Observation pack · Dublin City Council

29 Belton Park Gardens, Collins Avenue, Dublin 9, D09 N6C2

Removal of existing pedestrian gate, partial demolition of front wall and reinstatement of existing pier to create a new vehicular entrance at 3.6M width, together with associated landscape works.

Observations close 5 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 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: WEB3415/26 · 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: 1 Oct 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 WEB3415/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3415/26 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 5 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
post box
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
WEB3098/26	Additional information	13 Oct 2026	—	236 m	Demolition of the boiler house, store and part of the existing single-storey extension to the rear; and provision of (i) a single-storey extension to the front, (ii) a single-storey extension to the rear (with roof light), (iii) a single-storey (plus attic) side extension at first-floor level with roof light in the front roof plane, (iv) a dormer extension at roof level to the rear, together with attic conversion; and (v) alterations to widen to 3 m the existing vehicular entrance to the front, together with all associated site and boundary works.
WEB3047/26	Grant permission and retention permission	6 Oct 2026	—	295 m	RETENTION PERMISSION for widened vehicle access and permeable hard standing to front garden and planning permission to reduce width to 3.6m with new pillar and wall to match.
WEB2971/26	Grant permission	30 Sept 2026	—	0 m	A single storey extension to rear with pitched roof and velux windows; attic conversion with dormer window to rear with extension to new side gable roof with velux windows to front; and all associates site works at semi detached house.
WEB2920/26	Grant permission	25 Sept 2026	—	459 m	A new vehicular entrance & driveway to the front onto Clanranald Road; all associated site-works, ancillary drainage and landscaping.
5213/26	Application declared invalid	11 Sept 2026	—	0 m	A. Two storey detached dormer bungalow on site to rear, B. Widening of existing vehicular access to front and dishing of footpath to accommodate same, C. All associated site works on site to rear of No 84 Collins Avenue, Dublin 9 ______________________________________________________________________________
WEB3008/26	Application declared invalid	18 Aug 2026	—	236 m	Demolition of the boiler house, store and part of the existing single-storey extension to the rear; and provision of (i) a single-storey extension to the front, (ii) a single-storey extension to the rear (with roof light), (iii) a single-storey (plus attic) side extension at first-floor level with roof light in the front roof plane, (iv) a dormer extension at roof level to the rear, together with attic conversion; and (v) alterations to widen to 3 m the existing vehicular entrance to the front, together with all associated site and boundary works.
WEB2985/26	Application declared invalid	13 Aug 2026	—	377 m	PERMISSION AND RETENTION: Attic development to include removal of existing hipped section of roof, construction of a raised gable end, with new flat roof type dormer extension & window to rear, together with two storey extension to side to accommodate new stair access, part two storey, part single storey flat roof extensions to rear, single storey porch to front with pitched roof and 1nr. additional first floor window to front elevation. Interior modifications throughout and installation of single storey garden room to rear. Retention permission is also sought for existing widened vehicular access to front and associated site works.
5141/26	Grant permission	20 Jul 2026	—	465 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.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313182	LA Road Dev - Application	Granted with conditions	8 Jan 2024	199 m
313555	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Sept 2023	422 m
316195	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	11 Sept 2023	278 m
313550	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Jul 2023	381 m
310036	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	14 Jun 2022	296 m
312687	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	23 May 2022	458 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

1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 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.