Observation pack · Dublin City Council

43 Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

For the change of use of the existing single storey office and garden room to the rear of the existing two storey dwelling to a self contained one bedroom unit auxiliary to the main dwelling along with all other ancillary works at 43 Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 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: WEB3403/26 · 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: 29 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 12 Oct 2026, 23:58
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 WEB3403/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3403/26 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 3 Nov 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
All Hallows College (Senior House)
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R149655

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
WEB3162/26	Grant permission	22 Oct 2026	—	0 m	The development consists of the conversion of the existing garage to a utility/storeroom, the construction of a first floor bedroom extension above, the continuation of the existing pitched roof profile over the proposed accommodation, and all associated site works.
WEB3480/26	Application declared invalid	19 Oct 2026	—	0 m	The development will consist of the demolition of the existing rear extension and ancillary structures; the construction of a two-storey side and rear extension; internal alterations; widening of the existing vehicular entrance; alterations to the front garden to provide off-street car parking; and all associated landscaping, drainage and site development works.
WEB3518/26	Application declared invalid	16 Oct 2026	—	0 m	The development will consist of: (i) the removal of the existing front boundary railing and pedestrian gate and the formation of a new 3.0m wide vehicular entrance, with associated dishing of the public footpath and kerb; (ii) the installation of a new railing, incorporating a pedestrian gate, to the remaining section of the front boundary to match the existing; (iii) the provision of one off-street car parking space within the front garden, finished in a permeable gravel surface over a free-draining sub-base; (iv) the installation of a wall-mounted electric vehicle charging point on the front elevation of the dwelling; and (v) all associated landscaping, surface water drainage and site development works. ______________________________________________________________________________
WEB3119/26	Additional information	16 Oct 2026	—	0 m	The development will consist of alterations to existing 2-storey industrial building (Unit 233) inclusive of: (1) alterations to elevations (2) demolition of existing derelict single storeystorage building to the rear (3) construction of new extension within the footprint of the demolished building (4) & all ancillary site development works
WEB3463/26	Application declared invalid	8 Oct 2026	—	0 m	i) The demolition of a 63.7m2 garage and 30m2 workshop, ii) the construction of two bedroom two storey 121m2 brick facing dwelling iii) construction of a new pedestrian access in existing wall at end of Grace Park Avenue iv) change of use from light industrial (car garage) to residential v) all associated works above and below ground.
WEB3108/26	Application declared invalid	22 Sept 2026	—	0 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought on foot of the grant of permission issued under Reg. Ref. 3406/23 (ACP Ref. No. 319492) specifically relating to Block C (Ashlin House) and the layout of the wider site comprising: (i) omission of basement level and revision of site layout to provide a total of 14 no. vehicular parking spaces, 1 no. setdown/delivery parking space, 1 no. motorcycle parking space, bicycle parking area and amended open space and circulation areas at surface level all accessible via the existing access off Grace Park Road; (ii) internal alterations and repurposing of Block C to accommodate 54 no. one-bedroom units for ‘older persons’ in association with Fold, an Approved Housing Body (AHB); (iii) provision of new bicycle storage area at ground floor level; (iv) minor external alterations to Block C and revisions to the elevational treatment of Block C inclusive of general repositioning of fenestration and insertion of new fenestration; and, (v) all ancillary works, inclusive of landscaping, engineering and general tie-in works to the wider site, as necessary to facilitate the development. The height of Block C (part-five & part-six storey) will remain as granted and all residential apartments will remain served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace to all elevations.
WEB3089/26	Application declared invalid	22 Sept 2026	—	0 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought on foot of the grant of permission issued under Reg. Ref. 3406/23 (ACP Ref. No. 319492) specifically relating to Block B (Pugin House) and the layout of the wider site comprising: (i) omission of basement level and revision of site layout to provide a total of 14 no. vehicular parking spaces, 1 no. setdown/delivery parking space, 1 no. motorcycle parking space, ESB substation, bin store, bicycle parking area and amended open space and circulation areas at surface level all accessible via the existing access off Grace Park Road; (ii) internal alterations and repurposing of Block B to accommodate 59 no. one-bedroom units for ‘older persons’ in association with Fold, an Approved Housing Body (AHB); (iii) provision of internal bicycle storage area at ground floor level of Block B; (iv) minor external alterations to Block B and revisions to the elevational treatment of Block B inclusive of general repositioning of fenestration and insertion of new fenestration; and, (v) all ancillary works, inclusive of landscaping, engineering and general tie-in works to the wider site, as necessary to facilitate the development. The height of Block B (part-five & part-six storey) will remain as granted and all residential apartments will remain served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony/terrace to all elevations.
WEB3288/26	Application declared invalid	17 Sept 2026	—	289 m	RETENTION. CHANGE OF USE. Permission is being sought on behalf of Minori Sushi & Noodle Box Ltd for retention planning permission (1) for change of use from Café to Restaurant (2) internal and external alterations to existing ground floor building ______________________________________________________________________________

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501155	Planning Appeal	Refused	28 Jul 2026	399 m
501641	Planning Appeal	open	1 Jul 2026	154 m
500637	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	21 May 2026	224 m
501351	Planning Appeal	pending	18 May 2026	168 m
324210	Referral	pending	14 Apr 2026	317 m
500068	Planning Appeal	Granted	5 Feb 2026	168 m
319492	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	12 Jun 2025	239 m
322390	Planning Appeal	Invalid	29 Apr 2025	358 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

29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 12 Oct 2026, 23:58. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.