Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

41, Marian Crescent, Dublin 14

Widening existing vehicular access to front to 3.6m; demolition of existing single storey side extension; new 2 storey side extension; new first floor rear dormer extension across rear and ground floor rear extension; window and door alterations to existing ground floor rear extension and window change to front of house and new window in original west gable wall at first floor.

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: SD21B/0334/EP · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Extension Of Duration Of Permission
Status: Officer Allocation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 363 m²
Received: 12 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 7 Dec 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/71194.
Write your observation.Quote SD21B/0334/EP 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 16 Nov 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
Recorded monument × 1
R149427

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
SD26B/0250W	Grant permission	21 Oct 2026	—	476 m	Two-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling. First-floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling with alterations to the front external finish of the existing garage and all associated alterations to the elevations, internal alterations, site, drainage, landscaping and ancillary works.
SD26B/0349W	Grant permission for retention	18 Sept 2026	—	4 m	Construction of a single-story garden structure in the rear garden and the construction of a covered storage area to the side of the existing main house.
SD26B/0269	Grant permission	28 Jul 2026	—	283 m	Construction of two storey and single storey extensions to the rear, first floor extension to side, two storey extension to the front with internal alterations to garage to accommodate new toilet and utility (79.7 sq. metres); access stairs to attic, front dormer window to attic and new attic window in side gable wall together with new single storey garden building to the rear (38.88 sq. metres) of existing two storey house (92 sq. metres)
SD26B/0124W	Grant permission for retention	23 Jul 2026	—	65 m	Retention permission for the construction of a single storey side and rear extension and permission sought for the completion of works and all associated site works.
SD26B/0231W	Grant permission	8 Jul 2026	—	488 m	Attic conversion for storage, raising the side gable to form a half-hipped roof with roof lights.
SD26B/0222W	Grant permission	2 Jul 2026	—	261 m	Attic conversion for storage use including a dormer window and two rooflights to the front roof slope, a dormer window to the rear roof slope, and a new gable window.
SD26B/0148W	Grant permission	15 May 2026	—	294 m	Single storey extension to the rear of existing property and all associated site works.
SD26B/0134W	Grant permission & grant retention	12 May 2026	—	434 m	Conversion of attic to storage and a bathroom, including changing his existing hipped end roof to a dutch hipped gable end roof, a dormer window to the rear, removal of an existing chimney to the rear all at roof level and re-location of an existing side window at first floor level. Retention permission for a single storey rear extension.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322602	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Sept 2025	384 m
319130	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	25 Oct 2024	262 m
320171	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	16 Oct 2024	262 m
315184	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	13 Dec 2023	151 m
315326	Planning Appeal	Other	18 Oct 2023	210 m
312093	Planning Appeal	Refused	15 Feb 2023	247 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

12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.