Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Baker's Hall (formerly Baker's Corner), Rochestown Avenue & Kill Avenue, Deansgrange, Dun Laoghaire.

Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development comprising an amendment to

Observations close 20 Nov 2026 21 days left

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

The application

Reference: LRD26A/0784/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: 4,869 m²
Received: 16 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 10 Dec 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=LRD26A/0784/WEB.
Write your observation.Quote LRD26A/0784/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 20 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
M3 Neighbourhood centre	Objective NC: NC To protect, provide for and-or improve mixed-use neighbourhood centre facilities.	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	county development plan 2022 2028	1 Apr 2022 → 1 Apr 2028
S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Objective SNI: SNI To protect, improve and encourage the provision of sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure.	county development plan 2022 2028	1 Apr 2022 → 1 Apr 2028
M3 Neighbourhood centre	Objective NC: NC To protect, provide for and-or improve mixed-use neighbourhood centre facilities.	d n laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2022 2028 variation no 1	21 Apr 2022 → 20 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
S6 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Objective SNI: SNI To protect, improve and encourage the provision of sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 2
Fairholme · The Grange
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Record of Protected Structures × 2
Fairholme · The Grange Nursing Home

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26A/0650/WEB	Grant permission	21 Oct 2026	—	442 m	Planning permission for the proposed development of a Warehouse storage building
V/069/26	Grant certificate of exemption	15 Oct 2026	—	153 m	2 Units
D26A/0708/WEB	Declare application invalid	25 Sept 2026	—	0 m	Development on a site of 0.011 ha at ‘Baker’s Hall’, (formally known as Baker’s
D26A/0573/WEB	Refuse permission	21 Sept 2026	—	190 m	1) Subdivision of the site at 99 St. Fintan’s Park to create 2 separate sites (9
D26A/0575/WEB	Grant permission	17 Sept 2026	—	414 m	Creation of vehicular access and driveway to the front of the property.
D26A/0569	Grant permission for retention	16 Sept 2026	—	484 m	Alterations to the front elevation, including the installation of a bay window a
D26A/0564/WEB	Declare application invalid	28 Jul 2026	—	198 m	1.0 - Subdivision of the site at 99 St. Fintan’s Park to create 2 separate site
ABP31141121/E	Grant extension of duration of perm.	23 Jul 2026	—	0 m	Permission for a strategic housing development for student accommodation shall

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502264	Planning Appeal	pending	8 Oct 2026	190 m
501226	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	26 Aug 2026	378 m
501224	Planning Appeal	Invalid	23 Apr 2026	378 m
500330	Planning Appeal	Other	9 Apr 2026	465 m
323158	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	27 Nov 2025	495 m
321940	Planning Appeal	Invalid	20 Feb 2025	409 m
321868	Planning Appeal	Invalid	13 Feb 2025	409 m
316279	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Mar 2024	304 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 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 20 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.