Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Site to the side of "Park Lodge", No. 1, Castlepark Road, Sandycove, Co. Dublin, A96F436

Permission for development at this site: Site to the side of “Park Lodge”. The d

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: D26A/0713/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: 776 m²
Received: 23 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 17 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/0713/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote D26A/0713/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 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
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
Sandycove Point, Sandycove
Radon risk area × 5
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 × 23
House Terrace · House Terrace · House Terrace

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26A/0620/WEB	Grant permission for retention	12 Oct 2026	—	236 m	Retention of works to the protected structure (RPS Ref. 1273) consisting of: 1.
D26A/0047	Grant permission	12 Oct 2026	—	448 m	The demolition of the existing garden shed in the rear garden and the constructi
D26B/0443/WEB	Grant permission	28 Sept 2026	—	246 m	The development will consist of the removal of an existing shed structure to th
V/065/26	Grant certificate of exemption	25 Sept 2026	—	0 m	3 Units
D26A/0690/WEB	Declare application invalid	17 Sept 2026	—	364 m	The development will consist of a part single storey, part two storey three bed
D26A/0695/WEB	Declare application invalid	17 Sept 2026	—	0 m	Permission and Retention Permission for development at this site: Site to the si
D26A/0553/WEB	Grant permission for retention	10 Sept 2026	—	370 m	Retention of: (1). A 4.3 sq.m. by 2.5m high timber kiosk, operating as a hot bev
D26A/0558/WEB	Request additional information	10 Sept 2026	—	55 m	The development will consist of amendments to the previously approved applicatio

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502222	Planning Appeal	pending	1 Oct 2026	242 m
502146	Planning Appeal	pending	18 Sept 2026	0 m
501154	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Aug 2026	366 m
324395	Licences S89/S254(6)(A)	pending	23 Jun 2026	1 m
321394	Planning Appeal	Refused	5 Feb 2026	376 m
323471	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Dec 2025	153 m
322192	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Jul 2025	370 m
322014	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	16 Jun 2025	142 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

23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.