Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

10 Abbeydale Rise, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 H562

Permission to extend existing storage area (circa.25m2) to rear garden and convert to family detached auxiliary dwelling circa.35m2. Retention of existing storage shed (circa.10m2) Retention of Pergola to rear garden. Retention of widened vehicular access to front garden.

Observations close 5 Nov 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0235W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Retention
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: 10 m²
Site area: 246 m²
Received: 1 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 26 Nov 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/71122.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0235W 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 5 Nov 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	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: South Dublin County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
South Dublin County Council development plan zoning	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 2
Wynyard · St Jude's
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
SD26B/0331W	Grant permission for retention	4 Sept 2026	—	464 m	Construction of a home office with 2 no. covered storage areas to the rear of the property and construction of a garage to the side of the property with amendments to the boundary wall, landscaping and all other ancillary site development works required to facilitate the development.
SD26B/0252W	Grant permission	15 Jul 2026	—	295 m	Single storey building to rear garden situated at side of house, new works allowing for storage and office facility and all associated site works.
ED26/0044	Declared exempt	26 Jun 2026	—	146 m	Use of existing rear lean-to for small-scale home based assembly of acrylic display cases, ancillary to residential use, with no structural alterations, no external works or material change of use of the dwelling.
SD26B/0203W	Grant permission	16 Jun 2026	—	240 m	Attic conversion to include new rear facing dormer & rooflights to front elevation of the existing dwelling.
SD26B/0044W	Grant permission	15 Jun 2026	—	383 m	Planning Permission for a two storey extension to the side of a two storey semi-detached house, convert the attic to a non habitable room and all associated site works
SD26A/0093W	Grant permission	22 May 2026	—	370 m	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.
ED26/0030	Declared not exempt	11 May 2026	—	144 m	Proposed construction of a single storey lean- to structure attached to side of existing dwelling, made of timber & polycarbonate sheeting
SD25A/0193W	Grant permission	19 Mar 2026	10	64 m	Demolition of existing single storey dwelling, garage and sections of the north and east boundaries; Construction of a 3-storey building to accommodate 10 no. duplex apartments comprising 1 no. 1-bedroom unit, 4 no. 2-bedroom units and 5 no. 3-bedroom units, with associated terraces and balconies; New vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Newlands Road; 10 no. car parking spaces; Bicycle and bin stores; Landscaped communal and public open spaces and boundary treatments; All associated site works and services.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501135	Planning Appeal	Granted	28 Jul 2026	64 m
320932	Planning Appeal	pending	30 Sept 2024	363 m
320526	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Invalid	9 Aug 2024	479 m
320509	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Invalid	8 Aug 2024	479 m
320293	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Invalid	30 Jul 2024	479 m
318159	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2024	295 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

1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.