Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Rear of 35 Ballinteer Park, Ballinteer, Dublin 16, D16XW26

We intend to apply for permission for the construction of a part single part two

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: D26A/0628/WEB · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 548 m²
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due: 16 Oct 2026
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.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/dunlaoghaire/application-details/?ref=D26A/0628/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote D26A/0628/WEB 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. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 28 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County 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	DR-001:DP:county-development-plan-2022-2028	1 Apr 2022 → 1 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: DLR DR-001:DP:county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:17

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
DLR DR-001:DP:county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	11 Sept 2026, 15:17	open

Designations on or near the site

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
REF11626	S5 dec not exempt	21 Aug 2026	—	369 m	See accompanying letter attached.
D26B/0358/WEB	Grant permission	10 Aug 2026	—	236 m	The development will consist of: Demolition of the existing lean-to roof to the
D26A/0570/WEB	Declare application invalid	29 Jul 2026	—	429 m	The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of 85 no. ap
D26A/0547/WEB	Declare application invalid	20 Jul 2026	—	373 m	a) the modification to existing rear single storey extension of the existing tw
D26B/0318/WEB	Grant permission	16 Jul 2026	—	175 m	Proposed single storey extension to rear of existing two storey detached dwelli
D26A/0435/WEB	Refuse permission	6 Jul 2026	—	429 m	The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of each apart
D26A/0348/WEB	Request additional information	1 Jul 2026	—	85 m	The retention consists of an as built timber fence along the North, South & West
D25A/0853/WEB	Refuse permission	24 Jun 2026	—	147 m	Permission is sought for: 1) Construction of a new two-storey, two-bedroom infil

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501521	Planning Appeal	pending	10 Jun 2026	331 m
500915	Planning Appeal	open	3 Mar 2026	439 m
323197	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	10 Nov 2025	273 m
323025	Planning Appeal	open	14 Jul 2025	156 m
321656	Planning Appeal	Refused	6 May 2025	147 m
319874	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	15 Oct 2024	166 m
318230	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2024	223 m
309819	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	21 Nov 2023	66 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

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.