Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

24, Tynan Hall Park, Dublin 24, D24 CA2X

Attic conversion including a change of roof profile from hipped roof to a gable-ended profile, a rear dormer roof extension, a new window to the gable wall, 2No. rooflights to the front elevation, new internal access stairs, and all associated site works.

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0389W · 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: 27 m²
Site area: 194 m²
Received: 31 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 26 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/70925.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0389W 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 5 Oct 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
ED26/0079	Declared exempt	2 Sept 2026	—	215 m	2 bedroom extension to rear of address.
SD25B/0639W	Declared withdrawn	24 Aug 2026	—	365 m	Conversion of existing garage and extension to front of existing garage to create new single storey habitable space and construction of new single-story extension to rear and side of existing dwelling and new porch extension to front of existing dwelling and all associated works.
SD26B/0131W	Grant permission	7 Aug 2026	—	475 m	Blocking up existing vehicular access at the junction of The Crescent and Kingswood Avenue and modifications of existing main vehicular entrance to be centred on the front of the house, associated kerb dishing and all associated works. .
SD26B/0261W	Grant permission	10 Jul 2026	—	431 m	Proposed widening of existing entrance consisting of constructing a new front pier, dish public footpath in line with new entrance and all associated works.
SD26B/0233W	Grant permission	7 Jul 2026	—	396 m	Construction of a two-storey extension above existing rear extension and new single storey extension to rear and side of existing dwelling. All other associated ancillary site works.
SD26B/0214W	Grant permission	16 Jun 2026	—	127 m	Attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non-habitable storage space with roof windows to front. Gable window to side all with associated ancillary works.
SD26A/0082W	Request additional information	25 May 2026	—	208 m	The erection of 1 No two storey 3 bedroom detached dwelling house circa 115m2 nett internal area approx. to include use of existing vehicle access, car parking, with new services & drainage connections & other associated site works including demolition of existing shed, removal of internal garden wall & partial removal of upper part of existing boundary wall, on site of 297m2 approx. (0.029 hectares approx.)
SD26B/0109W	Grant permission	11 May 2026	—	204 m	The demolition of the existing single storey rear extension. Permission for single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling with tiled roof, roof lights, internal alterations. Attic conversion with a dormer roof and window, removal of existing hip roof, new gable wall and roof, Window to side gable elevation, front porch extension and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500536	Planning Appeal	pending	23 Dec 2025	301 m
323531	Planning Appeal	Invalid	29 Aug 2025	449 m
318942	Planning Appeal	Refused	24 Jun 2024	475 m
317859	Planning Appeal	Refused	14 May 2024	362 m
312654	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	15 Aug 2023	79 m
312026	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	1 Mar 2022	223 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

31 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 15 Sept 2026, 20:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.