Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Talgarth, Harold Crescent, Sandycove, DUBLIN, A96WN32

Please See attached letter.

Observations close 14 Sept 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: REF11726 · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Section 5
Status: Assessment Period
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 301 m²
Received: 10 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due: 4 Sept 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=REF11726.
Write your observation.Quote REF11726 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 14 Sept 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
Record of Protected Structures × 1
Harold's National School

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26B/0391/WEB	Grant permission	26 Aug 2026	—	252 m	Planning permission to the site adjacent to No.12 Magenta Place, Sandycove, Co.
D26A/0481/WEB	Grant permission	20 Aug 2026	—	308 m	Permission is sought for the following:1.Demolition of Existing rear Single stor
REF10126	S5 dec exempt	19 Aug 2026	—	305 m	No extension or exterior changes. As per survey, rewire required to bring elect
D26B/0452/WEB	Declare application invalid	17 Aug 2026	—	275 m	Layout Alterations, Extension, Upgrade and Associated site works including; Eli
D26A/0462/WEB	Grant permission	11 Aug 2026	—	302 m	Construction of a new two-storey, one-bedroom dwelling utilising the footprint a
D26A/0425/WEB	Request additional information	30 Jul 2026	—	422 m	The proposed development will comprise the demolition of 2 no. two-storey bungal
D26B/0326/WEB	Grant permission	28 Jul 2026	—	461 m	The extension and alteration of the existing detached dwelling consisting of; 1)
D26A/0415/WEB	Grant permission	22 Jul 2026	—	203 m	The change of use of ground floor café unit (62.2sq.m) permitted under existing

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501730	Planning Appeal	open	20 Jul 2026	420 m
501540	Planning Appeal	pending	12 Jun 2026	292 m
500794	Planning Appeal	Granted	9 Jun 2026	334 m
500022	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	30 Jan 2026	277 m
322686	Planning Appeal	Refused	19 Dec 2025	262 m
321199	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	20 Oct 2025	190 m
321984	Planning Appeal	Refused	20 Jun 2025	274 m
321432	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2025	85 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

10 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 14 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.