Welcome to Planning Department Homepage

The vision of the Planning Department is to facilitate and promote the highest quality planning and sustainable development of our County, with maximum participation of the citizens in its physical, economic, social and cultural development.

The Planning Department seeks to achieve good development in the county by means of the County Development Plan, decisions on applications for planning permission, control of on-going development and the enforcement of standards.

The purpose of our website is to make it as easy as possible for people to find whatever information they need.

• To help locate the information you want, you can see the layout of the site by clicking on the Planning Department website Map button on the left-hand side.
• Another feature on the banner at the top of the front page is a button marked FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions . This can also help you to find the information you need.

Commonly used files:

Planning Application Form (also available in PDF format here)

Pre-Planning Form

Planning Application Site Notice (also available in PDF format here)

Planning Fees and Guidelines

Sample Newspaper Advertisement

File Searches

If the file you require is available online you can search the planning file from your pc and download/print free of charge from our website. All planning applications received since January 2000 are available at Planning Applications. If the file you are interested in is not available on-line or if you do not have access to the internet please note that the Planning counter is open from 9 a.m. To 4 p.m. through lunchtime and you can request to view a file at the counter.

The Planning Department is located on the Ground Floor of County Hall in Tallaght and is wheelchair accessible.
Please see below for details of charges in relation to Planning documents;

OTHER PLANNING DEPARTMENT FEES & CHARGES

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this website, although complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither South Dublin County Council nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting, or refraining from acting, as a result of a matter contained in this website .