Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

175, Whitecliff, Whitechurch Road, Dublin 16, D16 F893

Conversion of carport to playroom & relocation of the front door to facilitate a new entrance provision of new door on the southern gable. Rear extension of 19m2 and all ancillary internal and external works which facilitated the development.

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 closes today

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/0445W · 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: 274 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/71140.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0445W 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 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.
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 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
ED26/0093	Declared exempt	30 Sept 2026	—	415 m	Extension of the existing rear dormers by infilling the roof area between the two existing dormers to form one continuous rear dormer, in connection with the existing attic conversion.
SD26A/0120W	Grant permission & grant retention	7 Sept 2026	—	140 m	(1) retention of existing concrete slab (2) completion of Slab & planning permission for extension to existing Fabrication unit (additional floor area circa 153sqm) (3) Retention of use of bodywork & metal fabrication, Building 2 - Retention of two storey-prefab unit currently and use as office for occupant/applicant of Building 1 office is the ancillary use, Building 3 - Single storey storage unit currently in use to store construction material in this instance roofing and rainwater products, retention is also sought for associated signage for occupants of this yard and all associated site works and carparking.
SD26B/0356W	Grant permission	7 Sept 2026	—	14 m	Carport conversion and single-storey extension to the front of the main house; Roof light on the main roof and all ancillary works required to facilitate the development.
SD25A/0148	Declared withdrawn	26 Aug 2026	—	253 m	Proposed Bungalow and Associated site works with access across existing grass verge to rear of 61 Pearse Brothers Park, Rathfarnham Dublin 16 and for the construction of public footpath and 3 number car parking spaces to existing grass verge.
SD26B/0265W	Grant permission	9 Jul 2026	—	300 m	Conversion of the existing side garage into habitable space, including the replacement of the existing roof with a pitched roof, together with the construction of a front porch and minor alterations to the existing ground floor layout; widening of the existing vehicular entrance.
SD26B/0245W	Invalid - site notice	29 May 2026	—	300 m	Conversion of the existing side garage into habitable space, including the replacement of the existing roof with a pitched roof, together with the construction of a front porch and minor alterations to the existing ground floor layout. The development will also include the widening of the existing vehicular entrance
SD25A/0202W	Declared withdrawn	11 May 2026	—	140 m	Retention and Planning Permission for: (1) retention of existing concrete slab; (2) completion of slab & planning permission for extension to existing Fabrication unit, additional floor area circa 153sqm.
SD26B/0103W	Grant permission for retention	27 Apr 2026	—	132 m	Retention to retain dormer window as-built on foot of planning permission ref SD24B/0323 at the rear of property.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502239	—	pending	5 Oct 2026	140 m
500960	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	10 Jun 2026	227 m
322650	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	287 m
323007	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	287 m
322999	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	287 m
500496	Planning Appeal	Invalid	17 Dec 2025	144 m
322702	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	22 Sept 2025	390 m
323626	Referral	pending	8 Sept 2025	287 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.