Online Citizens Planning Portal to be launched

SDCC Planning Portal

South Dublin County Council is preparing to launch a new Citizen’s Planning Portal which aims to modernise the viewing of planning applications and processing and administration of third-party submissions.  This new Citizen's Planning Portal will give members of the public the option to submit observations and associated payment on all relevant planning applications online. Observations can be made within 5 weeks of a Planning Application being received by the Planning Authority on this system. 

This Planning Portal will become active on www.sdcc.ie in Q2 of 2022 and will replace the current planning application search/ viewer at Applications | South Dublin County Council (sdublincoco.ie).

E-Planning Project

Implementation of the new Citizen's Planning Portal is an integral step in South Dublin County Council’s move to provision of a full ePlanning system.

At present, it is not possible for members of the public, developers or agents to make planning applications online to South Dublin County Council. This means that applications, including associated documents such as maps, drawings and newspaper notices must be submitted in hard copy to the Planning Department. 

South Dublin County Council is currently engaging with the LGMA (Local Government Management Agency) to progress the implementation of the national online ePlanning system, through which planning applications will be submitted. Once fully rolled out, ePlanning will provide an online option for the public to engage with the planning system, in addition to the existing paper based system.

Once implemented, the ePlanning system will improve efficiency in the statutory planning process and deliver on the government strategy to move more public services online. Information will be more readily available to the public, as files can be made available for viewing online more quickly than paper files. There will also be cost and environmental savings for applicants, from reduced use of paper and ink.