Observation pack · South Dublin County Council
Green Lane Manor, Including works to the roadway at Green Lane and to the roadway and open space at St Anne's Terrace, Rathcoole, Co.Dublin, D24RH2V
Retention permission is sought for amendments carried out to a now completed residential scheme at Green Lane Manor, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, permitted under application reg. ref: SD17A/0356 & SD17A/0357. The development for which retention permission is sought comprise of: (a) Relocation from the permitted location of bin store and bicycle parking stand for apartment Block A (units 6-14), The Drive; (b) Amendment to parking bays provided to Apartment Block A, The Drive due to ESB requirement to accommodate mini-pillar, and resulting in an additional 3 no. car parking spaces; (c) Relocation from the permitted location of bin stores for houses 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 The Square, to avoid Irish Water wayleave; (d) Relocation from the permitted location of Bin Store and Bike Stand for Apartment Block B (Units 13-24, The Square); (e) Re-design of bin stores for houses 15, 17, 19, and 21 The Avenue due to location of ESB mini pillar; Planning permission is sought for the following: (a) Close and remove the pedestrian/cyclist path to the south end of the grassed area at St. Anne's Terrace and provide a vehicular turning head on St. Annes Terrace; (b) Remove the existing pedestrian/cyclist link between St. Anne's Terrace and Green Lane Manor. (c) Provide a pedestrian footpath on the northern side of the access road to Green Lane Manor from Green Lane, with the junction onto Green Lane providing footways on both sides of the access; (d) Provide a new footpath through the existing grassed area at St. Anne's Terrace. (e) Localised widening on the east side of Green Lane to facilitate a vehicle passing bay; (f) All associated and ancillary works.
Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Sept 2026
The application
- Reference
- SD25A/0249W · full record
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission and Retention
- Status
- AI Received
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 3.07 ha
- Received
- 17 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
- Decision due
- 14 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/69092.
- Write your observation.Quote
SD25A/0249Wat 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 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G1 Open space with recreation | OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities | SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028 |
| G1 Open space with recreation | OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities | SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.
Sources: SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, 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 |
| SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| 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 × 2About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · 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/0145W | Grant permission | 10 Aug 2026 | — | 3 m | The development will consist of amendments to previously granted planning permission, reference SD16A/0029, for the addition of a second floor to the southwest wing of Holy Family Community School, comprising of nine additional full-sized classrooms and ancillary accommodation, and minor modifications to the first floor, providing an additional gross floor area of 941.4sq.m. Extension of the ground floor of the southwest wing to incorporate two additional special needs classrooms and associated ancillary accommodation, providing an additional gross floor area of 163.9 sq.m. The total additional area will be 1105.3 sqm. Provision of an entrance ramp and steps onto Kilteel Road to accommodate revised site levels, together with minor amendments to associated site works, landscaping, and hard play areas. |
| SD25A/0081W | Declared withdrawn | 13 May 2026 | 2 | 23 m | Construction of two number semi-detached, two-storey dwellings, entrance, with access from Blackthorn Hill Drive, car parking and all associated ancillary site works |
| SD25A/0156W | Declared withdrawn | 15 Apr 2026 | — | 0 m | Construction of two no. semi-detached two-bedroom dormer-bungalow style single dwellings. Each dwelling to feature flat-roofed dormer structures to both the front (south-west) & rear (north-east) facing roof slopes. Each dwelling to also feature a single-storey flat-roofed porch projection to the front, a single-storey flat-roofed kitchen projection to the rear, roof glazing over the central stairwell and one no. Velux-type roof window both to the rear (north-east) facing roof slope. The works to also include all new boundary structures to the site, parking spaces for two no. cars to the front of the site and accessed off St. Anne's Terrace, hard- & soft-landscaping, siteworks & services. All at a back land site to the rear of 8 St. Anne's Terrace, Rathcoole, Dublin a three-bedroom semi-detached bungalow type single dwelling. The proposed works to also include modification of the existing front boundary structures in front of the existing dwelling to allow the formation of a new driveway / car-parking space, accessed from St. Anne's Terrace, for the existing dwelling |
