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Fingal County Council · F25A/0050 · Retention

Islamic Community Centre Swords, The Green (Off Rathbeale Road), Sword

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Council received 23 Jan 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (597 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)

F25A/0050 is a planning application for retention at Islamic Community Centre Swords, The Green (Off Rathbeale Road), Sword, received by Fingal County Council on 23 Jan 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Planning Permission is sought to retain the current use of the existin… The council refused permission on 20 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 27 Feb 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 500822 on 9 Jun 2026 (grant). The site is zoned null under the Fingal County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 94 other decided applications in the last five years and 18 appeals.

Appeal window closes 17 Feb 2026 closed 207 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (20 Jan 2026) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

Planning Permission is sought to retain the current use of the existin

The description is truncated at source (70 characters in the national feed). The full text is on the council register.

Status
Final Grant
Decision
Refuse permission for retention on 20 Jan 2026
Final grant
9 Jun 2026
Permission expires
17 Dec 2025
Site (from polygon)
1,128 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 23 Jan 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 27 Feb 2025
  • 19 Mar 2025
    Further information requested
  • 17 Dec 2025
    Further information received
  • 20 Jan 2026
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 17 Feb 2026
  • 16 Feb 2026
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

ACP 500822 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted 9 Jun 2026
received by the Commission 16 Feb 2026 · inspector's report · board order

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    Zoning at the site

    RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.

    R2 — Existing residential

    RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity

    An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

    Designations within 250 m

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • Architectural Conservation Area · 1
      Swords - Church Road Historic Ecclesiastical Core ACA
    • EPA-licensed facility · 2
      Swords Laboratories; Arch Chemicals BV
    • NIAH-recorded building · 4
      post box; house; Ard Druim
    • Radon risk area · 3
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Record of Protected Structures · 3
      Thatched Cottage; Round Tower; Sexton's House
    • Recorded monument · 4
      Round tower; Cross; Souterrain

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (store id 53461). 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=F25A/0050.

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