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Fingal County Council · F25A/0832E · Permission

St Gerards, Balkill Rd, Howth, D13TF78

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Council received 11 Sept 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (366 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)

F25A/0832E is a planning application for permission at St Gerards, Balkill Rd, Howth, D13TF78, received by Fingal County Council on 11 Sept 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Permission sought for the proposed: (a) Demolition of a detached 3-bed… The council granted permission on 3 Feb 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 16 Oct 2025. A commencement notice (CN0140144FL) was lodged on 27 Mar 2026, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Fingal County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 63 other decided applications in the last five years and 7 appeals.

Appeal window closes 3 Mar 2026 closed 193 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (3 Feb 2026) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

Permission sought for the proposed: (a) Demolition of a detached 3-bed

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

Status
Final Grant
Decision
Grant permission on 3 Feb 2026
Final grant
10 Mar 2026
Site (from polygon)
1,297 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 11 Sept 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 16 Oct 2025
  • 11 Dec 2025
    Further information requested
  • 7 Jan 2026
    Further information received
  • 3 Feb 2026
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 3 Mar 2026

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

  • Commencement notice CN0140144FL
    27 Mar 2026St Gerards, 11, Balkill Road, Howth, Fingal, D13 TF78matched by ref_exact

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.

  • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
    Howth Head
  • Radon risk area · 2
    About 1 in 10 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 49961). 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/0832E.

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