| SD26B/0003W | Grant permission for retention | 4 Mar 2026 | — | 328 m | Retain deviations to an approved two storey side extension under Reg. Ref. No. SD20B/0364 as follows: (i) repositioned/enlarged/additional windows to four facades of dwelling, (ii) provision of a non-habitable structural basement plant/storage room under extension, (iii) coloured nap plaster external first floor finish in lieu of steel cladding to dwelling, (iv) minor external alterations, (v) rainwater harvesting tanks and (vi) additional landscape planting and associated site development works. |
| SD25B/0582W | Grant permission | 2 Mar 2026 | — | 411 m | Full planning permission to extend existing detached dormer bungalow. Extension renovation to include the following: Demolition of rear single storey extension, demolition of roof, demolition and rearrangement of internal space to allow new layout. Addition of a new dormer roof with raised ridgeline, three dormer windows to the front elevation, with rooflight on rear elevation, changes to fenestration on all elevations with the addition of a porch to the front elevation and all ancillary site works. Maintain connection to public sewerage and surface water and all ancillary site works. |
| SD25A/0140 | Declared withdrawn | 24 Feb 2026 | — | 401 m | Demolition of 7 of 8 single storey commercial units to Eaton Drive single storey addition to The Glebe House most recently in use as a Car Wash facility with retention of its original slates for re-use on The Glebe House stabilisation and restoration of The Glebe House to provide administrative accommodation for the Nursing Home provision of 98 bed residential Nursing Home in 4 3 and 2 storey blocks. Serviced Basement with 20 car parking spaces 1 of which will be dedicated Ambulance to the Eastern Block Exit single storey pavilion to rear courtyard landscaping and associated works. This site is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure. |
| LRD25A/0008W | Refuse permission | 15 Jan 2026 | 176 | 315 m | (1) Demolition of 5 no. existing dwellings and associated outbuildings on the site. (2) Construction of a 176 no. dwellings on the site to the east of Stoney Hill Road comprising 100 no. duplex units and 76 no. houses and with a mix comprising of 16 no. 1 beds, 50 no. 2 beds, 70 no. 3 beds and 40 no. 4 beds with detached, semi-detached and terraced units. The house types include two storey and three storey typologies and the duplex units are three storeys in height. (3) A total of 245 no. surface car parking spaces for the residential development (including visitor, accessible and EV charging spaces) comprising of 152 no. for the 76 no. houses and 93 no. for the 100 no. duplex units. (4) Bicycle parking comprising of 187 no spaces in total (including 3 no. cargo bicycle spaces) in sheltered bicycle stores. (5) Open space comprising of: a) 8,725 sq.m of public open space, including the main park and pocket parks. b) 2,680 sq.m of communal open space, including 100 sq.m of play to serve the duplex units, c) 4,311 sq.m of ecological open space, including landscape buffers. (6) A new vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access from Stoney Hill Road to the north-west of the residential development site and a secondary access for emergency vehicles only further to the south on Stoney Hill Road. (7) A 2 no. storey creche building of 639.2 sq.m plus an outdoor play area of 591 sq.m located on an existing undeveloped portion of the Peyton site located to the west of Stoney Hill Road. The creche includes 10 no. car parking spaces and 20 no. bicycle parking spaces. The crèche development includes all associated and ancillary works. (8) Infrastructure works to serve the proposed development to include the internal road network, ESB substations/switchrooms, lighting, site drainage works, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and is submitted as part of the planning application. |
| SD25A/0112W | Grant permission | 12 Dec 2025 | — | 293 m | Permission for development at An Poitin Stil - A Protected Structure consisting of construction of 20 en-suite bedrooms on the roof of the single storey portion of the existing premises and construction of a new 2 storey access with a lift and stairs to the proposed bedrooms incorporating the existing tower feature on the carpark elevation. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324071 | Appeal - LRD | Refused | 27 May 2026 | 315 m |
| 311626 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 20 Jun 2022 | 285 m |
| 312395 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 25 Apr 2022 | 197 m |
| 310688 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 4 Mar 2022 | 325 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
- 8 Dec 2025 Further information requested
- 17 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 Sept 2026
- 17 Aug 2026 Further information received
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.