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Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

52 Glenmaroon Rd, Redcowfarm, Dublin 20, D20EH01

First-floor side extension with a pitched roof, rooflight to the front roof slope, conversion of the existing garage at ground-floor level including replacement of the garage shutter door with a window, and widening of the existing vehicular access, including the partial removal of the front boundary wall.

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 1 day left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
SD26B/0443W · 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
28 m²
Site area
323 m²
Received
2 Oct 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
27 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/71136.
  2. Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0443W 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 6 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
R2
Existing residential
RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenitysouth dublin county development plan 2022 20288 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
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South Dublin County Council development plan zoning—11 Sept 2026, 23:18open

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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
SD26A/0236Invalid - site notice16 Oct 2026—289 mThe retention of the single-storey structure built at the rear of the property, which replaced a garage structure on the site, and which is to be used as a granny flat and home office ancillary to the existing two-storey house at the front of the property. The application includes the removal of the wall dividing the back garden into two separate areas and the permanent blocking up of the additional pedestrian entrance that was opened into the rear of the site from the adjoining laneway.
SD26B/0388WGrant permission13 Oct 2026—176 mTwo Storey Side Extension with Clipped Gable Roof and Flat Roof Dormer at Rear.
SD26B/0429WInvalidate application1 Oct 2026—189 mThe development consists of alteration to previously approved planning application REF SD26B/0227W. The application relates to the single-storey pitched roof front extension. It is proposed to now construct this extension across the full width of the front elevation at ground floor level.
SD26B/0329WRefuse permission for retention27 Aug 2026—61 mRetention for existing modular steel shed bolted to raft foundation slab with occasional access from rear laneway.
SD26B/0324WGrant permission & grant retention24 Aug 2026—119 mRetention for a single-storey flat-roof side extension; Permission for the construction of a single-storey flat-roof rear extension and a single-storey flat-roof storage shed to the rear of the dwelling, with roller shutter doors facing the laneway to the rear of the property.
SD26B/0310WGrant permission17 Aug 2026—189 mDemolition of existing rear extensions and sunroom, and construction of a new single-storey flat roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and garage at ground floor level incorporating open plan kitchen, living & dining space; Construction of a single-storey pitched roof front extension incorporating a new porch, together with the extension and conversion of the existing garage to habitable accommodation at ground floor level; Construction of new first-floor pitched roof extension above the existing garage to the side of the existing dwelling; Construction of new first-floor pitched roof extension above kitchen area to the rear of the existing dwelling; Internal alterations, landscaping, drainage works, and all associated ancillary site development works.
SD26B/0240WGrant permission & grant retention13 Jul 2026—484 mSingle storey extension to front and first floor extension to side. Retention planning permission for extended vehicle access all with associated ancillary works.
SD26B/0206WGrant permission for retention22 Jun 2026—396 mRetention permission for two storey and single storey extension to side.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
502063Planning Appealpending8 Sept 202661 m
501862Planning AppealInvalid7 Aug 2026484 m
321515Referral - Points of Detail in disputeGranted with conditions6 Nov 2025475 m
322486Planning AppealRefused10 Sept 2025289 m
322002Planning AppealRefused23 Jun 2025428 m
321523Planning AppealGranted with conditions6 May 2025412 m
321103Planning AppealRefused17 Feb 202561 m
320759Planning AppealInvalid6 Sept 2024255 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

  • 2 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 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.