Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

2, Village Weir, Lower Main Street, Lucan, Dublin, K78 X393

Change of use of an existing terraced first, and second floor office unit to provide 1no. self-contained two bedroomed first and second floor apartment, including internal alterations, associated services, and all ancillary site development works.

Observations close 10 Nov 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0238W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 2
Floor area: 70 m²
Site area: 104 m²
Received: 6 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 30 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/71155.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0238W 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 10 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
M2 Major town centre	VC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Village Centres	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

Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
Liffey Valley
NIAH-recorded building × 11
Kieran Brady · EBS Building Society · Griffin's Pharmacy
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 2
Bridge · R149612
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
ED26/0088	Declared exempt	12 Oct 2026	—	326 m	(Shop Front Grant) -Replace the existing shop front door as it is damaged. -Repaint the wooden frame arounf door. -Add illuminated soft white led light to sign above shop front door. -Add flowers above shop door. -Repaint the windows on middle and top level.
SD26B/0374W	Grant permission	9 Oct 2026	—	351 m	Construction of a single-storey front porch extension, plus all associated site works.
SD26A/0218W	Invalidate application	21 Sept 2026	—	136 m	Installation Of Solar Panels On South Facing Roofs Of Existing Parish Centre All Associated Site Works.
SD26A/0162W	Refuse permission	31 Aug 2026	—	0 m	Change of use of an existing terraced first, and second foor office unit to provide 2no. self-contained own door access studio apartments, including internal alterations, associated services, and all ancillary site development works.
SD26A/0030	Grant permission & grant retention	29 May 2026	—	351 m	Application for permission to retain the exhaust fuels at rear of the units 1 & 2.
SD26B/0146W	Grant permission	20 May 2026	—	429 m	Removal of boiler shed and store to rear & construction of a first floor extension to side above existing converted garage and single-storey kitchen extension to the rear with associated site works
SD26A/0053W	Refuse permission	14 Apr 2026	—	229 m	The development will consist of the material change of use from office/storage unit to a unit for day services use, to enable the provision of services to people with intellectual disabilities, the removal of the existing mezzanine floor, the removal of 4nr existing windows and infilling to match existing cladding to the front and rear elevations at first floor level, the installation of 3nr new window openings to the rear elevation at ground floor level the infilling of existing structural opening to the front elevation with glazing and spandrel panelling, while retaining the existing internal roller shutter unit, the repositioning and widening of the main entrance door and the installation of a full-height fixed glazed unit to the front elevation, installation of manifestation signage to the front elevation door and glazing, the widening and lowering of the existing rear exit door and all associated site works.
SD26B/0064W	Grant permission	10 Apr 2026	—	106 m	Part single-storey, part two-storey rear extension incorporating internal ground and first floor modifications. Front porch extension and widening of the existing vehicular entrance, plus all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323560	Planning Appeal	open	3 Sept 2025	112 m
318412	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	27 Aug 2024	313 m
311638	Planning Appeal	Refused	23 Mar 2022	367 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

6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.