Observation pack · South Dublin County Council
44 Thomas Moore Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, D12E8W5
Planning permission for attic conversion with dormer to rear roof and to front roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non-habitable storage space with roof windows to front all with associated ancillary works
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/0378W · full record
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Invalid Application
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- 23 m²
- Site area
- 231 m²
- Received
- 19 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
- Decision due
- 13 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Invalidate application
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/70864.
- Write your observation.Quote
SD26B/0378Wat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | — → — | |
| Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | — → — | |
| M3 Neighbourhood centre | Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 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: DCC DCC_DP_OWN, DCC DCC_DP_OWN, DCC DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028, DCC DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:23
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCC DCC_DP_OWN | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:23 | — |
| DCC DCC_DP_OWN | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:23 | — |
| DCC DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 11 Sept 2026, 23:18 | open |
| DCC DU-001:DP: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/0366W | Invalidate application | 10 Aug 2026 | — | 0 m | Attic conversion with dormer to rear roof and to front roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non-habitable storage space with roof windows to front all with associated ancillary works |
| WEB2835/26 | Application declared invalid | 28 Jul 2026 | — | 216 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 |
| WEB2299/26 | Grant permission | 17 Jul 2026 | — | 165 m | We, Hentive Limited, intend to apply for permission for the change of use from permitted retail/non-retail services use to dentist use at Ground Floor Unit 32, Block A, Balfe Court, Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12, D12 K3EC. |
| WEB2084/26 | Grant permission | 29 Jun 2026 | — | 179 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 |
| WEB2258/26 | Application declared invalid | 26 May 2026 | — | 165 m | We, Hentive Limited, intend to apply for permission for the addition of Class 8 use to the permitted retail/non-retail services use at Ground Floor Unit 32, Block A, Balfe Court, Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12, D12 K3EC. |
| WEB1752/26 | Grant permission | 26 May 2026 | — | 164 m | The construction of a single storey porch & living room extension to front of house also all associated site works. |
| WEB2241/26 | Application withdrawn | 25 May 2026 | — | 152 m | We, Hentive Limited, intend to apply for permission for the addition of Class 8 use to the permitted retail/non-retail services use at Ground Floor Unit 33, Block A, Balfe Court, Walkinstown Road, Dublin 12, D12 X75D. |
| WEB2807/25 | Grant permission | 7 May 2026 | 35 | 481 m | PROTECTED STRUCTURE: (i) demolition of all existing built form on site with the exception of the two-storey protected structure known as Melville House; (ii) alterations to existing protected structure comprising removal of non-original rear extensions at ground floor level, general refurbishment, provision of new glazed link section, provision of 1 no. rooflight, revised fenestration arrangements and conversion of the building to provide 2 no. two-bedroom apartments with the ground floor unit served by private amenity courtyard to the rear and the first floor unit served by private amenity garden to the front; (iii) construction of new apartment block rising to five storeys and accommodating 23 no. one-bedroom apartments and 12 no. two-bedroom apartments each served by a balcony/terrace; (iv) provision of 14 no. vehicular parking spaces within 2 no. separate parking areas separately accessible via Bunting Road and St. Agnes Terrace; (v) provision of communal amenity space, bin storage and resident/visitor bicycle parking areas; and, (vi) all ancillary site and infrastructural works, inclusive of tree removal/planting, erection of ESB substation, general landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting and SuDS drainage, necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The subject site contains a protected structure (RPS No. 7557). |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500184 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 11 Mar 2026 | 87 m |
| 321304 | Planning Appeal | Withdrawn | 2 Dec 2024 | 164 m |
| 316828 | LA Road Dev - Application | Granted with conditions | 17 Oct 2024 | 68 m |
| 318630 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 24 Jun 2024 | 85 m |
| 315700 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 8 Feb 2024 | 317 m |
| 313459 | Vacant Site Levy - Appeal S.9 | Other | 13 Nov 2023 | 442 m |
| 314496 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 27 Jun 2023 | 283 m |
| 312577 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 13 Apr 2023 | 280 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
- 20 Aug 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 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.