Observation pack · South Dublin County Council

Site (c. 3.74Ha) Located to the South of Lynch's Lane and North of the Grand Canal in the Kishoge Southwest Development Area-SDZ, Including Lands Located Within Devlopment Sub-Sector KSW-S2, KSW-S4, Within the Townland of Grange, Dublin 22

Development at this site (c. 3.74Ha) at the Kishoge Southwest Development Area, including lands located within development sub-sector KSW-S2 and development sub-sector KSW-S4, in the Clonburris Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) within the townland of Grange, Dublin 22. The proposed development will consist of the removal of existing hard standing and associated sub-structures and the construction of 84no. dwelling units consisting of 42no. 2-bed 3p apartments and 42no. 3-bed 5p duplexes arranged across 6no. 3-storey Blocks A-F (9,255sqm GFA) with associated communal amenity space (3,444sqm total) and all ancillary accommodation including bicycle and refuse stores. Vehicular access to development sub-sector KSW-S2 is proposed from the Clonburris Southern Link Street (as permitted under Reg. Ref. SDZ20A/0021) via local roads (as proposed under Pl. Ref. SDZ25X/0001; ACP Ref. 322638) within adjoining development sectors KSW-S1 and KSW-S3 to the north of the subject site. Vehicular access to development sub-sector KSW-S4 is proposed from the Clonburris Southern Link Street (as permitted under Reg. Ref. SDZ20A/0021) via Lynch's Lane. Within development sub-sector KSW-S4, provision is also made for a future vehicular access to directly adjoining lands in development sub-sector KSW-S4 to the east of the subject site. The development will also consist of the provision of public open space including the southern part of Kishoge Linear Park, hard and soft landscaping including internal roads, shared paths and pedestrian pathways and associated connections to adjoining lands, boundary treatments and street furniture; surface car parking (95no. spaces in total, including 5no. accessible spaces and 19no. electric vehicle charging spaces); bicycle parking (252no. spaces in total, including 210no. long-stay resident spaces and 42no. short-stay visitor spaces); 2no. ESB substations; piped infrastructural services and connections; ducting; plant; SuDS measures; attenuation basins; water crossings; water, surface water, and foul drainage infrastructure; public lighting; and all site development and excavation works above and below ground. This application is being made in accordance with the Clonburris Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme 2019 and relates to a proposed development within the Clonburris Strategic Development Planning Scheme Area, as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 604 of 2015.

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: SDZ25A/0044W · full record
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Type: Permission
Status: SAI Received
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 84
Floor area: 9,333 m²
Site area: 3.73 ha
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 17 Sept 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/69446.
Write your observation.Quote SDZ25A/0044W 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 28 Sept 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
R3 Rural cluster	SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028
R3 Rural cluster	SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028
R3 Rural cluster	SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028
R3 Rural cluster	SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022 → 8 Mar 2028
R3 Rural cluster	SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes	SD-001:DP: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.

Sources: SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028, SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open
SDCC SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open

