Five Lamps, Grange, Cappagh Road, Finglas, Dublin 11

What’s proposed

Retention permission for change of use from domestic garage to one bed…

Cut short by the council feed. Full text ↗

Reference: FW16A/0156
Local authority: Fingal County Council
Status: Other · register status “Decision made”
Received: 26 Oct 2016
Observations close: 30 Nov 2016 (closed 3598 days ago)
Decision due: 20 Dec 2016 · decided 16 Dec 2016
Decision: Grant retention & refuse retention on 16 Dec 2016
Proposed development: Retention permission for change of use from domestic garage to one bed…
As published by the register. The Fingal feed cuts the description at 70 characters; the full text is on the council register.
Site area: 5,034 m² 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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