Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

19 The Dingle, Woodfarm Acres, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, D20YP60

First floor side extension with pitched roof over to front & flat roof to rear.

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 27 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0399W · 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: 328 m²
Received: 6 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 2 Nov 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/70966.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0399W 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 12 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 × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · 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
SD26B/0325W	Grant permission & grant retention	28 Aug 2026	—	35 m	Single storey front / side extension for garage conversion and Retention Permission for raised front living room windowsill.
SD26B/0240W	Grant permission & grant retention	13 Jul 2026	—	390 m	Single storey extension to front and first floor extension to side. Retention planning permission for extended vehicle access all with associated ancillary works.
SD26A/0148W	Invalid - site notice	9 Jul 2026	—	483 m	Subdivision of existing retail unit, separating space back into two independent units.
SD25A/0229W	Refuse permission	6 Jul 2026	12	485 m	(i) demolition of existing vacant single storey structure on-site (75sq.m) and associated garage structure to the rear of this (127sq.m); (ii) removal of existing pillars and railings along the front (northern) boundary of the site; (iii) construction of a mixed-use development comprising 1 no. commercial/retail unit at ground floor level (94sq.m) and 12 no. residential units (7 no. one-bedroom units, 3 no. two-bedroom units and 2 no. three-bedroom units) at upper floor levels in a four-storey building. Each apartment will be provided with private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace space and communal open space will be provided at ground and roof levels. A total of 42 no. internal and 2 no. external bicycle parking spaces are proposed to serve the development as well as 6 no. car parking spaces (including 1 no. accessible parking space) and a set-down area for servicing and deliveries at surface level. The proposed development also includes; (iv) all associated site and infrastructural works, including foul and surface water drainage, landscaping, plant areas, site lighting, bin storage and signage necessary to facilitate the development.
SD26A/0126W	Invalidate application	5 Jun 2026	—	483 m	Subdivision of existing retail unit; Separating space back into two independent units.
SD26B/0220W	Invalidate application	15 May 2026	—	390 m	Single storey extension to front and first floor extension to side all with associated ancillary works.
SD25A/0281W	Grant permission & grant retention	6 Mar 2026	—	445 m	Permission for Retention for Change of use of existing 1/2 storey semi-detached dwelling from single residential dwelling as approved under planning permission SD23A/0221 to 3 No. apartments, 2 on ground floor and 1 on first floor with associated entrances, including new side access door and all associated internal alterations, including rear bin storage, rear garden shed, and existing front driveway parking all at corner site.
SD25B/0711	Grant permission	19 Feb 2026	—	365 m	Development will consist of a proposed new ground floor only extension to the front and rear of existing house. The existing garage space to be converted to habitable space. A proposed new first floor extension to the side of the existing house extending the existing roof over, a new flat roof dormer to the rear of the existing house roof and all ancillary works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501862	Planning Appeal	Invalid	7 Aug 2026	390 m
501819	Planning Appeal	pending	4 Aug 2026	485 m
321515	Referral - Points of Detail in dispute	Granted with conditions	6 Nov 2025	456 m
321421	Planning Appeal	Refused	16 Apr 2025	485 m
319803	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	22 Oct 2024	241 m
314942	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	29 Aug 2024	149 m
310119	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Dec 2021	272 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

6 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 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.