Designations on or near the site

Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
Grand Canal
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
ED26/0068	Declared not exempt	17 Aug 2026	—	432 m	Shed / Outhouse in rear garden - 25 sq.m in area.
SD20A/0283/EP	Grant extension of duration of permission	21 Jul 2026	—	95 m	Demolition of existing single storey vacant house, garage and outhouse (total gross floor area (GFA) c.291.2sq.m) and removal of existing temporary construction car park; Construction of a single 1-4 storey Central Administration Building and 2 2-storey (with mezzanine) data centres (DUB14 & DUB15) all to be located west of data centres DUB9, DUB10, DUB12 & DUB13 within the MS campus; The Central Administration Building (c.6.03m to c.19.85m high) will comprise central office administration, with staff cafeteria, staff gym and reception (GFA c.3,520sq.m), with provision of PV panels on the roof; each data centre (c.15.6m high to parapet height and c.18.65m to top of roof plant) will include data halls, admin blocks (comprising offices, canteen, loading dock, storage and ancillary areas) and a variety of mechanical and electrical plant areas/structures including Modular Electrical Rooms (MERs), battery rooms and transformer areas. GFA of DUB14 is c.28,072sq.m and GFA of DUB15 is c.28,173sq.m (c.56,246sq.m in total); DUB14 will also include 21 diesel generators and associated sub-stations (E-houses) and 11 mechanical flues (each c.30.75m high); Provision of a gas generator compound (to serve DUB15) containing 20 generators, 5 E-houses and 5 flues (c.25m max height); Provision of a Gas Networks Ireland gas skid including 3 kiosk buildings; Expansion of existing electrical sub-station compound (originally granted under SD07A/0632) to provide 3 additional transformer bays. 3 E-houses and 1 control room, 2 auxiliary transformers; 2 sprinkler tank and pump house areas, 1 additional rainwater harvesting plant; Provision of 168 permanent car parking spaces and 40 cycle parking spaces; Provision of additional western access to the MS campus (to serves the Central Administration Building) from the Business Park estate road (including bridge over the Griffeen River) with existing temporary access to be extinguished; Physical integration with the remainder of the existing MS campus (including internal access roads and landscaping) with associated modifications to the western boundary of the DUB09/DUB10/DUB12/DUB13 data centre development as permitted under SD16A/0088; Provision of a new temporary construction car park (with 802 car spaces, shuttle bus stop and shelter) on site north of the main entrance to the business park; Total gross floor area of the development will be c.59,766sq.m; All associated site development works, drainage and services provision, landscaping, boundary treatments (including security fencing) and associated works; An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application; The application relates to a development which comprises an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control (IE) licence.
ED26/0055	Declared not exempt	3 Jul 2026	—	431 m	Shed / Outhouse in rear garden - 25 Sq.m. in area.
SD25A/0187	Grant permission	18 May 2026	—	457 m	For the continued use for a period of 3 years of the existing 30 metre high, free-standing lattice communications structure carrying associated communications equipment to be shared with third party operators, all within at 2.4m high palisade compound following parent permission SD23A/0033. The proposed development is located within the Clonburris Strategic development zone
SD25A/0285	Grant permission	23 Jan 2026	—	276 m	Permission to install a standby industrial diesel generator and solar panels. The generator will include a bunded fuel tank to be located within a mesh enclosure. The proposed solar panels will be attached to a steel frame erected over the proposed generator and existing telecoms equipment, (covering an area of approximately 36 sq.m., to a maximum height of 4.6 meters above local ground level.) Works to include all ancillary development works, all located within an existing fenced compound.
SD25B/0606W	Grant permission	24 Nov 2025	—	486 m	Attic conversion with dormer window to the rear. Flat-roof porch extension to the front. Single-storey flat-roof extension to the rear. Installation of two garden rooms to the rear of the property with a pergola linking both.
SD25B/0527W	Grant permission & grant retention	24 Oct 2025	—	416 m	Retention permission for; 1) Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification to existing roof structure, new access stairs, 4no roof windows to the rear. 2) Single storey extension with 2no. roof windows to the rear of existing dwelling. and Planning permission for; 1) Single storey extension with 2no roof windows to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works.
SDZ25A/0036W	Grant permission	7 Oct 2025	—	423 m	Amendments to existing planning permission Ref: SDZ23A/0043 which included a Large 2 storey retail unit (over an undercroft car park) comprising: A. Ancillary off-licence use of the large 2 storey retail unit, including a designated off-licence display area measuring c. 72 sqm; B. Layout / elevational alterations including: additional customer entrance to Northern elevation, reconfiguration of loading bay ramp and roof (to allow service access to first rather than ground floor level) and associated modifications, reconfigured rooftop plant compound and access arrangements, ventilation louvres, and revisions to façade metal cladding arrangements; and, C. Advertising signage including a total of 5 no. internally illuminated building mounted Lidl logo signs measuring c. 2.5 m x 2.5 m to the North, South, East and West elevations of the large 2 storey retail unit.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323650	Amend Planning Schema/Add Planning Schema	pending	15 Sept 2025	0 m
316119	Railway Order Application	Other	13 Nov 2024	233 m
309951	Electricity Development Application	Granted with conditions	22 Oct 2021	323 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 Feb 2025 Further information requested
7 Aug 2026 Further information received
24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with South Dublin County Council before relying on it.