Observation pack · Dublin City Council

36A, Chapelizod Hill Road, Chapelizod, Dublin 20

the construction of a two storey dormer style building comprising a total of four apartments (2 x 1 bedroom and 2 x 2 bedrooms units). The proposed development will include a new vehicular access to the south western boundary with 3 no. parking spaces and 1 no. accessible parking space, a bin store, a communal open space to the rear of the property and all associated site works

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: WEB3337/26 · full record
Authority: Dublin City Council
Type: Permission
Status: Registered Application
Applicant: Mac and Franck Ltd
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: —
Received: 22 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 4 Oct 2026, 23:38
Decision due: —
Decision: not yet decided

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 WEB3337/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3337/26 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 27 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 Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028	DCC_DP_OWN	— → —
G5 Open space and amenity	Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.	DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028	14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 2028
G5 Open space and amenity	Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.	DU-002:DP: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.

Sources: DCC DCC_DP_OWN, DCC DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028, DCC DU-002:DP:development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-11 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 23:23

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
DCC DCC_DP_OWN	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:23	—
DCC DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 23:18	open
DCC DU-002:DP:development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-11	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Saint Mary's Hospital
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R149567

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
WEB2989/26	Application declared invalid	13 Aug 2026	—	0 m	A single storey detached dwelling to side with one parking space to front.
WEB2439/26	Grant permission	29 Jul 2026	—	27 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: We, The Health Service Executive, intend to apply for permission for development at this site at Royal Hibernian Military Chapel (RPS 6756), (ridge height circa 11.7 Meters above ground level), a freestanding classical-style chapel with campanile, chancel and side vestry (264.5 sqm) and gallery (52 sqm). at Royal Hibernian Military Chapel, Saint Mary's Hospital, Acres Road, Phoenix Park, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 (Site Area 4134 sqm), the development will consist of works to 1860 Chancel (49 sqm) and Vestry (11 sqm) consisting of: The Developments will consist of • Repairs to roof including existing slates and lead roll ridge • Repairs to damaged sections of timber wall plates and rafters • Lift granite coping stone at gable and insert a lead dpc • Stabilisation and restraint to decorative lath and plaster ceiling to chancel • Repairs and repointing of granite chimney stack at the northwest corner • Remove areas of sand and cement render to the east, west and north elevations of the chancel and replace in a lime lined and ruled render. • Replace galvanised metal and PVC rainwater pipes with Cast Iron.
3781/24	Grant permission	23 Jul 2024	—	27 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS: 6756) : permission is sought by the Commissioners of Public Works for conservation works to the Royal Hibernian Military Chapel (ridge height circa 11.7 meters above ground level), a freestanding classical-style chapel with campanile, chancel and side vestry (264.5 sqm) and gallery (52 sqm) at Royal Hibernian Military Chapel, Saint Mary's Hospital, Chapelizod, Dublin 20 (site area 4134 sqm) as follows: demolition of existing mid-20th century single storey flat roofed vestry extension (7.5 sqm), removal of existing sand and cement render at rear of chancel (45 sqm) and to exterior of 1860 vestry (30 sqm) and replace with lime plaster render to match original, removal of existing galvanized steel rainwater goods and replace with cast iron rainwater goods with two additional rainwater pipes to the side elevations. Refurbishment of existing timber sliding sash windows, external door to the flat roofed vestry to be repaired and relocated to original position in the 1860 vestry.
4202/23	Grant permission and rete	14 Sept 2023	—	141 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE - RETENTION: : RPS: 6755 : the proposed development consists of permission for the extension and amendment of the existing car parking area serving the Cuan Aoibheann building to provide 32 car parking spaces (25 of which are new spaces proposed to be constructed with grass concrete permeable surface) and covered cycle parking and associated external lighting and retention permission for an existing hardcore stone access road originally constructed as park of Covid 19 emergency works which will be improved to an approved road standard with a permeable asphalt surface and all associated site works necessary to complete the works.
5329/22	Grant permission	6 Apr 2023	—	1 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of: (i) The installation of 8 no. wall vents at ground floor level and 8 no. wall vents at first floor level through the front facade of the main block; (ii) Removal of 4 no. door openings at ground floor level in the front facade of the main block and the reinstatement of four window openings at same with timber sash windows of the period; (iii) all associated ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318206	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	14 May 2024	141 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

22 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 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.