Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney Hill Road, Killiney, Co. Dublin, A96N125 - A Protected Structure

Planning Permission sought for internal alterations to provide 15 additional bed

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: D26A/0698/WEB · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Assessment Period
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.40 ha
Received: 17 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 11 Nov 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/0698/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote D26A/0698/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 22 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
G1 Open space with recreation	Objective F: F To preserve and provide for open space with ancillary active recreational 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	county development plan 2022 2028	1 Apr 2022 → 1 Apr 2028
G1 Open space with recreation	Objective F: F To preserve and provide for open space with ancillary active recreational amenities.	d n laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2022 2028 variation no 1	21 Apr 2022 → 20 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

Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
Dalkey Coastal Zone And Killiney Hill
Radon risk area × 3
About 1 in 10 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 · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Record of Protected Structures × 1
Killiney Castle Hotel

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26A/0666/WEB	Declare invalid (site notice)	16 Sept 2026	—	428 m	Construction of a 40sqm single-storey garden room to the north-eastern boundary
REF13026	S5 dec exempt	16 Sept 2026	—	90 m	Demolition of the existing boiler room and original single-storey addition to th
D26A/0664/WEB	Declare application invalid	4 Sept 2026	—	428 m	construction of a 32sqm single-storey garden room to the north-eastern boundary
D26A/0504/WEB	Grant permission	24 Aug 2026	—	144 m	(i) the reorganisation of the previously approved (Reg. Ref. D25A/0593/WEB) bin
REF6826	S5 dec exempt	24 Aug 2026	—	120 m	2 No rear facing Velux rooflights have been fitted since 2000 per permission D99
REF10726	S5 req ai	7 Aug 2026	—	166 m	I wish to change the timber cladding on the building to coloured Zinc. The exis
D26A/0448/WEB	Grant permission	4 Aug 2026	—	357 m	(i) Demolition of the existing detached single-storey over lower ground level d
D26B/0313/WEB	Grant permission & grant retention	15 Jul 2026	—	434 m	(1) Retention Permission for the following: Front and side porch and ground floo

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501892	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Withdrawn	4 Sept 2026	357 m
501762	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	3 Sept 2026	428 m
501092	Planning Appeal	Granted	29 Jul 2026	482 m
501043	Planning Appeal	Refused	16 Jul 2026	495 m
500079	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	30 Jan 2026	293 m
322369	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	8 m
321744	Planning Appeal	Other	25 Apr 2025	145 m
319465	Planning Appeal	Refused	24 Oct 2024	468 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

17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.