Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

32 Dundela Park, Sandycove, Co. Dublin, A96E8D9

Permission for construction of a ground floor single storey 21 sqm area garden r

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 19 days left

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

The application

Reference: D26B/0495/WEB · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 460 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 5 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=D26B/0495/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote D26B/0495/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 16 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	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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26A/0558/WEB	Request additional information	10 Sept 2026	—	481 m	The development will consist of amendments to the previously approved applicatio
V/062/26	Grant certificate of exemption	9 Sept 2026	—	363 m	1 Unit
D26A/0550/WEB	Grant permission & grant retention	7 Sept 2026	—	391 m	Retention Permission & Completion for minor deviations to approved plans and as
D26B/0479/WEB	Declare application invalid	4 Sept 2026	—	0 m	Construction of a ground floor single storey 21 sqm area garden room rear extens
D26B/0473/WEB	Declare application invalid	31 Aug 2026	—	427 m	Planning permission for attic conversion with dormer to rear and front roof to
REF11726	S5 dec exempt	31 Aug 2026	—	477 m	Please See attached letter.
V/060/26	Grant certificate of exemption	31 Aug 2026	—	326 m	1 Unit
D26A/0639/WEB	Declare application invalid	27 Aug 2026	—	487 m	Development consisting of the construction of a new glass front porch to the exi

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501154	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Aug 2026	342 m
501698	Planning Appeal	pending	13 Jul 2026	343 m
323471	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Dec 2025	320 m
321432	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2025	380 m
322014	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	16 Jun 2025	443 m
322574	Planning Appeal	Invalid	20 May 2025	67 m
319786	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	14 May 2025	341 m
320991	Planning Appeal	Refused	11 Mar 2025	79 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

11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.