Observation pack · South Dublin County Council
8 St Patrick Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Retention of access door to side elevation of existing house; access door originally granted under S00B/0221; door is situated at a different location to previous grant submission and all associated site works.
Observations close 14 Sept 2026 2 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- SD26B/0368W · full record
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Retention
- Status
- Referral
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 503 m²
- Received
- 8 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
- Decision due
- 5 Oct 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/70810.
- Write your observation.Quote
SD26B/0368Wat 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 14 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 × 1About 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD25B/0651W | Grant permission | 22 Jan 2026 | — | 344 m | The development consists of a two-storey extension to the side, a single-storey extension to the rear, a rear dormer roof, and necessary ancillary work to facilitate the development. |
| SDZ25A/0006W | Grant permission | 14 Oct 2025 | — | 488 m | Kelland Homes Ltd. seeks permission for development, consisting of amendments to street design, and in compliance with condition no. 16(e) attached to planning permission Ref. SDZ22A/0010. The proposed development consists of the creation of an intimate local street/home zone and includes for all associated site development works, car parking, landscaping and public lighting etc., all on a site measuring c.0.15Ha, located at "Keepers Lock", Clonburris, Dublin 22, within the Clonburris Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). This application is being made in accordance with the Clonburris Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme 2019 and relates to a proposed development within the Clonburris Strategic Development Planning Scheme Area, as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 604 of 2015. |
| SDZ25A/0034W | Grant permission | 25 Sept 2025 | — | 212 m | The development will consist of the construction of 3 no. strategic public parks located inside the Clonburris SDZ as per the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme (2019) in the southern part of the overall SDZ comprising: Site A) Provision of 'Stage 3' Griffeen Valley Park Extension' public park of c. 15.94 hectares, on 2 no. parcels of land north and south of the Clonburris Southern Link Street in the western part of the SDZ lands comprising landscaped areas, 1 no. all-weather GAA pitch (with floodlighting - GAA pitch is also sized to cater for 2 no. soccer pitches), 2 no. natural soccer pitches, 3 no. tennis courts and 1 no. padel court (with floodlighting), play areas, 1 no. basketball court, 2 no. cricket practice creases, 1 no. cricket crease, rebound wall area as well as allotment areas and coach parking set down area including 27 no. car parking spaces & 78 bicycle spaces (as well as 2 no. pedestrian access points to Haydens Lane) - vehicular access from permitted access under Planning Reg. Ref. SDZ20A/0021 to the Clonburris Southern Link Street; Site B) Provision of 'Stage 4A' Grand Canal Park' public park of c. 7.32 hectares (to the south of the Grand Canal) comprising 2 no. natural soccer pitches, play areas, ESB substation, and allotment area as well as 30 no. car parking spaces [with access from Lockview Road] & 66 no. bicycle spaces; Site C) Provision of 'Stage 5' Na Cluainte Park South' of c. 4.04 hectares located centrally within the SDZ (on 2 no. sites either side of the Clonburris Southern Link Street) comprising landscaped areas, attenuation ponds, 1 x Soccer All Weather Pitch (floodlit), 1 no. natural soccer pitch, 2 no. basketball courts, play areas, 2 no. cricket practice creases, and 1 no. multi-sports pitch (weights table games etc.) and allotment areas as well as 30 no. car parking spaces & 96 no. bicycle spaces, with access provided from the permitted Clonburris Southern Link Street; Permission is also sought for all associated drainage infrastructure works to include surface water attenuation areas including attenuation ponds and revisions to the permitted 'Stage 1' infrastructure under Planning Reg. Ref. SDZ20A/0021 relating to the coach parking area and attenuation area to the north of the Clonburris Southern Link Street and associated ancillary amendments and integration of the 'Stage 1' infrastructure (under construction) with the proposed development (to include relocation of flood compensation area to the west of the Griffeen River, increased landform variation in attenuation area no. 1, revisions to internal paths, removal of retaining walls to attenuation area no. 2, additional planting). Permission is also sought for all ancillary site development (including site accommodation, site compounds, and temporary construction boundary fencing) and landscape works/planting associated with the development, including hard and soft landscaping, 3 no. temporary project signage (at 3 no. locations) and Irish water foul water diversions in Grand Canal Park. |
| SD25A/0072W | Grant permission | 8 Jul 2025 | — | 276 m | Construction of a new three-storey extension and alterations to Gaelscoil na Camóige agus Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcáin, previously granted planning permission (Ref: SD22A/0352) and currently under construction. The development will consist of providing 2no. Classroom suites of Special Educational Needs accommodation for each school. Both Special Educational Needs units will be inclusive of 2 no. class base rooms, en-suite toilets, withdrawal room associated with each class base, central activity spaces, staff toilets, pupil toilets and shower facilities, storage and office, all at ground floor level, along with the relocation of 2 no. classrooms and en-suite toilets from the ground floor of both schools ground to first and second floor of the proposed three-storey extension The development will also consist of an extension at first floor level, along with minor alterations to Stair Core 4 to the north elevation of Gaelscoil na Camoige and an extension at second floor level along with minor alterations to Stair Core 3 to the west elevation of Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcáin. The development will also consist of the provision of new soft play external areas for both Special Educational Needs units, connections to the existing drainage layout and all ancillary site development works. The total area for the development is 630m2 |
| SD25B/0268W | Grant permission | 7 Jul 2025 | — | 262 m | Revision to existing permission (SD24B/0194) to include enlargement of single storey extension to rear with internal modifications and associated site works. |
| SD25B/0165W | Grant permission | 21 May 2025 | — | 159 m | Planning permission is sought attic conversion with projected dormer window to rear roof, storage, games room facility, permission also sought for single storey kitchen to rear of existing house, permission also sought for new single storey building to rear garden for home office / gym use and all associated site works |
| SD25B/0079 | Grant permission | 16 Apr 2025 | — | 251 m | Alterations to the previously approved SD24B/0131. A first floor extension to the Front side and rear over the existing Converted Garage. Alterations to the existing hipped roof and the roof be extended over the proposed extension. With conversion of the enlarged Attic and Dormer window to the rear |
| SD24B/0580W | Grant permission | 18 Feb 2025 | — | 188 m | Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new access stairs and 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323650 | Amend Planning Schema/Add Planning Schema | pending | 15 Sept 2025 | 179 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
- 8 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 14 Sept 2026
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.