Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Lower Ground Floor, Apollo Building, Dundrum Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14, D14 K2F8

Retention permission is for Illuminated signage over the front door of the unit

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: D26A/0667/WEB · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Permission for Retention
Status: Assessment Period
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,640 m²
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 29 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/0667/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote D26A/0667/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 9 Oct 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
M2 Major town centre	Objective MTC: MTC To protect, provide for and-or improve major town centre facilities.	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
Recorded monument × 1
R149424

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26B/0411/WEB	Grant permission	8 Sept 2026	—	335 m	1: Demolition of existing single storey rear extension and shed 2: For a new sin
LRD26A/0536/WEB	Request additional information	4 Sept 2026	—	256 m	Demolition of all structures on the site and site clearance works. The construct
D26A/0510/WEB	Grant permission	25 Aug 2026	—	439 m	The development will consist of: 1) Conversion of existing hip roof to gable, 2
D26B/0371/WEB	Grant permission	17 Aug 2026	—	472 m	proposed removal of existing garage to side of house and the construction of ne
REF7426	S5 dec exempt	5 Aug 2026	—	0 m	Conversion of a vacant office to a one bedroom apartment (residential) with a lo
D26A/0428/WEB	Grant permission	29 Jul 2026	—	192 m	Proposed Construction Of 3 No. Dwelling Houses Consisting Of 2 No. Three Bedroo
REF9826	S5 dec not exempt	20 Jul 2026	—	421 m	There are no works proposed or material changes to the school. The proposed deve
D26A/0474/WEB	Withdraw the application	17 Jul 2026	—	494 m	The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of 76 of the

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501993	Planning Appeal	open	26 Aug 2026	192 m
501841	Planning Appeal	pending	7 Aug 2026	360 m
501835	Planning Appeal	pending	6 Aug 2026	445 m
501615	Planning Appeal	pending	26 Jun 2026	440 m
324032	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	6 May 2026	315 m
500489	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	15 Apr 2026	387 m
500411	Planning Appeal	Refused	6 Mar 2026	474 m
320912	Local Authority EIA Housing	Granted with conditions	22 Dec 2025	409 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

4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 15 Sept 2026, 20:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.