Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Laurel Lodge, Stocking Lane, Dublin 16

Whether the change of use of laurel lodge from use as a house to use as a residence for persons with an intellectual disability or mental illness and persons providing care for such persons is or is not development and if development is it exempted development or not exempted development under class 14(f) of the Planning + Development regulations 2001, as amended

Observations close 15 Oct 2026 18 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: ED26/0100 · 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: 18 m²
Received: 10 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 7 Oct 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/71004.
Write your observation.Quote ED26/0100 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 15 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
P1 Rural	RU: To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture	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 × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 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/0209W	Grant permission	24 Jun 2026	—	474 m	Attic conversion with dormer window to front and rooflights to rear.
SD25B/0633	Grant permission	11 Dec 2025	—	350 m	Planning Permission for removal of the existing original non-compliant septic tank and all associated services and installation of a new EPA compliant waste water treatment tank and sand filt6ration system to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works
LRD25A/0003W	Grant permission	15 Oct 2025	502	177 m	The proposed development will consist of 502 no. residential units (108no. 1-bed, 170no. 2-bed, 162 no. 3-bed; 62 no. 4-bed) comprising 197no. 2 storey houses (terraced/semi-detached/detached) (19no. 2-bed, 116no. 3-bed; 62no. 4-bed) and 28no. 3 and 4 storey simplex/duplex apartment blocks providing 305no. apartments (108no. 1-bed apartments, 151no. 2-bed apartments, 46no. 3-bed apartments). The proposed development also includes a creche (c.475sq.m), public open space, car parking (surface/undercroft), bicycle parking, bicycle storage structures and lockers, bin stores, and 8no. ESB substations. Vehicular access to be provided from the existing spur road connection to Stocking Avenue to the west of the site, and via Stocking Wood Drive to the east of the site (with relocation of existing ESB substation and associated works to the existing hammerhead). Additional pedestrian only routes will be provided into Abbot's Grove Park and Stocking Wood Copse with future connections provided for into Stocking Wood Manor, White Pines Park and the future school site to the north of the application site. The proposed development includes all associated site development works (including site reprofiling, retaining structures and downing of ESB overhead lines), landscaping, boundary treatments and services provision the lands are located to the east of Abbots Grove Park, south-east of Abbots Grove Avenue, south of Stocking Avenue and Stocking Wood estate and west of White Pines Park.
ED24/0068	Declared exempt	11 Dec 2024	—	368 m	Continuation of boundary wall along side of house by 4500mm. Wall continuation consisting of blockwork to the back i.e. facing the house. Brick finish at front to match existing brick wall 2 meters high as per existing. Move gate to new position 4500mm forward.
SD24B/0365W	Grant permission	3 Oct 2024	—	441 m	Planning permission for attic conversion to create one additional bedroom and en-suite with roof windows to front and rear roof to all with associated ancillary works
SD24B/0340W	Invalid - site notice	7 Aug 2024	—	441 m	Planning permission for attic conversion to create one additional bedroom and en-suite with Roof windows to front and rear roof to all with associated ancillary works
ED23/0023	Request additional information	4 Jul 2023	—	359 m	To request approval to extend existing side garden wall of house for safety reasons.
SD22B/0478	Grant permission	9 Dec 2022	—	380 m	Attic Conversion for storage with dormer window to the rear, with velux window to the front.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323859	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	6 Mar 2026	177 m
311763	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	9 Feb 2023	474 m
311410	Planning Appeal	Refused	25 Jan 2022	452 m
310578	Strategic Housing Development - Application	Granted with conditions	11 Oct 2021	178 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

10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 Oct 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.