Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

1, Sycamore Drive, Kingswood, Dublin 24, D24DX4P

Retention of the existing single storey timber shed/hobby room with a pitched roof located within the rear garden, together with the retention of the double door access in the rear garden boundary wall adjoining the footpath along Sylvan Drive, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: SD26B/0439W · 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: 31 m²
Site area: 414 m²
Received: 30 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 25 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/71121.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0439W 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 4 Nov 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	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: South Dublin County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
South Dublin County Council development plan zoning	—	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
WEB3006/26	Grant permission	2 Oct 2026	—	378 m	single storey extension to side, single and two storey extension to rear, dormer extension to rear, and alterations to front elevation of existing semi-detached two storey dwelling including associated site works
ED26/0079	Declared exempt	2 Sept 2026	—	386 m	2 bedroom extension to rear of address.
SD26B/0296W	Grant permission	11 Aug 2026	—	145 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 and gable window to side all with associated ancillary works.
SD26A/0143W	Grant permission	10 Aug 2026	—	320 m	Amendments to the previously permitted residential development (File Register Reference Number SD25A/0292W and as originally permitted under File Register Reference Number SD24A/0029). The proposed amendments are all in relation to permitted House No. 4 and consist of A)The construction of a 30sqm flat roof single storey ground floor extension to the rear of the dwelling including 2 no. rooflights, B) The reduction of the size of the rear living room by 12sqm to accommodate a covered external patio, C) The inclusion of a new ground floor window in the front elevation, D) The alteration of an existing ground floor door in the side elevation to a window, E) The omission of the external ground floor canopy to the side of the dwelling, F) The addition of two first floor windows in the side facing elevation, G) The amalgamation of two first floor bedroom windows to one larger window, H) The addition of a roof window in the main roof and the addition of a roof window in the ground floor garage roof, I) The alteration of the ground floor front entrance door and fenestration.
SD26B/0131W	Grant permission	7 Aug 2026	—	267 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	—	342 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/0230W	Grant permission	7 Jul 2026	—	70 m	Construction of new dormer extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated works
SD26A/0082W	Request additional information	25 May 2026	—	364 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.)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323531	Planning Appeal	Invalid	29 Aug 2025	455 m
318942	Planning Appeal	Refused	24 Jun 2024	197 m
317859	Planning Appeal	Refused	14 May 2024	336 m
315156	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Granted with conditions	21 Aug 2023	186 m
310514	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	27 May 2022	322 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

30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.