Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

18, Berryfield, Finnstown Priory, Lucan, K78 EW70

The replacement of the existing hipped roof with a gable roof, with solar panels to the rear and removal of the existing chimney to the front. Other works include a replacement porch canopy to the front entrance; modifications to window openings on the west-facing side gable, along with a new window; provision of a new window and a new ground floor door on the east-facing gable; external insulation to the front, sides and rear of the property; internal modifications to the existing house; external landscaping, including modifications to boundary walls and railings, widening the driveway entrance, a proposed shed; and miscellaneous other works. To the ground floor rear, the existing pitched roof kitchen will be demolished and a mono-pitch extension built to the rear / side.

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0377W · 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: 16 m²
Site area: 285 m²
Received: 19 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 13 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/70862.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0377W 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 23 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
SD26A/0109W	Grant permission for retention	25 Jun 2026	—	312 m	The relocation and amalgamation of previously permitted bike stores (Reg. Ref. [SD21A/0359]) to a revised location north of Block 2, together with all associated site works.
ED26/0053	Declared exempt	22 Jun 2026	—	461 m	Proposed single storey rear extension with flat roof.
SD26B/0119W	Grant permission	13 May 2026	—	284 m	The development includes a single-storey rear extension, an attic conversion for storage purposes, a raised side gable with a Dutch-hipped roof and new side window, a rear dormer roof, roof lights to the front, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
SD26B/0095W	Grant permission	1 May 2026	—	339 m	Planning permission is sought for attic conversion, raising of gable wall to change roof profile with projecting dormer to rear roof, new playroom, also 2 new Velux windows to front roof and all associated site works
SDZ26A/0007	Grant permission	20 Apr 2026	—	424 m	The Construction of a single storey rear extension incorporating an extended kitchen/dining/living space, plus all associated site works.
SD26B/0061W	Grant permission	9 Apr 2026	—	315 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/0715W	Grant permission	18 Feb 2026	—	118 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/0704W	Grant permission	17 Feb 2026	—	325 m	Planning permission is sought for 2 storey extension to front, side and rear of existing house, additional bedroom / utility facility, also attic conversion with dormer projecting window to rear, also new single storey porch extension to front of house, permission also sought for single storey building to rear garden consisting of gym/ games room and storage facility, and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501385	Planning Appeal	pending	22 May 2026	339 m
322487	Planning Appeal	Invalid	9 May 2025	494 m
320777	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	9 Jan 2025	427 m
315768	Amend Planning Schema/Add Planning Schema	Granted	23 Apr 2024	251 m
314272	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Mar 2024	312 m
316619	Draft Map Appeal	Other	24 Oct 2023	444 m
312496	Planning Appeal	Refused	29 Jul 2022	466 m
312478	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	3 May 2022	372 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

19 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 23 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.