Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

64 Cromwellsfort Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, D12 T0V8

Remove the bay window and the existing pitched roof to the existing single storey extension to the rear and replace with a new flat roof; installation of a dormer window in the attic; alterations to the front and rear elevations; internal alterations to the existing house and the construction of a garden room / gym and a garden shed in the rear garden with relocated access from the laneway at the rear.

Observations close 16 Sept 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0369W · 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: 43 m²
Site area: 536 m²
Received: 12 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 6 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/70830.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0369W 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 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
WEB2835/26	Application declared invalid	28 Jul 2026	—	461 m	1) demolition of the existing rear single storey return to the existing house and to replace with a two storey, flat roof extension, 2) the construction of two number detached 2 storey, 3 bedroom houses to the side garden onto Bunting Road and rear garden facing Balfe Road, both with a mix of pitched and flat roofs, 3) 2 new on site driveways with dished kerbing to both new houses, new boundary wall treatment and all ancillary site works a
SD26B/0270W	Request additional information	28 Jul 2026	—	39 m	(1) Retention permission for attic conversion incorporating study room and en-suite; (2) Permission for construction of a 43 sq.m rear extension on ground floor comprising kitchen / dining area, laundry and gym/yoga room, together with all associated site works.
SD26B/0177W	Grant permission	23 Jul 2026	—	253 m	Demolish 48sq. m rear extension & construction of a 36.3 sq.m rear extension to an existing dwelling with a pitched roof & proposed new dormer to rear with new roof lights to front and associated site works.
SD26B/0244W	Grant permission	9 Jul 2026	—	226 m	Phase 1: Partial removal of approved shed to rear & construction of a ground floor extension to the rear, and attic conversion with dormer to the rear, amendment of roof to create side gable. Phase 2: removal of remainder of shed & car garage to rear & construction modular garden room containing an office /den /gym with amended rear boundary and access associated site works.
SD26B/0234W	Grant permission	3 Jul 2026	—	35 m	Widening of existing front vehicular access.
SD26B/0216W	Grant permission	30 Jun 2026	—	215 m	Ground floor side extension with pitched roof over & 1 No. roof light on side slope of roof.
WEB2084/26	Grant permission	29 Jun 2026	—	451 m	PERMISSION for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion, gable window to side and roof windows to front, all to create additional habitable bedroom all with associated ancillary works
SD26B/0218W	Grant permission	25 Jun 2026	—	231 m	Permission for the provision of a 3.5m wide vehicular entrance to the front of the property.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324035	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	13 May 2026	357 m
318355	Planning Appeal	Refused	11 Feb 2025	292 m
320114	Planning Appeal	Refused	11 Nov 2024	224 m
317273	Planning Appeal	Refused	8 Nov 2024	410 m
316828	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	17 Oct 2024	205 m
314103	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	27 Mar 2024	282 m
314496	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	27 Jun 2023	329 m
314243	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	23 Sept 2022	415 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

12 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 16 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.