Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

108 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 Y5C3

Planning permission for the construction of a single-storey front porch extension, plus all associated site works.

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0374W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Valid
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: 5 m²
Site area: 530 m²
Received: 16 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 12 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/70846.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0374W 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 10 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/0304W	Grant permission	4 Aug 2026	—	474 m	The development will consist of change of use of existing dwelling to doctor’s general practice rooms, modifications to existing elevations and plan layout, together with two storey extension to the rear comprising 2 no. 2 bed apartments. The development also includes 14 no. car parking spaces, bicycle stand, modifications to existing entrance, private and common amenity areas and all associated site works.
SD26A/0030	Grant permission & grant retention	29 May 2026	—	458 m	Application for permission to retain the exhaust fuels at rear of the units 1 & 2.
SD26B/0146W	Grant permission	20 May 2026	—	136 m	Removal of boiler shed and store to rear & construction of a first floor extension to side above existing converted garage and single-storey kitchen extension to the rear with associated site works
SD26A/0075W	Refuse permission	13 May 2026	—	448 m	The development will consist of demolition of existing shed, walls and ancillary structures, and construction of a new two storey dwelling and all associated site works
SD26A/0053W	Refuse permission	14 Apr 2026	—	412 m	The development will consist of the material change of use from office/storage unit to a unit for day services use, to enable the provision of services to people with intellectual disabilities, the removal of the existing mezzanine floor, the removal of 4nr existing windows and infilling to match existing cladding to the front and rear elevations at first floor level, the installation of 3nr new window openings to the rear elevation at ground floor level the infilling of existing structural opening to the front elevation with glazing and spandrel panelling, while retaining the existing internal roller shutter unit, the repositioning and widening of the main entrance door and the installation of a full-height fixed glazed unit to the front elevation, installation of manifestation signage to the front elevation door and glazing, the widening and lowering of the existing rear exit door and all associated site works.
SD26B/0064W	Grant permission	10 Apr 2026	—	290 m	Part single-storey, part two-storey rear extension incorporating internal ground and first floor modifications. Front porch extension and widening of the existing vehicular entrance, plus all associated site works.
SD26A/0032W	Grant permission	7 Apr 2026	1	207 m	Construction of a new 3-bedroom single storey log cabin style detached house with rendered finished front elevation on the site with a share site entrance and separate driveways and parking.
SD26A/0029W	Refuse permission	1 Apr 2026	—	412 m	The development will consist of the material change of use from office/storage to a unit for day services use, to enable the provision of services to people with intellectual disabilities. The removal of the existing mezzanine floor and the removal of the existing roller shutter unit and installation of new windows to the front and rear elevation, (d) the widening of the existing doors to the front and rear elevation. Removal and infilling of existing windows at high level to the front and rear elevation with the installation of manifestation signage to the front window and (g) all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324264	Private Development - Application	pending	6 May 2026	421 m
320513	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Dec 2025	482 m
323560	Planning Appeal	open	3 Sept 2025	415 m
314994	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Nov 2024	399 m
318412	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	27 Aug 2024	90 m
311638	Planning Appeal	Refused	23 Mar 2022	435 m
309525	Planning Appeal	Refused	22 Dec 2021	399 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

16 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 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.