Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

64, Whitebarn Road, Whitehall, Dublin 14, D14WA26

Converting front garden for use as a driveway to accommodate parking of cars, including construction of new entrance gate and dishing…

Observations close 9 Dec 2026 25 days left

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

The application

Reference: D26A/0824/WEB · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Registered Application
Site area: 341 m²
Received: 4 Nov 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/107356.
Write your observation.Quote D26A/0824/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 Dec 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 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
REF15726	S5 dec not exempt	29 Oct 2026	418 m	Temporarily remove a limited section of the existing masonry boundary wall adjoi
D26A/0636/WEB	Grant permission	20 Oct 2026	221 m	The proposed development will consist of the construction of a three bedroom, t
D26A/0593/WEB	Refuse permission for retention	30 Sept 2026	79 m	The retention of unauthorised demolition of portion of front boundary wall and p
D26B/0446/WEB	Grant permission	28 Sept 2026	310 m	Planning Permission sought for the following: 1) Removal of existing flat roof t
D26B/0484/WEB	Declare application invalid	11 Sept 2026	286 m	The development will consist of a single storey rear kitchen extension, conversi
D26B/0409/WEB	Grant permission for retention	9 Sept 2026	104 m	Retention permission for the construction of a detached garden studio (25 sq. m.
D26A/0185/WEB	Grant permission	31 Aug 2026	272 m	Planning permission is sought for modifications to external materials and finis
D26B/0365/WEB	Grant permission	13 Aug 2026	231 m	Two-storey pitched-roof extension to the front incorporating a frontfacing gable

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502241	Planning Appeal	pending	5 Oct 2026	104 m
324489	Appeal - LRD	pending	29 Jul 2026	364 m
501121	Planning Appeal	open	1 Apr 2026	221 m
500415	Planning Appeal	Granted	13 Mar 2026	411 m
500416	Leave to Appeal S37(6)	Invalid	8 Dec 2025	411 m
322914	Planning Appeal	Refused	21 Oct 2025	221 m
322531	Planning Appeal	Refused	15 Sept 2025	409 m
322272	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Jul 2025	380 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 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 9 Dec 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 5 Nov 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.