Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

53 Parkhill Avenue, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24, D24 CH9Y

Construction of a new three storey detached dwelling with new vehicular entrance with modifications to extent of dropped kerb, the creation of a pedestrian entrance from Parkhill rise to the rear garden of new house. The creation of new boundary walls between existing house and new dwelling to be known as 53A Parkhill Avenue, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24, and all associated site works

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0243W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Valid
Units: 1
Floor area: 136 m²
Site area: 163 m²
Received: 10 Oct 2026
Decision due: 4 Dec 2026

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/71181.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0243W 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 16 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 within 100 m

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 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	Distance	Description
ED26/0066	Declared not exempt	16 Oct 2026	486 m	Barrel roof bicycle shelter with extension and back and side cladding. W:5000 x D:2090 x H:2895mm.
ED26/0079	Declared exempt	2 Sept 2026	414 m	2 bedroom extension to rear of address.
SD25B/0639W	Declared withdrawn	24 Aug 2026	372 m	Conversion of existing garage and extension to front of existing garage to create new single storey habitable space and construction of new single-story extension to rear and side of existing dwelling and new porch extension to front of existing dwelling and all associated works.
SD26B/0296W	Grant permission	11 Aug 2026	245 m	Attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non-habitable storage space with roof windows to front and gable window to side all with associated ancillary works.
SD26B/0131W	Grant permission	7 Aug 2026	160 m	Blocking up existing vehicular access at the junction of The Crescent and Kingswood Avenue and modifications of existing main vehicular entrance to be centred on the front of the house, associated kerb dishing and all associated works. .
SD26B/0238W	Grant permission & grant retention	13 Jul 2026	218 m	Retention of attic conversion with dormer projecting window to rear roof for playroom / storage use and single storey kitchen extension to rear of house, permission also sought for 2 storey extension to front side and rear of existing house for new bedroom facility and all associated site works.
SD26B/0261W	Grant permission	10 Jul 2026	190 m	Proposed widening of existing entrance consisting of constructing a new front pier, dish public footpath in line with new entrance and all associated works.
SD26B/0230W	Grant permission	7 Jul 2026	481 m	Construction of new dormer extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500536	Planning Appeal	Granted	23 Sept 2026	378 m
323531	Planning Appeal	Invalid	29 Aug 2025	217 m
318690	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Granted with conditions	25 Jun 2024	400 m
317859	Planning Appeal	Refused	14 May 2024	257 m
315336	Planning Appeal	Other	19 Mar 2024	464 m
318458	Appeal - LRD	Refused	4 Mar 2024	490 m
317394	Planning Appeal	Refused	4 Mar 2024	486 m
315156	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Granted with conditions	21 Aug 2023	217 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

10 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 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.