Observation pack · South Dublin County Council
Westend Gate, Cookstown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24
The development will consist of change of use of upper ground floor unit from childcare facility approved under Ref.SD02A/0549 to 2 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated terraces and all associated site works.
Observations close 7 Oct 2026 22 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- SD26A/0212W · 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
- 199 m²
- Site area
- 238 m²
- Received
- 2 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
- Decision due
- 27 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/70936.
- Write your observation.Quote
SD26A/0212Wat 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 7 Oct 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 × 1About 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/0175W | Grant permission | 14 Sept 2026 | — | 275 m | Minor external alterations to existing medical clinic, previously approved under change of use application Reg. Ref. SD17A/0418, comprising, provision of new louvre ventilation panels integrated into the existing glazing system at first floor level on the east, south, and west elevations; Provision of new wall mounted external signage on the west elevation at ground floor level. |
| SDOEL26/02 | Withdraw the application | 6 Aug 2026 | — | 133 m | Family focused concert. Tallaght Community and its surrounding Dublin neighbourhoods; families and friends, all ages. Family festival feeling. Pilot event. Established Kaleidoscope family brand. |
| ED26/0049 | Declared exempt | 31 Jul 2026 | — | 268 m | Whether the partial use of Tallaght Cross Hotel, Tallaght Cross West, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24VX61, to provide accommodation within 100 no. rooms of the total 186 no rooms for displaced persons or persons seeking international protection, constitutes exempted development or does not constitute exempt development. We note the remaining rooms will continue to operate under continue to operate under the current hotel use. |
| SD26B/0275 | Grant permission | 22 Jul 2026 | — | 448 m | The conversion of the existing garage to a bedroom/en-suite to the side and a single storey extension to the front, internal alterations and all associated site works |
| LRD26A/0002W | Grant permission | 21 Jul 2026 | 169 | 305 m | Construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the east and Block B to the west) with a gross floor area of 14,976.5 sq.m m (excluding undercroft car parking area of 1,975.8 sq.m m) and ranging in height from 1 No. storey to 6 No. storeys. The blocks are connected via a single-storey undercroft/podium level. The development includes: 169 No. residential units (80 No. 1-bed, 85 No. 2-bed and 4 No. 3-bed); 2 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 356.5 sq.m m); and a crèche (162.8 sq.m m) with external play area. The development also comprises: new street and turning head at the site's southern side and junction with Whitestown Way to the east; 77 No. car parking spaces, with 66 No. within the undercroft car parking area and 11 No. on-street; 5 No. motorcycle parking spaces; 2 No. set-down bays; cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping, including public open space, communal amenity space and incidental spaces; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; sub-station; plant/operational rooms; bin stores; public lighting; green roofs; rooftop plant, PV arrays, lift overruns, telecommunications infrastructure and automatic opening vents; and all associated works above and below ground. The site is generally bound: to the east by Whitestown Way; to the south by Riverside Business Park; to the west by Whitestown Road / Whitestown Industrial Estate, undeveloped lands and the Vita Actives premises; and to the north by the Vita Actives premises and The Arena mixed-used development. It also extends to include part of Whitestown Way for junction, road infrastructure and landscape works. |
| SD26B/0141W | Grant permission | 21 May 2026 | — | 372 m | The installation of 6 no. 6m high floodlights around the existing pitch and associated site works and the retention of the existing pitch boundary treatment comprising 2.4m high painted metal mesh fence with access gates with 3m high netting above. |
| SDOEL26/01 | Grant outdoor event licence | 15 May 2026 | — | 133 m | Opening ceremony of the Ireland Games comprising of a procession, ceremony, speeches and entertainment. Audient will include family members, supporters, sponsors and guests of Special Olympics Ireland. |
| SD26A/0069W | Grant permission | 7 May 2026 | — | 413 m | Permission for change of use and subdivision of existing flower shop to coffee shop/barber shop and associated site works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501442 | Planning Appeal | pending | 29 May 2026 | 398 m |
| 316828 | LA Road Dev - Application | Granted with conditions | 17 Oct 2024 | 7 m |
| 313141 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 6 Jun 2023 | 131 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
- 2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 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.