Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

1A Maplewood Lawn, Springfield, Tallaght Dublin 24, D24W6N3

Vehicular entrance to front boundary wall & partial dishing of kerb. Pedestrian access gate to side boundary wall

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: SD26B/0460W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Retention
Status: Valid
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 221 m²
Received: 12 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 7 Dec 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/71185.
Write your observation.Quote SD26B/0460W 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 16 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
SD26A/0062W	Grant permission	6 Oct 2026	—	291 m	Remove shed and construction of detached 3 storey dwelling with new vehicular entrance, car parking in front garden and all associated works.
ED26/0096	Declared exempt	30 Sept 2026	—	460 m	The development will consist of a rear dormer roof extension.
SD26A/0170W	Grant permission	7 Sept 2026	1	294 m	Demolition of one storey annex to existing dwelling and proposed construction of new two storey detached dwelling, including hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works.
SDOEL26/02	Withdraw the application	6 Aug 2026	—	460 m	Family focused concert. Tallaght Community and its surrounding Dublin neighbourhoods; families and friends, all ages. Family festival feeling. Pilot event. Established Kaleidoscope family brand.
ED26/0049	Declared exempt	31 Jul 2026	—	493 m	Whether the partial use of Tallaght Cross Hotel, Tallaght Cross West, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24VX61, to provide accommodation within 100 no. rooms of the total 186 no rooms for displaced persons or persons seeking international protection, constitutes exempted development or does not constitute exempt development. We note the remaining rooms will continue to operate under continue to operate under the current hotel use.
SD26B/0285	Grant permission	24 Jul 2026	—	437 m	The construction of a new single story extension to the front of the existing dwelling, plus all associated site works.
SD26B/0275	Grant permission	22 Jul 2026	—	457 m	The conversion of the existing garage to a bedroom/en-suite to the side and a single storey extension to the front, internal alterations and all associated site works
LRD26A/0002W	Grant permission	21 Jul 2026	169	434 m	Construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the east and Block B to the west) with a gross floor area of 14,976.5 sq.m m (excluding undercroft car parking area of 1,975.8 sq.m m) and ranging in height from 1 No. storey to 6 No. storeys. The blocks are connected via a single-storey undercroft/podium level. The development includes: 169 No. residential units (80 No. 1-bed, 85 No. 2-bed and 4 No. 3-bed); 2 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 356.5 sq.m m); and a crèche (162.8 sq.m m) with external play area. The development also comprises: new street and turning head at the site's southern side and junction with Whitestown Way to the east; 77 No. car parking spaces, with 66 No. within the undercroft car parking area and 11 No. on-street; 5 No. motorcycle parking spaces; 2 No. set-down bays; cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping, including public open space, communal amenity space and incidental spaces; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; sub-station; plant/operational rooms; bin stores; public lighting; green roofs; rooftop plant, PV arrays, lift overruns, telecommunications infrastructure and automatic opening vents; and all associated works above and below ground. The site is generally bound: to the east by Whitestown Way; to the south by Riverside Business Park; to the west by Whitestown Road / Whitestown Industrial Estate, undeveloped lands and the Vita Actives premises; and to the north by the Vita Actives premises and The Arena mixed-used development. It also extends to include part of Whitestown Way for junction, road infrastructure and landscape works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501079	Planning Appeal	Refused	30 Jun 2026	441 m
500140	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	4 Feb 2026	329 m
316828	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	17 Oct 2024	167 m
319817	Planning Appeal	Refused	15 Oct 2024	250 m
313141	Planning Appeal	Refused	6 Jun 2023	361 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

12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.