Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

c. 0.043ha site at Block 4, Belfield Office Park, Beech Hill Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4

The development will consist of the change of use of the fourth floor…

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: D26A/0759/WEB · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Assessment Period
Site area: 479 m²
Received: 9 Oct 2026
Decision due: 3 Dec 2026

The council’s feed cuts this description short. The full text 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/0759/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote D26A/0759/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 13 Nov 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
C2.1 Economic development and employment	Objective E: E To provide for economic development and employment.	county development plan 2022 2028	1 Apr 2022 → 1 Apr 2028
C2.1 Economic development and employment	Objective E: E To provide for economic development and employment.	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 within 100 m

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	Distance	Description
WEB3267/26	Further information	6 Nov 2026	482 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission sought for development at 6 St James's Terrace, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 6 (a.k.a. 12 Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 6), a protected structure. The development will consist of alterations comprising: widening of the front vehicular gate opening; a bicycle store and car port to the side garden; a new external door and storeroom below the front steps; conversion of part of an existing window to a rear door and balcony at upper ground floor; replacement of the rear granite steps; widening of an opening to the garden room at lower ground floor; internal reconfiguration and relocation of the kitchen; 2no. replacement rooflights and a concealed roof-valley photovoltaic array to the rear; and associated repair, conservation and thermal upgrade works; together with conversion of the existing coach house to ancillary accommodation, comprising repair and re-harling of stonework, roof repair with 2no. additional rooflights, floor relaying, insulation, and associated works.
D26A/0676/WEB	Grant permission	30 Oct 2026	429 m	A) Widening the Entrance Gate B) Replacing the window on the extreme left side o
D26A/0313/WEB	Grant permission	28 Sept 2026	465 m	Demolition of 2 No sheds and the construction of a 2 bed detached dormer type bu
D26A/0584/WEB	Grant permission	24 Sept 2026	22 m	(1) Change of use from ‘office’ to ‘science and technology’ use with ancillary o
D26A/0578/WEB	Grant permission	22 Sept 2026	263 m	Works to the existing office building comprising; demolition of the existing fir
WEB3246/26	Application declared invalid	14 Sept 2026	482 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission sought for development at 6 St James's Terrace, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 6 (a.k.a. 12 Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 6), a protected structure. The development will consist of alterations comprising: widening of the front vehicular gate opening; a bicycle store and car port to the side garden; a new external door and storeroom below the front steps; conversion of part of an existing window to a rear door and balcony at upper ground floor; replacement of the rear granite steps; widening of an opening to the garden room at lower ground floor; internal reconfiguration and relocation of the kitchen; 2no. replacement rooflights and a concealed roof-valley photovoltaic array to the rear; and associated repair, conservation and thermal upgrade works; together with conversion of the existing coach house to ancillary accommodation, comprising repair and re-harling of stonework, roof repair with 2no. additional rooflights, floor relaying, insulation, and associated works.
D26A/0669/WEB	Declare application invalid	8 Sept 2026	429 m	The works propose to: a) Widening the entrance gate, b) replacing a front window
WEB3191/26	Application declared invalid	7 Sept 2026	482 m	PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought for alterations to a protected structure at 6 St James's Terrace (a.k.a. 12 Clonskeagh Road), Dublin 6, comprising: (i) to the main house - widening of the vehicular entrance gate opening in the front boundary wall; a freestanding bicycle store and car port to the side garden, both below boundary/party wall height; replacement of an existing south-facing window with an external door to form a storeroom beneath the front entrance steps; conversion of part of the existing Wyatt window opening at upper ground floor level to form a new door and balcony to the rear; replacement of the existing rear granite steps with a new flight to the garden; widening of an existing opening to the garden room at lower ground floor level; internal reconfiguration at lower ground, first floor levels and relocation of the kitchen to upper ground floor; 2 no. replacement rooflights to the rear roof pitch; a small photovoltaic array within a concealed roof valley; and associated repair, conservation and thermal upgrade works; and (ii) conversion to ancillary accommodation of the existing coach house to the rear, comprising repair and re-harling of the stonework, repair and part-replacement of the roof with 2 no. new rooflights to the rear pitch (in addition to the 1 no. existing), relaying of the existing ground floor, internal insulation, and associated services and thermal upgrade works. The property and its curtilage is a protected structure.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501055	Planning Appeal	Granted	27 Jul 2026	390 m
501029	Planning Appeal	Granted	20 Jul 2026	446 m
501489	Planning Appeal	Invalid	5 Jun 2026	491 m
501334	Planning Appeal	pending	13 May 2026	472 m
500024	Planning Appeal	Granted	11 Feb 2026	330 m
322779	Referral	Other	26 Jan 2026	305 m
323744	Vacant Site Levy - Appeal S.18	Other	9 Jan 2026	348 m
323883	Referral	Invalid	12 Nov 2025	240 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

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.