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Fingal County Council · F26A/0520E · Permission and Retention

No. 1 and 1a Balkill Park, Howth, Dublin 13, D13 PFF8

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Council received 18 Jun 2026We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (86 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)

F26A/0520E is a planning application for permission and retention at No. 1 and 1a Balkill Park, Howth, Dublin 13, D13 PFF8, received by Fingal County Council on 18 Jun 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Proposed 1st floor extension at side and rear, rainwater planters in f… The council granted permission on 12 Aug 2026 (retention). The five-week observation window closed on 23 Jul 2026. The site is zoned null under the Fingal County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 75 other decided applications in the last five years and 10 appeals.

Appeal window closes 9 Sept 2026 closed 3 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (12 Aug 2026) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

Proposed 1st floor extension at side and rear, rainwater planters in f

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Status
Decision Issued
Decision
Grant permission & grant retention on 12 Aug 2026
Site (from polygon)
451 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 18 Jun 2026
    New application
    Observation window closed 23 Jul 2026
  • 12 Aug 2026
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 9 Sept 2026

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    Zoning at the site

    OS - Open Space: Provide recreational and amenity resources for urban and rural populations subject to strict development controls. Only community facilities and other recreational uses will be considered and encouraged by the Planning Authority.

    G4 — Open space

    OS - Open Space: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities

    Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.

    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 · 2
      Howth Historic Core ACA; Howth - St. Nessan's Tce, St. Peter's Tce, Seaview Tce & The Haggard ACA
    • 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

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (store id 49297). 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=F26A/0520E.

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