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Fingal County Council · F25A/0688 · Outline Permission

51 Balkhill Park, Howth, Co. Dublin, D13 W593

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Council received 29 Jul 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (410 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)

F25A/0688 is a planning application for outline permission at 51 Balkhill Park, Howth, Co. Dublin, D13 W593, received by Fingal County Council on 29 Jul 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The outline permission will be. The council refused permission on 22 Sept 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Sept 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 500098 on 10 Feb 2026 (grant). The site is zoned null under the Fingal County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 50 other decided applications in the last five years and 6 appeals.

Appeal window closes 20 Oct 2025 closed 327 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (22 Sept 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

The outline permission will be

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Status
Final Grant
Decision
Refuse outline permission on 22 Sept 2025
Final grant
10 Feb 2026
Site (from polygon)
227 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 29 Jul 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 2 Sept 2025
  • 22 Sept 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 20 Oct 2025
  • 20 Oct 2025
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

ACP 500098 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted 10 Feb 2026
received by the Commission 20 Oct 2025 · 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.

    G3 — High amenity

    HA - High Amenity: Protect and enhance high amenity areas

    Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

    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

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • Architectural Conservation Area · 1
      Howth - St. Nessan's Tce, St. Peter's Tce, Seaview Tce & The Haggard ACA
    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
      Howth Head
    • NIAH-recorded building · 1
      Howth National School
    • 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
    • Special Area of Conservation · 1
      Howth Head SAC

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (store id 48065). 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/0688.

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