Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

37, Lucan Heights, Lucan, Co. Dublin

The erection of a porch outside our external front door of the house. The porch will be situated at least x metres from the road. The floor area does not exceed 2 metres squared. The slated pitched roof is 3 metres in height.

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: ED26/0091 · 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: 9 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/70914.
Write your observation.Quote ED26/0091 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

NIAH-recorded building × 2
Saint Joseph's Convent · St Mary's Church Graveyard
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 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/0160W	Request additional information	31 Aug 2026	—	309 m	Demolition of disused bungalow, unoccupied for c.9 years and in advanced disrepair with the construction of a new office building of two storeys over basement and ancillaries comprising site development works, soft landscaping, cycle and car parking areas with EV charging points.
SD25A/0304W	Grant permission	4 Aug 2026	—	63 m	The development will consist of change of use of existing dwelling to doctor’s general practice rooms, modifications to existing elevations and plan layout, together with two storey extension to the rear comprising 2 no. 2 bed apartments. The development also includes 14 no. car parking spaces, bicycle stand, modifications to existing entrance, private and common amenity areas and all associated site works.
SD26B/0146W	Grant permission	20 May 2026	—	264 m	Removal of boiler shed and store to rear & construction of a first floor extension to side above existing converted garage and single-storey kitchen extension to the rear with associated site works
SD26A/0056W	Grant permission	27 Apr 2026	—	142 m	The installation of perimeter fencing and access gates to surround the schools sports pitch. The fencing will comprise a 2.6 metre high rigid mesh fence with 2.4 metre high ball-stop netting above, together with all ancillary site works.
SD26A/0053W	Refuse permission	14 Apr 2026	—	442 m	The development will consist of the material change of use from office/storage unit to a unit for day services use, to enable the provision of services to people with intellectual disabilities, the removal of the existing mezzanine floor, the removal of 4nr existing windows and infilling to match existing cladding to the front and rear elevations at first floor level, the installation of 3nr new window openings to the rear elevation at ground floor level the infilling of existing structural opening to the front elevation with glazing and spandrel panelling, while retaining the existing internal roller shutter unit, the repositioning and widening of the main entrance door and the installation of a full-height fixed glazed unit to the front elevation, installation of manifestation signage to the front elevation door and glazing, the widening and lowering of the existing rear exit door and all associated site works.
SD26A/0029W	Refuse permission	1 Apr 2026	—	442 m	The development will consist of the material change of use from office/storage to a unit for day services use, to enable the provision of services to people with intellectual disabilities. The removal of the existing mezzanine floor and the removal of the existing roller shutter unit and installation of new windows to the front and rear elevation, (d) the widening of the existing doors to the front and rear elevation. Removal and infilling of existing windows at high level to the front and rear elevation with the installation of manifestation signage to the front window and (g) all associated site works.
SD26B/0030W	Grant permission for retention	19 Mar 2026	—	312 m	The retention of the extant vehicular and pedestrian entrances and the extant glass door to the eastern elevation of the new dwelling house and the extant side passageway to the eastern side of the new dwelling house as amendments to the permitted plans of the planning permission granted under register reference SD21A / 0275.
SD26B/0017	Grant permission	9 Mar 2026	—	53 m	The development will consist of the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling to provide kitchen, dining and living accommodation, the conversion of the existing garage to the side of the dwelling to provide a playroom, the construction of a single storey extension to the front of dwelling to provide a new porch, the construction pf a first - Floor extension to the side of dwelling to provide a new bedroom, together with internal alterations and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324264	Private Development - Application	pending	6 May 2026	99 m
323595	Planning Appeal	Refused	20 Jan 2026	309 m
314994	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Nov 2024	48 m
309525	Planning Appeal	Refused	22 Dec 2021	48 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.