Tesco Express, Main Street, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, D24TR72
The development will consist of the relocation of the existing customer entrance and associated shopfront signage. The relocation of the existing trolley bay, the provision of a new internally illuminated freestanding totem sign to replace the existing free-standing sign at the car park entrance and all associated ancillary site services and site development works.
The application
- Reference
- SD26A/0242W · 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
- 2,013 m²
- Received
- 9 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
- Decision due
- 3 Dec 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/71179.
- Write your observation.Quote
SD26A/0242Wat 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 13 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.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 × 4house · house · house
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
- Recorded monument × 1R149391
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD26A/0181W | Grant permission | 17 Sept 2026 | — | 91 m | Change of use from office to funeral home, a 1.53 sq m ground floor extension to the rear, minor internal alterations, new shop front and signage to front and alterations to the previously approved plans (Reg. Ref SD22A/0323) to now use the plaza at the front of the building as a hearse set down area. |
| ED26/0080 | Declared exempt | 8 Sept 2026 | — | 437 m | House wrapped in external insulation 150mm thickness. Seeking exemption to have house finished in white (not matching adjoining house). |
| SD26B/0186W | Request additional information | 15 Jun 2026 | — | 128 m | Widening of the existing vehicular entrance by 2 metres and extension of the existing driveway to the public road including associated footpath dishing and ancillary site works previously constructed. |
| SD25A/0266W | Grant permission | 26 May 2026 | 10 | 84 m | a) the part demolition of Muldowney's Pub to the rear; b) the change of use of the front portion of the pub to provide for 2no. 1-bed units; c) the construction of 8 no. own-door residential units within a single three storey block to provide 4no. 1- bed units and 4no. 2-bed units; d) enlargement of residential bin storage; reallocation of permitted car parking to the amended development; e) all ancillary hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, signage, engineering and site development works necessary to facilitate the development |
| SD26B/0145W | Grant permission | 25 May 2026 | — | 344 m | Permission for demolition off existing single storey garage and the construction of a new two storey extension to the side of the existing house and single storey extension to the rear of the house with all assocciated works. |
| SD26A/0074 | Request additional information | 13 May 2026 | — | 83 m | Permission to extend the period of retention (Planning reference No. SD19A/0355), for a period of six years, of development consisting of the single storey prefabricated buildings (floor area 870 m2) to the side/rear of existing Community Centre for community/ recreational use. |
| SD26A/0063W | Refuse permission | 5 May 2026 | 2 | 56 m | Amendments to Permitted P.R.R. SD22A/0096 for: a) Demolition of existing stone cottages on which works have commenced; b) reconstruction of cottages in modern materials to match existing structures in form to allow for 2 no. 2-bedroom single storey residential units ; c) reuse of the existing roof slates to the front and new roof slates to the rear; d) construction of yard boundary walls within the site using reclaimed stone from the cottages; e) all ancillary landscaping and site development works necessary to facilitate the development. |
| SD26B/0053W | Refuse permission | 7 Apr 2026 | — | 128 m | The proposed development will consist of the widening of the existing vehicular entrance by 2 metres and extension of the existing driveway to the public road, including associated footpath dishing and ancillary site works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501589 | Planning Appeal | open | 19 Jun 2026 | 84 m |
| 324071 | Appeal - LRD | Refused | 27 May 2026 | 248 m |
| 322826 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 2 Oct 2025 | 6 m |
| 321696 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 19 May 2025 | 234 m |
| 321133 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 25 Feb 2025 | 18 m |
| 318649 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 18 Jun 2024 | 175 m |
| 315890 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 3 Jan 2024 | 132 m |
| 317122 | Planning Appeal | Invalid | 15 May 2023 | 56 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
- 9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 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.