Observation pack · Dublin City Council

37 Bellevue Park Avenue, Booterstown, Dublin 4, A94CY51

The development will consist of: (a) The construction of a ground floor rear extension with mono-pitch roof. (b) The addition of windows and sliding door to the existing side gable wall at ground floor level. (c) The development is to include for roof alterations to the existing rear ground floor extension, internal alterations, drainage and all associated site works.

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 7 days left

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

The application

Reference: WEB3455/26 · 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: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 17 Oct 2026, 00:07
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 WEB3455/26.
Write your observation.Quote WEB3455/26 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 9 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
R2 Existing residential	Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities	county development plan 2022 2028	1 Apr 2022 → 1 Apr 2028
R2 Existing residential	Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities	d n laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2022 2028 variation no 1	21 Apr 2022 → 20 Apr 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: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:12

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan zoning	—	11 Oct 2026, 23:12	open

Designations on or near the site

Architectural Conservation Area × 1
Booterstown Avenue
Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
Booterstown Marsh
Radon risk area × 3
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Record of Protected Structures × 5
House · House · House
Special Protection Area × 1
South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary SPA

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26B/0551	Declare application invalid	21 Oct 2026	—	167 m	The installation of 8 matte black solar panels (176 x113 x 30mm each) on the eas
REF13926	S5 split decision	28 Sept 2026	—	167 m	Installation of 8 standard size, black solar panels for generation of renewable
D26A/0545/WEB	Grant permission	8 Sept 2026	—	359 m	• Alterations to existing vehicular entrance to increase in width to 3.5M • Demo
D26A/0517	Request additional information	31 Aug 2026	—	269 m	Existing transparent LED display screen, to front of existing car showroom, insi
D26A/0505/WEB	Grant permission	26 Aug 2026	—	277 m	Development consisting of ancillary works to park lodge (a protected st
REF11126	S5 dec exempt	24 Aug 2026	—	402 m	Full electrical rewire of property.
D26A/0572/WEB	Declare application invalid	31 Jul 2026	—	417 m	A single-storey garden room extension at ground floor level to the rear of No. 5
D26B/0306/WEB	Refuse permission for retention	9 Jul 2026	—	451 m	A roofed storage area to side and slightly beyond the front facade

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501631	Planning Appeal	open	30 Jun 2026	21 m
322680	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	6 Oct 2025	212 m
321063	Planning Appeal	Refused	3 Mar 2025	163 m
319584	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	11 Oct 2024	418 m
319250	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	3 Sept 2024	481 m
320698	Planning Appeal	Invalid	30 Aug 2024	177 m
318297	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	20 Jun 2024	106 m
317465	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 May 2024	62 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

5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 17 Oct 2026, 00:07. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dublin City Council before relying on it.