Observation pack · Dublin City Council
44, Shelmartin Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3
The proposed insertion of obscure-glazed windows, at both ground & first floor levels, to side of dwelling, at 44, Shelmartin Ave, Marino, Dublin 3,
Observations close 28 Oct 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20
The application
- Reference
- WEB3342/26 · full record
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Registered Application
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- —
- Received
- 23 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 WEB3342/26.
- Write your observation.Quote
WEB3342/26at 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 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure. | development plan 2022 2028 | 14 Dec 2022 → 31 Dec 2028 |
| S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure. | 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
- NIAH-recorded building × 2Marino Institute of Education · Church of St. Vincent de Paul
- Radon risk area × 1About 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEB3064/26 | Application declared invalid | 25 Aug 2026 | — | 0 m | We Jonathan and Laura Eadie intend to apply for permission For development at this site 4 Saint Aidan's Park Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3, D03 VY61. The development will consist of a single storey flat roof extension (area 20.3Sq.m) to the rear of existing dwelling. |
| WEB2330/26 | Grant permission | 23 Jul 2026 | — | 346 m | The development consists of modifications to the existing boundary to the front of an existing dwelling to create a new vehicular access which will exit onto Marino Green, Marino, Dublin 3. Hard landscaping to be added to a portion of the garden to the front of the house to create a new single parking space, public pathway to be dished and all associated works. |
| 5141/26 | Grant permission | 20 Jul 2026 | — | 124 m | PROTECTED STRUCTURE We, The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland intend to apply for permission for development at the site of, and lands north of, the Casino Marino, a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. 4858) and National Monument (No. 302, RMP no. DU018-144), Casino Park, Malahide Road, D03HH70. The development will consist of the construction of a single-storey Visitor Centre with a floor area of 454sqm on the site of the partially built medico-legal building located to the north of the Casino Marino. The Visitor Centre will accommodate exhibition space, public café, office and associated sanitary, welfare and storage facilities. Restoration of landscape setting of the Casino Marino, to include removal of existing twentieth century ditch and wall, removal of temporary portacabin and replacement of the existing tarmacadam access road and vehicular parking area with a reinforced green maintenance/emergency access route to the Casino. Conservation and restoration of existing sections of late 18th Century (altered) stone and brick boundary walls to northern site perimeter. Relocation of public entrance, car and bus parking area from Casino Park; provision of 3no. new car parking spaces, pedestrian and vehicular maintenance/emergency access routes to the Visitor Centre; provision of ancillary single-storey standalone plant/store room and substation (floor area of 50sqm) north of the Visitor Centre; bin storage, 46no. bicycle parking spaces, hard and soft landscaping, lighting, signage, drainage and all ancillary site works. |
| WEB2519/26 | Application declared invalid | 18 Jun 2026 | — | 253 m | A single storey flat roof extension containing a kitchen, bathroom and family room to the rear of 23 St Declan’s Terrace, Marino. |
| 5093/26 | Additional information | 4 Jun 2026 | — | 454 m | (a) Demolition of existing dividing garden wall & part demolition of dividing railing at side (North East Elevation),(b)- Part demolition of external walls at side & rear and demolition of existing garden shed at rear (North East & South East Elevations),(c)-Construction of a single storey flat roof extension to front, side & rear of property (North West, North East,& South East Elevations), containing kitchen/dining area, utility room, shower room and extended hallway, with sliding doors at rear (South East Elevation), entrance door & window at front (North West Elevation),(d)- Forming of new vehicular entrance at front with of street parking and resurfacing with new permeable finish, together with associated site works. |
| 3496/25 | Grant permission | 13 Apr 2026 | — | 435 m | Partial demolition of existing single storey rear ground floor kitchen and reconstruction of new kitchen and bedroom over at first floor, including minor internal alterations , 2 new rooflights and all associated drainage and site works . |
| WEB5295/25 | Grant permission | 8 Apr 2026 | — | 387 m | The development will consist of erection of new two storey extension to side to accommodate home office, utility room, store and wc together with side entrance on ground floor and larger master bedroom, ensuite and additional bedroom on first floor, second single storey extension to rear to accommodate new open plan kitchen and dining area, modifications and refurbishment of existing rooms, remodelling of existing front door ope and hard landscaping to side and rear garden. |
| WEB1228/26 | Grant permission | 31 Mar 2026 | — | 297 m | The development will consist of single storey extension to rear and two storey extension to side of existing semi-detached two storey dwelling including alterations to elevations. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324344 | Disability Certificate | Granted with conditions | 16 Sept 2026 | 462 m |
| 322094 | Planning Appeal | Withdrawn | 8 May 2025 | 431 m |
| 320133 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 11 Mar 2025 | 294 m |
| 321037 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 20 Feb 2025 | 462 m |
| 319901 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 22 Jan 2025 | 465 m |
| 318146 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 24 Jul 2024 | 498 m |
| 320099 | Planning Appeal | Invalid | 4 Jul 2024 | 294 m |
| 313182 | LA Road Dev - Application | Granted with conditions | 8 Jan 2024 | 369 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
- 23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 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.