Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

91B, George's Street Lower, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96R125

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Observations close 16 Sept 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Sept 2026

The application

Reference: REF11826 · 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: 290 m²
Received: 12 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due: 8 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=REF11826.
Write your observation.Quote REF11826 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 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
M2 Major town centre	Objective MTC: MTC To protect, provide for and-or improve major town centre facilities.	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 × 4
House Terrace · House Terrace · House Terrace

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
V/057/26	Grant certificate of exemption	24 Aug 2026	—	485 m	1 Dwelling.
D26A/0619/WEB	Declare application invalid	19 Aug 2026	—	396 m	The development will consist of conservation and refurbishment works; internal
D26A/0473/WEB	Grant permission	17 Aug 2026	—	127 m	The sub division of the existing site and construction of new 2 storey, flat roo
D26A/0468/WEB	Grant permission for retention	11 Aug 2026	—	333 m	subsequent to grant of planning permissions whose register references are D18A/
D26A/0296/WEB	Grant permission & grant retention	14 Jul 2026	—	413 m	Permission for the retention of development including the demolition of 46a and
D26A/0379/WEB	Grant permission	9 Jul 2026	—	144 m	The proposed development will consist of amendments to the permitted development
V/048/26	Grant certificate of exemption	7 Jul 2026	—	127 m	1 Unit (to rear)
D26A/0299/WEB	Grant permission	6 Jul 2026	—	144 m	The proposed development will consist of amendments to the permitted development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501107	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Aug 2026	328 m
320208	Strategic Housing Development - Application	Refused	30 Jun 2026	143 m
500796	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	5 Jun 2026	282 m
323364	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	20 Nov 2025	478 m
321864	Planning Appeal	Other	11 Jun 2025	405 m
320162	Planning Appeal	Refused	17 Apr 2025	485 m
320227	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Apr 2025	364 m
321992	Marine Development - Application	pending	28 Feb 2025	287 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

12 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 16 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.