Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

5 Ballyroan Heights, Ballyroan, Dublin 16, D16 T3Y0

Modifications to the permitted development Reg. Ref SD25B/0456W including: alterations to front elevation & demolition of existing decommissioned chimney and pump house to side with alterations to previously granted garden shed to rear & all associated works.

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 19 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/0391W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Retention
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,355 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/70931.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0391W 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 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
SD26A/0174W	Grant permission for retention	14 Sept 2026	—	457 m	Elevation alterations to previously granted application SD19A/0201 to include additional window at ground floor level, window positions altered, omission standing seamed metal canopy and full brick clad throughout on east elevation, addition of small ground floor window on south elevation, change of rear ground floor structure finish from render to brick finish and all associated works.
SD26B/0361W	Invalid - site notice	17 Aug 2026	—	324 m	Construction of a 2 storey rear extension to existing dwelling
SD26B/0250W	Request additional information	10 Aug 2026	—	457 m	Two-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling. First-floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling with alterations to the front external finish of the existing garage and all associated alterations to the elevations, internal alterations, site, drainage, landscaping and ancillary works.
SD26B/0269	Grant permission	28 Jul 2026	—	441 m	Construction of two storey and single storey extensions to the rear, first floor extension to side, two storey extension to the front with internal alterations to garage to accommodate new toilet and utility (79.7 sq. metres); access stairs to attic, front dormer window to attic and new attic window in side gable wall together with new single storey garden building to the rear (38.88 sq. metres) of existing two storey house (92 sq. metres)
SD26B/0231W	Grant permission	8 Jul 2026	—	79 m	Attic conversion for storage, raising the side gable to form a half-hipped roof with roof lights.
SD26B/0197W	Grant permission	18 Jun 2026	—	202 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.
SD26B/0152W	Grant permission	21 May 2026	—	238 m	The development will consist of the construction of 2 no. ground floor bay windows to front elevation and relocation of front entrance hall door (total area 4.1m.sq.) with associated canopy over, alterations to existing single storey side extension and construction of first floor extension over together with a single storey extension to rear (total area 59.9m.sq.), Widening of existing vehicular driveway to front of property and associated site works.
SD26B/0115W	Grant permission	30 Apr 2026	—	79 m	The development consists of an attic conversion for storage, adding a dormer roof to the rear, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323123	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	25 Nov 2025	128 m
322602	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Sept 2025	462 m
323093	Planning Appeal	Invalid	22 Jul 2025	128 m
322269	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	23 Apr 2025	128 m
315326	Planning Appeal	Other	18 Oct 2023	460 m
312093	Planning Appeal	Refused	15 Feb 2023	347 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.