Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Rose Cottage, Blessington Road, Dublin 24, D24NPK1

Ground Floor Rear/Side Extension (34.4 sqm) , First Floor Additional Storey Extension (88.2 sqm) and Replacement Roof with Solar Panels at Existing Residence including all associated ancillary works.

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 14 days left

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

The application

Reference: SD26B/0448W · 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: 123 m²
Site area: 852 m²
Received: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 30 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/71151.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0448W 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 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
G1 Open space with recreation	OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities	south dublin county development plan 2022 2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028
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 × 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/0430W	Invalidate application	1 Oct 2026	—	0 m	Ground and First Floor Extensions, Replacement Roof with Solar Panels at Existing Residence including all associated ancillary works.
SD26A/0133W	Refuse permission for retention	29 Jul 2026	—	194 m	Retention of a material change of use of part of the site, originally used as a steel works, to a motor sales outlet. The development includes retention of a single-storey sales office cabin with toilet facilities, uncovered parking facilities for cars, a new perimeter security fence, and all necessary drainage and service connections.
SD26B/0135W	Grant permission	19 May 2026	—	338 m	First floor side extension consisting of 2no. Bedrooms and en-suite over (previously granted) ground storey side extension including utility room and en-suite bedroom with front porch extension and all associated ancillary works.
ED26/0031	Declared not exempt	11 May 2026	—	146 m	Extra room, concrete walls, door and windows.
SD26B/0086W	Invalid - site notice	18 Mar 2026	—	338 m	First Floor Side Extension consisting of 2no. Bedrooms and En-suite over (previously granted) ground storey side extension including Utility Room and en-suite bedroom with front porch extension and all associated ancillary works.
SD25B/0613W	Grant permission for retention	2 Dec 2025	—	388 m	Retention permission for a dormer window to the rear roof slope at attic level.
SHD3ABP-313145-22	Refuse permission	23 Jul 2025	655	496 m	Development to the immediate north of the site is the Carrigmore residential estate, to the west are agricultural lands and a single dwelling, to the east is the Corbally residential estate while to the south is the Boherboy Road; The proposed application represents the development of the entire Boherboy Neighbourhood as identified in the Fortunestown Local Area Plan (2012) consisting of 655 dwellings, comprised of 257 two, three & four bed, two & three storey detached, semi-detached & terraced houses, 152 one, two & three bed duplex units in 17 two to three, three to four & four storey blocks, and 246 one, two & three bed apartments in 9 buildings ranging in height from two, two to five, four to five & five storeys, and a two storey crèche (693sq.m); Access to the development will by via one vehicular access point from the Boherboy Road, along with proposed upgrade works to Boherboy Road to include the provision of a roadside footpath along the front of the site at the Boherboy Road, continuing eastwards to the junction with the N81 Blessington Road (for an overall distance of c.370m); The proposed development also provides for pedestrian and cyclist connectivity to the adjoining Carrigmore Park to the north-east, and vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist connections to adjoining developments at Corbally Heath to the east and Carrigmore Green to the north; The proposed development provides for (i) all associated site development works above and below ground, including surface water attenuation & an underground foul sewerage pumping station at the northern end of the site, (ii) public open spaces (c. 3Ha), including alongside the Corbally Stream, which will accommodate the provision of pedestrian / cyclist links to Carrigmore Park to the north-east, (iii) communal open spaces (c. 6,392sq.m), (iv) hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments, (v) undercroft, basement & surface car parking (914 car parking spaces, including EV parking), (vi) bicycle parking (797 bicycle parking spaces), (vii) bin & bicycle storage, (viii) public lighting, and (ix), plant (M&E), utility services & 5 ESB sub-stations, all on an overall application site area of 18.3ha; In accordance with the Fortunestown Local Area Plan (2012) an area of c. 1.4Ha within the site is reserved as a future school site.
SD24A/0247	Grant permission	5 Feb 2025	—	479 m	The development will consist of a single storey rear extension to existing clubhouse. The structure will be of steel frame with external insulated cladding panels and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501909	Planning Appeal	pending	18 Aug 2026	194 m
313145	Strategic Housing Development - Application	Refused	23 Jul 2025	496 m
321410	Planning Appeal	Refused	29 May 2025	309 m
321458	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	15 Apr 2025	362 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

5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 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.