Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

3, Ferncourt Drive, Firhouse, Dublin 24

Change of roof profile from hip end profile to dutch hip end profile to accommodate attic conversion with dormer extension to rear. 1 No 'Velux' roof light to front elevation and 1 No window to new gable end with all associated site works.

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0400 · 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: 30 m²
Site area: 243 m²
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 29 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/70970.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0400 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 9 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/0171W	Request additional information	10 Sept 2026	—	452 m	Installation of a new LED floodlighting system consisting of 6 No. 18 metres high columns, inclusive of all siteworks, associated ducting, column bases and LED fixtures for existing pitch.
SD26B/0267	Grant permission	22 Jul 2026	—	486 m	Remove the existing store to the side of the existing dwelling & replace with new two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling with a tiled roof and external finishes to match existing, internal alterations, increase height of side boundary wall from 1.8m to 2.2m and extend boundary wall to face of the existing dwelling and associate site works.
SD26A/0115W	Grant permission	9 Jul 2026	—	448 m	Two storey end of terrace dwelling to the side of existing house plus alterations to the internal ground floor plus modifications to the front elevation of number 58 with the relocation of the front door and one number window from the side elevation to the front elevation, increasing a section of the existing side and rear boundary walls to 1.8m in height plus widening of existing vehicular entrance for the purpose of creating a shared vehicular entrance and all associated site works and all associated site works.
SD26B/0085	Grant permission	22 Apr 2026	—	404 m	Single Storey Extension to the Front, Side and Rear. The front section being a Porch.
SD26B/0076	Grant permission	20 Apr 2026	—	130 m	Change of Roof profile from hip end profile to Dutch hip end profile to accommodate attic conversion incorporating dormer extension to rear. New window to gable end all Associated site works.
SD26B/0055	Grant permission	1 Apr 2026	—	215 m	Family flat to side of 21A, Old Court Cottages, Old Court Road, Ballycullen, Dublin 24
SD26B/0002W	Grant permission	26 Feb 2026	—	216 m	Planning permission for conversion of existing attic to non-habitable space including raised gable to mini-hip, dormer to rear, window to side & Velux to front of existing dwelling.
SD25B/0699W	Grant permission	18 Feb 2026	—	232 m	The development consists of the demolition of the existing single storey rear extensions, chimneys, out buildings, garden structures, shed, existing cottage chimney, low level walls and planter beds in the front garden. Permission for single storey porch extension to the front, single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage with tiled and flat roof with rooflights, new boundary walls, new gates to the rear access and relocation of the existing shomera in the rear garden and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501800	Planning Appeal	pending	30 Jul 2026	448 m
500238	Planning Appeal	pending	10 Nov 2025	325 m
321419	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	8 Apr 2025	208 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

4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 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.