Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Vital Fabrication, Taylors Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 16, D16 F8F7

(1) retention of existing concrete slab (2) completion of Slab & planning permission for extension to existing Fabrication unit (additional floor area circa 153sqm) (3) Retention of use of bodywork & metal fabrication, Building 2 - Retention of two storey-prefab unit currently and use as office for occupant/applicant of Building 1 office is the ancillary use, Building 3 - Single storey storage unit currently in use to store construction material in this instance roofing and rainwater products, retention is also sought for associated signage for occupants of this yard and all associated site works and carparking.

Observations close 15 Sept 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0120W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission and Retention
Status: AI Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: 153 m²
Site area: 1,239 m²
Received: 11 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/70396.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0120W 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 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
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 · 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

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/0265W	Grant permission	9 Jul 2026	—	247 m	Conversion of the existing side garage into habitable space, including the replacement of the existing roof with a pitched roof, together with the construction of a front porch and minor alterations to the existing ground floor layout; widening of the existing vehicular entrance.
SD26B/0245W	Invalid - site notice	29 May 2026	—	247 m	Conversion of the existing side garage into habitable space, including the replacement of the existing roof with a pitched roof, together with the construction of a front porch and minor alterations to the existing ground floor layout. The development will also include the widening of the existing vehicular entrance
SD26B/0130W	Grant permission	12 May 2026	—	377 m	Attic conversion with dormer roof to rear roof slope and three number velux rooflights to front roof slope and all associated site works.
SD25A/0202W	Declared withdrawn	11 May 2026	—	0 m	Retention and Planning Permission for: (1) retention of existing concrete slab; (2) completion of slab & planning permission for extension to existing Fabrication unit, additional floor area circa 153sqm.
SD26B/0103W	Grant permission for retention	27 Apr 2026	—	67 m	Retention to retain dormer window as-built on foot of planning permission ref SD24B/0323 at the rear of property.
SD26B/0093W	Grant permission	17 Apr 2026	—	403 m	Infill of existing front carport, including removal of the existing front door and installation of a new patio door to the front elevation, together with a rooflight to the front roof slope.
SD26A/0042W	Grant permission	15 Apr 2026	—	472 m	The removal of an existing ground floor window to the front elevation of an existing detached two-storey dwelling and replacement with a set of escape patio doors and adjoining glazed side screen, together with the provision of an associated external egress ramp and all ancillary site works, to facilitate emergency escape in the event of fire.
SD26B/0069W	Grant permission	10 Apr 2026	—	283 m	The conversion of the attic into a non-habitable storage room, new dormer window to the rear, new velux windows to the roof on the front elevation and a new insulated rendered finish to all external elevations

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500960	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	10 Jun 2026	171 m
323007	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	112 m
322999	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	112 m
322650	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	112 m
500496	Planning Appeal	Invalid	17 Dec 2025	22 m
322702	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	22 Sept 2025	309 m
323626	Referral	pending	8 Sept 2025	112 m
314004	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Dec 2023	0 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

16 Jul 2026 Further information requested
11 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 15 Sept 2026
11 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.