story glazed conservatory and store, construction of a new 2 storey extension and attic conversion to the rear providing an extended kitchen and dining room at ground floor, two additional bedrooms and bathroom at the new first floor level, a new roof light to the north facing roof, external insulation with render finish and all associated drainage works and site works as required.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500579	Planning Appeal	Granted	2 Jun 2026	489 m
500186	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	8 Apr 2026	416 m
322307	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	6 Aug 2025	450 m
317724	Planning Appeal	Refused	21 Oct 2024	493 m
315182	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	12 Oct 2023	432 m
310999	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Jan 2022	484 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

13 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 17 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.