Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

35, Hunter's Way, Hunters Wood, Dublin, D24 A2P7

The development will consist of an attic conversion including a rear dormer roof extension.

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Sept 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: ED26/0094 · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
Status: Decision
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 4 m²
Received: 3 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 30 Sept 2026
Decision: Declared exempt

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/70940.
Write your observation.Quote ED26/0094 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 8 Oct 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	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: South Dublin County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
South Dublin County Council development plan zoning	—	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/0300W	Grant permission	14 Sept 2026	—	380 m	Proposed modifications to the front entrance and adjacent bay window, together with the construction of a rear extension at ground and first floor level. Proposed attic conversion to storage including alteration of the existing hipped roof profile, provision of dormer windows to the front and rear roof slopes, and installation of a new window to the proposed gable wall, all at roof level.
SD26B/0336W	Grant permission	11 Sept 2026	—	281 m	Construction of a brick wall beneath the existing front bay window; Replacing the existing metal frame panel; Widening of existing vehicular entrance including modification to front boundary wall, together with all associated site development works.
SD26B/0293W	Grant permission for retention	6 Aug 2026	—	417 m	Retention for the construction of a dormer window in the main roof to the rear of the house.
SD26B/0204W	Grant permission	22 Jun 2026	—	148 m	Conversion of attic to storage/study room comprising of modification of ex. roof structure, raise existing gable wall and provide gable window, modify existing hipped roof to accommodate Dutch roof finish, new access stairs, new flat roof dormer window to rear, 2no Velux roof lights to front, and all ancillary site works.
SD26B/0187W	Grant permission	10 Jun 2026	—	306 m	Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable c/w window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
SD26B/0251W	Invalid - site notice	9 Jun 2026	—	380 m	Proposed modifications to the front entrance and adjacent bay window, together with the construction of a rear extension at ground and first floor level. Proposed attic conversion to storage including alteration of the existing hipped roof profile, provision of dormer windows to the front and rear roof slopes, and installation of a new window to the proposed gable wall, all at roof level.
SD26B/0158W	Grant permission for retention	29 May 2026	—	262 m	Retention for timber fence attached to existing side boundary wall, total height 2.2 metres all with associated ancillary works.
SD26B/0139W	Grant permission	15 May 2026	—	312 m	Demolition of existing single-storey rear extension and construction of two single-storey flat-roof extensions to the side and rear.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322726	Planning Appeal	Refused	2 Oct 2025	277 m
321592	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	31 Mar 2025	264 m
321538	Planning Appeal	open	20 Dec 2024	264 m
318653	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Refused	12 Jul 2024	354 m
311529	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Granted with conditions	14 Apr 2022	279 m
311141	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2022	353 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

3 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 8 Oct 2026
30 Sept 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 28 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.