Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Scoil Mhuire, Airlie Heights, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 KP74

The erection of perimeter fencing, to a maximum height of 2.4 metres, including associated access gates, around an all-weather pitch (the all-weather pitch works having previously been declared exempt development under Ref. ED25/0023), together with all associated ancillary works.

Observations close 30 Sept 2026 15 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 26 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 20 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0207W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.75 ha
Received: 26 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 20 Oct 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/70903.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0207W 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 30 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
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 · 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

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 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
SDZ26B/0003W	Grant permission	18 Aug 2026	—	298 m	Construction of new flat-roof kitchen / dining / utility room rear extension and minor modifications to existing rear window and existing rear double-doors and all associated site, drainage and structural works.
SD26B/0307W	Grant permission	7 Aug 2026	—	144 m	Construction of a single storey extension to front, two storey extension to side and rear and single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling; New pedestrian access gate to side wall into rear garden.
SDZ26B/0001W	Grant permission	7 Aug 2026	—	437 m	Attic conversion for storage use including four rooflights to the front roof slope and one rooflight on each side roof slope; single storey flat roof extension to the side with front-facing high window.
ED26/0058	Declared exempt	6 Aug 2026	—	311 m	Full wrap around insulation on our home which will cover exterior cladding on the house under the warmer home scheme.
SDZ26A/0024W	Grant permission	5 Aug 2026	—	460 m	Amendment to Planning Permission Ref. SDZ25A/0048W comprising of the construction of a single-storey flat roof rear extension in place of the previously permitted single-storey pitched roof rear extension.
SD26B/0278W	Grant permission	24 Jul 2026	—	437 m	Planning permission for an attic conversion including a rear dormer roof extension, a new window to the gable wall, 2No. rooflights to the front elevation, new internal access stairs, and all associated site works
ED26/0061	Declared exempt	23 Jul 2026	—	471 m	Warmer home scheme to cover cladding at the bottom half of the front of the house with 100mm external wall insulation to maximise the energy efficiency of the dwelling and to protect from water ingress.
SD26A/0122W	Grant permission	20 Jul 2026	—	238 m	Removal of the existing single-storey garden shed and the construction of a new single-storey, detached, two-bed dwelling with vehicular access from the public road, together with boundary treatments and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501183	Planning Appeal	Refused	29 Jul 2026	295 m
321649	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	28 Mar 2025	329 m
320889	Planning Appeal	Invalid	23 Sept 2024	480 m
315768	Amend Planning Schema/Add Planning Schema	Granted	23 Apr 2024	166 m
318356	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	3 Nov 2023	245 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

26 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 30 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 15 Sept 2026, 20:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.