Observation pack · South Dublin County Council
18, Drumcairn Gardens, Dublin 24, D24 HX5W
Construction of 1 no. detached two-storey, three-bedroom dwelling with a private rear garden including associated landscaping, boundary treatments, drainage and all ancillary site works to be carried out within the side garden.
Observations close 18 Sept 2026 6 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Sept 2026
The application
- Reference
- SD26A/0146W · full record
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- AI Received
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- 127 m²
- Site area
- 352 m²
- Received
- 14 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
- Decision due
- 10 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/70513.
- Write your observation.Quote
SD26A/0146Wat 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 18 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 |
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 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD25A/0262W | Refuse permission | 12 Dec 2025 | 2 | 0 m | Planning permission for the construction of 2 No. two-storey terraced houses, comprising one 2-bedroom dwelling (mid-terrace) and one 3-bedroom dwelling (end-of-terrace with attic), each with private rear gardens. The proposed development will also include associated landscaping, boundary treatments, drainage, and all ancillary site works, to be carried out within the side gardens. |
| SD25B/0517W | Grant permission | 21 Oct 2025 | — | 85 m | Amendment to planning permission Reg. Ref. SD25B/0307W: Construction of a single-storey flat-roof side extension, together with a new relocated side gate providing access to the rear garden. |
| SD25A/0243W | Invalidate application | 14 Oct 2025 | — | 0 m | The construction of 2 No. two-storey terraced houses, comprising one 2-bedroom dwelling (mid-terrace) and one 3-bedroom dwelling (end-of-terrace with attic), each with private rear gardens. The proposed development will also include associated landscaping, boundary treatments, drainage, and all ancillary site works, to be carried out within the side garden of No. 18 Drumcairn Gardens, Dublin 24. |
| SD24A/0244 | Refuse permission | 11 Aug 2025 | 2 | 0 m | Planning permission for the construction of 2 No. three storey 3 bed semi-detached houses. Each dwelling with private rear gardens and car parking space. All with associated landscaping, boundary treatments, drainage, and site work to be carried out in the side gardens of No. 17 and No.18 Drumcairn Gardens Dublin 24. |
| SD25B/0307W | Grant permission | 18 Jul 2025 | — | 85 m | Construction of a single-storey flat-roof garden room to the rear of the property. |
| SD25B/0273 | Grant permission & refuse retention | 9 Jul 2025 | — | 186 m | Retention permission for ground floor front porch with pitched roof over, canopy over front window & stone clad finish to ground floor front facade. planning permission for chimney for removal from roof & attic level. Attic conversion to habitable room & dormer roof window on rear slope of roof at attic level |
| SD238/0002 | Part 8 approved by council | 12 Jun 2023 | — | 282 m | Upgrade of Jobstown Park. he upgrade of the Jobstown Park will consist of: Upgrade of existing boundaries and access points including provision of focal entrances. A shared pedestrian/cycle route with lighting columns linking Butler McGee Park to Whitestown Stream Park, via Dromcarra Estate. Upgrading existing footpaths where required, install new secondary footpath linkages and realignment of other footpaths. Retention of existing sports pitches (northern pitch re-orientated) - refurbished where necessary with drainage and re-levelling. Four new pedestrian entrances to provide access into the Leisure Centre, in the southeast, southwest and the northeast of the site. Retaining existing kissing gates and upgrade where required. An activity circuit 900m long - with seats and play/exercise equipment A provision for teenspace area, fitness/workout area, natural play areas, pump track and natural play mounds. The provision of on-street parking and associated hard and soft landscaping on Fortunestown Way. Retention and replanting of existing hedgerows. Attenuation swales for enhanced biodiversity. Planting of trees, shrubs, hedgerows, and bulbs. All associated landscape works. All ancillary works. |
| SD23A/0013 | Grant permission | 16 Mar 2023 | — | 331 m | Material alteration to a single school wing consisting of the installation of an external insulation with rendered finish to the junior school wing and the installation of an external biomass boiler unit to the north elevation / creche wing as part of the pathfinder 2022 energy upgrade programme. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500625 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 29 Apr 2026 | 0 m |
| 322103 | Licences S89/S254(6)(A) | Other | 21 Jul 2025 | 53 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 Aug 2026 Further information requested
- 14 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 18 Sept 2026
- 14 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.