Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

9 Fairyhill, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 YH30

Retention Permission is sought for a 30.2sqm ground floor extension to the rear

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: D26B/0502/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: 545 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 10 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/0502/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote D26B/0502/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 21 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Glendower House
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Record of Protected Structures × 2
Charleville · Gaylawn (now known as Glendower)

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26B/0444/WEB	Grant permission	28 Sept 2026	—	80 m	Planning permission is sought for 2 no. dormers on each side of the existing ga
D26A/0320/WEB	Refuse permission	23 Sept 2026	—	382 m	a) Demolition of the existing converted garage to the side of the existing dwell
D26A/0408/WEB	Grant permission	21 Sept 2026	—	430 m	Retention permission for the demolition of the existing two storey pitched-roof
V/038/26	Grant certificate of exemption	4 Sept 2026	—	435 m	3 Units
D26A/0535/WEB	Request additional information	2 Sept 2026	—	366 m	Retention and planning permission for alterations to the development previously
D26B/0395/WEB	Grant permission	2 Sept 2026	—	393 m	Alterations to front porch, and single storey front extension, new dormer window
D26B/0351/WEB	Grant permission	6 Aug 2026	—	376 m	The development will consist of The conversion of existing attic into first flo
D26B/0338/WEB	Grant permission for retention	31 Jul 2026	—	353 m	Permission for retention for the development of Bicycle & Bin storage shed withi

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501980	Planning Appeal	open	26 Aug 2026	376 m
501140	Planning Appeal	Refused	11 Aug 2026	40 m
501736	Planning Appeal	open	20 Jul 2026	423 m
501734	Planning Appeal	open	20 Jul 2026	435 m
501639	Planning Appeal	open	29 Jun 2026	91 m
500070	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	25 Feb 2026	223 m
500356	Planning Appeal	Granted	24 Feb 2026	247 m
318867	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2024	485 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

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 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.