Observation pack · Dublin City Council

5, Pinewood Crescent, Glasnevin Dublin 11 D11 NH51

The development will consist of the demolition of a rear conservatory and WC, and the construction of a ground floor rear extension (kitchen, pantry, living, storage, WC), a first floor extension over the garage for an additional bedroom. Works include removing a first floor bedroom for a new stair to a converted attic (guest bedroom, home office, storage) with dormer to rear, extending the hipped roof, and all associated site works.

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: WEB3292/26 · full record
Authority: Dublin City Council
Type: Permission
Status: Decision Notice Issued
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: —
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 4 Oct 2026, 23:38
Decision due: —
Decision: Application declared invalid

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.No register URL is recorded for this reference; search the Dublin City Council planning register for WEB3292/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3292/26 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Dublin City Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 21 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Dublin City Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
	Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028	Dublin City Council development plan	—
R2 Existing residential	Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.	development plan 2022 2028	14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 2028
R2 Existing residential	Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.	development plan 2022 2028 variation no 11	14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Dublin City Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Dublin City Council development plan zoning	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
WEB3302/26	Application declared invalid	18 Sept 2026	—	0 m	The development will consist of the demolition of a rear conservatory and WC, and the construction of a ground floor rear extension (kitchen, pantry, living, storage, WC), a firstfloor extension over the garage for an additional bedroom. Works include removing a firstfloor bedroom for a new stair to a converted attic (guest bedroom, home office, storage) with dormer to rear, extending the hipped roof, and all associated site works
WEB2318/26	Grant permission	22 Jul 2026	—	332 m	The proposed development will consist of the conversion of the existing garage to a habitable space, the construction of a ground floor rear extension, the alteration of the existing main roof from a hipped roof to a pitched roof through the raising of the gable wall, including the provision of a new window to the gable wall, the enlargement of the existing attic conversion floor area, and the widening of the existing rear roof dormer.
WEB1867/26	Grant permission	9 Jul 2026	—	332 m	The development will consist of a garage conversion to a habitable space, a ground floor rear extension, and a side roof dormer to accommodate a new stairs to the existing attic conversion.
WEB1960/26	Grant permission	16 Jun 2026	—	281 m	1. Alterations to the existing hip & flat roof profile, to create a gable roof which will accommodate conversion of the attic space into storage/office space. 2. Alterations/modifications to rear windows at first floor and attic level including addition of flat roof dormer type windows to rear, and associated internal alterations. 3. Construction of a detached single storey gym/playroom in garden at rear and all associated site works.
5115/26	Grant permission	16 Jun 2026	—	193 m	Development will consist of demolishing existing chimney to the side of the existing house and building a proposed new first floor extension to the side of the existing house. A proposed new gable wall to the side of the existing house with new window at attic level. A proposed new flat roof dormer to the rear of the existing house roof. A proposed new velux window to the front of the existing house roof and all ancillary works.
WEB1797/26	Grant permission	28 May 2026	—	446 m	First floor side extension + new rooflight to side elevation over existing single story structure with internal alterations and associated site works
WEB1499/26	Grant permission	24 Apr 2026	—	245 m	Renovations, alterations and extensions to the existing two-storey, semi-detached house at 72 Willow Park Grove, Dublin 11, D11 NP78, comprising permission for vehicular entrance to be widened, demolition of garage door, front window at first floor and roof of two-storey garage conversion, rear sheds & ancillary structures, and associated demolitions of internal partitions & floor structures and the construction of 1no. single-storey pitched roof extension to the rear with 1no. rooflight, new warm flat roof with 2no. rooflights to existing two-storey garage conversion, new side entrance & bedroom window bay to front elevation of garage conversion, and associated modifications to the original house & fenestration including modifications to ground and first floor layouts and site development including new driveway pillars, hard and soft landscaping.
WEB1830/26	Application declared invalid	13 Apr 2026	—	332 m	The development will consist of a garage conversion to a habitable space, a ground floor rear extension, and a side roof dormer to accommodate a new stairs to the existing attic conversion.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315561	Planning Appeal	Refused	31 Jan 2024	245 m
314645	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	Granted with conditions	23 Nov 2023	268 m
313629	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	21 Jul 2023	123 m
313345	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Granted	5 May 2022	123 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
17 Sept 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 15 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:38. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.