Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Unit 270, Holly Road, Western Industrial Estate, Co. Dublin

Proposed extension to an existing warehouse development; consisting of the addition of 398sqm warehousing area being added to the Western elevation of the existing warehouse in a current disused yard area. The extended portion will have a clear internal height of 8m and a maximum external height of 9m, adjoining the existing building which has a maximum height of 6,85m. The existing building otherwise remains unaltered due to the addition of the side extension, including existing access and carparking arrangements.

Observations close 14 Sept 2026 2 days left

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

The application

Reference: SD25A/0302W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: CAI Received
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: 398 m²
Site area: 1,907 m²
Received: 10 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 7 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/69494.
Write your observation.Quote SD25A/0302W 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 14 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
C2.1 Economic development and employment	EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028
C2.1 Economic development and employment	EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028
C2.1 Economic development and employment	EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses	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 · 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

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
SD25A/0212W	Refuse permission	10 Aug 2026	—	314 m	Temporary planning permission (for a period of 5 years) comprising (i) the change of use of an existing three-storey office building with undercroft to hostel accommodation; (ii) provision of 15 no. bicycle parking in undercroft; and (iii) all associated ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
SD26A/0144W	Request additional information	10 Aug 2026	—	436 m	The change of use of Buildings Nos. 1 and 2 from vacant warehouse units to a car service garage; the demolition of part of Building No. 1 at ground floor (43 sq. m), and first floor (to provide a double-height space) (213 sq. m) and the provision of an extension to the northern elevation, overall reducing the floor area by 93 sq. m, from 1,021 sq. m to 928 sq. m; the demolition of part of Building No. 2 (4 sq. m) and the provision of a first floor mezzanine (115 sq. m), increasing the floor area from 726 sq. m to 837 sq. m; the provision of a new auto carwash, 2 No. valet bays and plant (137 sq. m); and a new inspection pod (20 sqm). The development will also include: 7 No. car parking spaces (including accessible parking spaces); 61 No. car storage spaces; 4 No. electric vehicle charging spaces; bicycle parking; elevational changes; flues; illuminated signage; bin stores; and all associated works above and below ground.
SD26A/0138W	Grant permission	5 Aug 2026	—	139 m	Replacement of the existing perimeter steel fence with new knee wall and new painted perimeter steel fence along with the replacement and relocation of the existing manual swing opening gates with new electric operated sliding gate to existing yard entrance.
SD26A/0136W	Request additional information	4 Aug 2026	—	240 m	Convert existing ground floor, consisting of additional lab and working space for employees, new canteen room and also permission to provide new wall and railings to front of existing building for additional security, and all associated site works.
SD26A/0117W	Request additional information	14 Jul 2026	—	25 m	The construction of a two storey extension (c. 6.5m high with a proposed total floor area c. 261 m sq.) to north and east side of existing two storey light industrial building to provide a showroom (window & door display and sales area), loading bays, office & ancillary areas & all associated site works including demarcation of carparking and bicycle spaces and retention permission to retain c. 155 linear meters of existing c.2.5m high boundary comprising dwarf wall & railing and the two no. vehicular entrance gates all on site (0.31 Ha.).
ED26/0021	Declared exempt	11 May 2026	—	311 m	Whether the use of The Red Cow Moran Hotel, The Red Cow Complex, Fox - and - Geese, Nass Road, Dublin 22, D22 YX80 to provide accommodation for displaced persons or persons seeking international protection, constitutes exempted development or does not constitute exempted development.
SD26A/0035	Grant permission	8 Apr 2026	—	376 m	The development will consist of the change of use of the ground floor unit including mezzanine level from showroom with ancillary office use to office use (c 1,022 sq.m), together with all ancillary site services and site development works.
SD25A/0233W	Grant permission	7 Apr 2026	—	484 m	(i) Demolition of existing ancillary outbuildings and removal of front boundary treatment to Turnpike Road; (ii) alterations to existing single-storey cottage including demolition of existing front porch, partial demolition to the side/south of the original building, partial demolition of non-original rear extension and replacement of rear pitched roof with a flat roof; (iii) change of use of the cottage from residential to commercial use providing a reception area, coffee shop, multi-purpose studio, changing rooms and associated facilities; (iv) construction of 3 no. enclosed padel courts within 2 no. single-storey structures to the rear of existing cottage; (v) provision of 17 no. car parking spaces (including 1 no. accessible space), 15 no. bicycle parking spaces and refuse/storage facilities; (vi) provision of a new 6.0m wide vehicular entrance via Turnpike Road; and, (vii) all associated works, including new boundary treatments, landscaping, SuDS and drainage necessary to facilitate the development.'

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
309723	Planning Appeal	Other	27 Sept 2021	394 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 Feb 2026 Further information requested
17 Jun 2026 Further information received
10 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 14 Sept 2026

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.