Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

23, Woodstown Close, Dublin 16, D16 H2W7

Proposed modifications to the front entrance and adjacent bay window, together with the construction of a rear extension at ground and first floor level. Proposed attic conversion to storage including alteration of the existing hipped roof profile, provision of dormer windows to the front and rear roof slopes, and installation of a new window to the proposed gable wall, all at roof level.

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0300W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: AI Received
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 142 m²
Received: 17 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 14 Sept 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/70520.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0300W 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 21 Sept 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	SD-001:DP: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: SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	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
SD25A/0308W	Seek clarification of additional information	16 Jul 2026	—	474 m	A tennis and padel sports facility, including 2No. outdoor tennis courts with associated floodlights; 3No. outdoor padel courts with integrated lighting partially covered with 10m high open-sided steel and canvas roof; 1No. indoor tennis hall housing 4 indoor tennis courts; 1No. indoor tennis hall housing 3 indoor tennis courts, warm up area, W/Cs, changing facilities & viewing platform; clubhouse containing toilets, changing rooms, kitchen, lounge, small office area, store room & viewing area; 49 car parking spaces; 52 bicycle parking spaces; new access from Stocking Well and all associated landscaping & site works.
SD26B/0149	Grant permission	29 Jun 2026	—	279 m	Single Storey Extension to the rear
SD26B/0204W	Grant permission	22 Jun 2026	—	311 m	Conversion of attic to storage/study room comprising of modification of ex. roof structure, raise existing gable wall and provide gable window, modify existing hipped roof to accommodate Dutch roof finish, new access stairs, new flat roof dormer window to rear, 2no Velux roof lights to front, and all ancillary site works.
SD26B/0251W	Invalid - site notice	9 Jun 2026	—	0 m	Proposed modifications to the front entrance and adjacent bay window, together with the construction of a rear extension at ground and first floor level. Proposed attic conversion to storage including alteration of the existing hipped roof profile, provision of dormer windows to the front and rear roof slopes, and installation of a new window to the proposed gable wall, all at roof level.
SD26B/0139W	Grant permission	15 May 2026	—	42 m	Demolition of existing single-storey rear extension and construction of two single-storey flat-roof extensions to the side and rear.
SD26B/0106W	Grant permission	11 May 2026	—	242 m	Attic conversion for storage comprising a rear dormer window, a raised gable to the side, and the provision of a new gable window.
SD26B/0027W	Grant permission	19 Mar 2026	—	406 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.
SD25B/0689W	Grant permission	11 Feb 2026	—	305 m	The development consists of the construction of a dormer roof at the rear of 22 Woodstown Way, Knocklyon, Dublin, D16 TD81, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501767	Planning Appeal	open	27 Jul 2026	279 m
323859	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	6 Mar 2026	373 m
322726	Planning Appeal	Refused	2 Oct 2025	295 m
318653	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Refused	12 Jul 2024	225 m
311529	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Granted with conditions	14 Apr 2022	238 m
310578	Strategic Housing Development - Application	Granted with conditions	11 Oct 2021	373 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

11 Aug 2026 Further information requested
17 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 Sept 2026
17 Aug 2026 Further information received

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.