Observation pack · South Dublin County Council
75, Monalea Grove, Firhouse, Dublin 24, D24 K1W3
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure; raising of existing gable c/w window; new access stairs; two roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
Observations close 17 Sept 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- SD26B/0371W · 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
- 28 m²
- Site area
- 229 m²
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
- Decision due
- 7 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/70835.
- Write your observation.Quote
SD26B/0371Wat 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G1 Open space with recreation | OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities | SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028 |
| 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.
Sources: SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD26B/0258W | Grant permission | 20 Jul 2026 | — | 364 m | Proposed first floor extension over the existing ground floor layout, comprising of new bedroom, utility and extension to existing bathroom. Removal of existing tiled roof to southwest elevation to accommodate proposed first floor extension. Proposed dormer roof and windows constructed to the rear southeast facing elevation. Internal and external modifications to the existing floor plans and elevations and all associated site works. |
| LRD26A/0001W | Grant permission | 29 Jun 2026 | 5 | 360 m | Permission for a Large Scale Residential Development LRD at No. 2 Firhouse Road and the former Morton's The Firhouse Inn. The proposed development seeks amendments to the previously approved Largescale Residential Development LRD granted under Reg. Ref. LRD24A/0001 ABP Ref. 319568 24. The proposed amendments include a reduction in the footprint of the basement levels, amendments to the housing mix and elevations of Block A and Block B, amended roof profile, provision of surface level parking, and relocation of substation. The revised application is seeking permission for a total of 83 no. housing units (100 no. units applied for and 78 no. units granted by An Bord Pleanála), providing an increase of 5 no. units within the building footprint granted within Reg. Ref. LRD24A/0001 ABP Ref. 319568 24. The proposal provides for 2 no. blocks ranging in height from 3 to 4 storeys over basement levels comprising 4 no. duplex units, 2 no. 1 bedroom units, 1 no. 2 bedroom 3 person unit, and 1 no. 2 bedroom 4 person unit and 79 no. apartment units 1 no. studio units, 54 no. 1 bedroom units, 5 no. 2 bedroom 3 person units, and 19 no. 2 bedroom 4 person units. The apartment blocks will consist of the following: Block 01 Amendments to the previously permitted 3 storey rising to 4 storey over basement levels, comprising 54 units 2 no. studio units, 15 no. 1 bedroom units, 4 no. 2 bedroom 3 person units, 13 no. 2 bedroom 4 person units, along with 4 no. duplex units comprising 2 no. 1 bedroom units, and 2 no. 2 bedroom 3person units, to now provide for a 3 storey rising to 4 storey over basement levels comprising of 38 no. units as follows 1 no. studio unit, 16 no. 1 bedroom units, 4 no. 2 bedroom 3 person units, 13 no. 2 bedroom 4 person units, along with 4 no. duplex units comprising 2 no. 1 bedroom units, and 1 no. 2 bedroom 3 person unit and 1 no. 2 bedroom 4 person unit. Each unit will have its own private open space in the form of a private balcony or terraced area. Block 02 Amendments to the previously permitted 4 storey over basement levels comprising 40 units 18 no. 1 bedroom units, 2 no. 2 bedroom 3 person units, 17 no. 2 bedroom 4 person units, and 2 no. 3 bedroom units, to now provide a 4 storey over basement levels comprising of 45 no. units as follows 38 no. 1 bedroom units, 1 no. 2 bedroom 3 person units, and 6 no. 2 bedroom 4 person units. Each unit will have its own private open space in the form of a private balcony or terraced area. The development will also provide for amendments to the permitted 395.2 sq. m. of commercial space including 1 no. office and 1 no. café located on the ground floor of Block 01, 1 no. creche and associated play area to the rear of Block 01, 1 no. barber between Block 01 and Block 02 and 1 no. bookmaker and medical consultancy, located on the ground floor of Block 02 to now provide for 423.5 sq. m. of commercial space as follows 1 no. office and 1 no. café located on the ground floor of Block 01. 1 no. creche and associated play area to the rear of Block 01. 1 no. barber between Block 01 and Block 02. 1 no. bookmaker and medical consultancy, located on the ground floor of Block 02. The proposed development will also provide for 63 no. car parking spaces including accessible parking and Electric Vehicle parking across basement, lower ground floor levels, and surface car parking, 196 no. bicycle parking spaces, 5 no. motorbike parking spaces; landscaping, including communal open space and public open space and children's play spaces, SuDS measures boundary treatment public lighting, re-located ESB substation plant and waste storage areas, associated signage details, all associated site and infrastructure works necessary to facilitate the development, with 1 no. pedestrian and cyclist access from Firhouse Road and 1 no. pedestrian and cyclist access from Mount Carmel Park, as granted under Reg. Ref. LRD24/A0001 ABP Ref. 319568 24. |
| ED26/0057 | Request additional information | 26 Jun 2026 | — | 349 m | Repair of part of storm damaged boundary wall and fence. |
| SD26B/0165W | Grant permission | 2 Jun 2026 | — | 211 m | Proposed build-up of existing hip in roof to side of roof into Dutch hip at attic level, with window in proposed gable wall, dormer roof window on rear slope of roof all at attic level. |
| SD26B/0104W | Grant permission | 5 May 2026 | — | 159 m | The alterations to the existing roof profile to convert it from a hipped roof profile to gable wall with apex roof, removal of the external chimney stack, conversion of the existing attic space into a home office/study with a dormer window to the rear, 2 roof lights to the front elevation roof plane and a new window in the new gable wall at second floor level. |
| SD26A/0001W | Grant permission | 27 Feb 2026 | 2 | 297 m | Planning permission is sought by Mr. Ross Hollingsworth for a detached two storey, building to provide 2 number circa 82sq.m 2 Bed apartments with balconies. The drainage arrangements are to tap into the existing and as approved under planning reg ref SD11A/0065 and as amended by SD15A/0299, & SD17A/0163. A new pedestrian and vehicular access with crossover off Castlefield Avenue, & boundary walls on Lands at Castlefield Avenue, Knocklyon adjoining Mimosa Castlefield Avenue, Dublin 16, D16R2F3, part of folio 68669F & 75126L, and all ancillary site works. |
| SD25B/0698W | Grant permission | 6 Feb 2026 | — | 244 m | Planning Permission for conversion of existing attic to non-habitable space including raised gable to mini-hip, dormer to rear, window to side & velux to front of existing dwelling. |
| SD25A/0181W | Grant permission | 28 Jan 2026 | — | 266 m | Planning permission is sought to amend Condition No. 5 of Reg. Ref. WA/389 which states that the building be used as a geriatric nursing home as set out in the application to now state that the building be used as a nursing home for the provision of residential accommodation and care to people in need of care. There are no works proposed as part of this application. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501053 | Planning Appeal | Granted | 23 Jul 2026 | 297 m |
| 324381 | Building Control - Fire Safety Certificate | open | 18 Jun 2026 | 481 m |
| 313777 | Strategic Housing Development - Application | Refused | 3 Sept 2025 | 362 m |
| 322215 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 11 Aug 2025 | 462 m |
| 320268 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 12 May 2025 | 297 m |
| 322187 | Planning Appeal | Invalid | 2 Apr 2025 | 462 m |
| 319568 | Appeal - LRD | Granted with conditions | 26 Jul 2024 | 360 m |
| 314543 | Planning Appeal | pending | 1 Sept 2022 | 59 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
- 13 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 17 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.