Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Nos. 6 and 7 Old Church Park, Old Church, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

The proposed development comprises the construction of 1 no. 3-bedroom, three-storey detached dwelling and 2 no. 3-bedroom, three-storey semi-detached dwellings, each with private rear gardens, located to the rear/side of Nos. 6 and 7 Old Church Park. The development also includes a new vehicular entrance providing access to the proposed dwellings and associated car parking spaces, a new rear entrance providing access to No. 6 Old Church Park, demolition of the existing outbuildings, removal of the existing timber gates, provision of additional car parking spaces, connection to existing drainage and services, landscape and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development.

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: SD26A/0250W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Valid
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 3
Floor area: 476 m²
Site area: 1,213 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 7 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/71212.
Write your observation.Quote SD26A/0250W 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 17 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

Radon risk area × 1
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	Units	Distance	Description
SD26B/0276W	Grant permission	30 Jul 2026	—	351 m	Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable c/w window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
SD26A/0119	Request additional information	16 Jul 2026	—	368 m	Construction of a detached two-storey three-bedroom dwelling house (circa 110sqm internal floor area) within the side garden of the existing dwelling, including provision of revised vehicular entrance arrangements for the existing and proposed dwellings, new connection to existing public foul and surface water drainage services, new water service connection, and all associated site works.
SD26A/0118W	Grant permission	15 Jul 2026	—	139 m	Two bed, two/three storey, gable roof, end of terrace house with rooflights to front, dormer attic window to rear, new parking and widened shared vehicular access to front, and all associated works.
SD26A/0105W	Invalid - site notice	15 May 2026	—	139 m	Two bed, two/three storey, gable roof, end of terrace house with rooflights to front, dormer attic window to rear, new parking and widened shared vehicular access to front, and all associated works.
SD25B/0719W	Grant permission	23 Feb 2026	—	441 m	Planning permission is sought for single storey building to rear garden consisting of gym/ games room and storage facility, and all associated site works
SD25A/0306W	Grant permission	18 Feb 2026	—	371 m	New External Signage & Beer Wine Spirits Retail Off Licence subsidiary to main retail use
SD25B/0450W	Grant permission	3 Feb 2026	—	335 m	Reconstruction of northern boundary wall to height of 2m, including plastering and wall cappings.
SD25B/0667W	Invalid - site notice	17 Dec 2025	—	441 m	Planning permission is sought for single storey building to rear garden consisting of gym/ games room and storage facility, and all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 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.