Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

111, Fortfield Road, Terenure, Dublin, D6W HD42

Planting of pleached/espaliered evergreen oak trees in the rear garden with lightweight horticultural support frames for the purpose of supporting and training the row of pleached trees.

Observations close 30 Sept 2026 15 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 26 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: ED26/0090 · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
Status: Recommended Decision
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 46 m²
Received: 26 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 22 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/70908.
Write your observation.Quote ED26/0090 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 30 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 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
SD26A/0173W	Grant permission	10 Sept 2026	—	232 m	Demolition of existing garage structure and construction of a new single storey bungalow with pitched roof and all associated site, drainage and ancillary works.
SD26B/0280W	Grant permission	23 Jul 2026	—	439 m	a) conversion of existing garage into a habitable space, b) alterations to the front, side and rear elevations, c) demolition of existing shed in rear garden abutting the existing dwelling, d) demolition of chimney to the rear of the existing dwelling, e) Widening of existing vehicular entrance to 4m and all associated site works.
WEB2215/26	Grant permission	10 Jul 2026	—	451 m	Alterations and additions to the existing semi-detached house at 54 Parkmore Drive, Terenure, Dublin 6W,D6WPF90; including for the construction of a 1st floor side extension of c.20m2, protruding gable pitched roof and walls to front of existing house at ground and 1st floor level , new projecting pitched roof at ground level to front of existing house, construction of a c.18m2 dormer loft extension to the rear of the existing house, extension of the hipped side of the existing roof into a vertical gable end, conversion of existing garage to habitable to use , alterations to the front of the existing house to include removal of garage door for a new window, new velux roof lights to the rear roof of the existing house, construction of a habitable garden pod to the rear garden and all ancillary site works.
WEB2497/26	Application declared invalid	17 Jun 2026	—	132 m	Change of use of an existing detached single storey flat roof masonry storage shed to a residential ancillary family dwelling to include the following ; construction of a new first floor level bedroom and ensuite with new gable roof, two dormer structures with one clerestory window facing south west and new rooflights, internal and external alterations, 7.4sqm of shed retained with access onto rear laneway serving main house, connection into existing utilities, new soakaway to BRE Digest 365 and all associated site works at 90 Fortfield Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W.
SD26B/0154W	Grant permission	19 May 2026	—	361 m	A single-storey side extension and associated to works to the north of the existing dwelling.
WEB2126/26	Application declared invalid	8 May 2026	—	451 m	Alterations and additions to the existing semi-detached house at 54 Parkmore Drive, Terenure, Dublin 6W,D6WPF90; including for the construction of a 1st floor side extension of c.20m2 with protruding gable pitched roof and walls to front of existing house , construction of a c.18m2 dormer loft extension to the rear of the existing house, extension of the hipped side of the existing roof into a vertical gable end, alterations to the front of the existing house to include removal of garage door for a new window, new velux roof lights to the front and rear roof of the existing house, construction of a habitable garden pod to the rear garden and all ancillary site works.
SD26B/0089W	Grant permission	21 Apr 2026	—	415 m	Attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access as habitable space with roof windows to front all with associated ancillary works.
SD26A/0050W	Grant permission	16 Apr 2026	—	471 m	The change of use of an existing ground floor commercial unit [80m2] to café, alterations to the rear elevation, internal alterations, installation of signage to the front elevation consisting of raised letters with associated lighting, and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501182	Planning Appeal	Granted	7 Aug 2026	136 m
323512	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	21 May 2026	399 m
500668	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	1 Apr 2026	473 m
321966	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	31 Mar 2026	22 m
500803	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Refused	9 Mar 2026	0 m
322106	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	24 Jul 2025	36 m
316272	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	16 Dec 2024	85 m
319960	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	1 Nov 2024	405 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

26 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 30 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 15 Sept 2026, 20:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.