Chapel Lane, Swords, Co Dublin

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Retention Planning Permission for existing temporary office accommodat…

The council feed cuts descriptions short; the full text is on the council register.

F18A/0405 is a planning application to Fingal County Council for retention Planning Permission for existing temporary office accommodat, received on 13 Jul 2018; permission was granted on 5 Sept 2018.

Planning details

Reference: F18A/0405
Local authority: Fingal County Council
Status: Granted · register status “Decision made”
Received: 13 Jul 2018
Observations close: 17 Aug 2018 (closed 2962 days ago)
Decision due: 6 Sept 2018 · decided 5 Sept 2018
Decision: Grant permission for retention on 5 Sept 2018
Proposed development: Retention Planning Permission for existing temporary office accommodat…
As published by the register. The Fingal feed cuts the description at 70 characters; the full text is on the council register.
Site area: 6.92 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (store id 58219). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/?ref=F18A/0405.

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Chapel Lane, Swords, Co Dublin

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