Planning Register
Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

23, Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, A94TV27 (Protected Structure)

The proposed works comprise of the temporary removal of 1 no. gate pier and gate

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 10 Sept 2026

The application

Reference
REF12326 · 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
2,699 m²
Received
17 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
10 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/dunlaoghaire/application-details/?ref=REF12326.
  2. Write your observation.Quote REF12326 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 21 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
R2
Existing residential
Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenitiesDR-001:DP:county-development-plan-2022-20281 Apr 20221 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
DLR DR-001:DP:county-development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026, 15:17open

Designations on or near the site

  • Architectural Conservation Area × 2
    Booterstown Avenue · Pembrooke Cottages, Booterstown Avenue
  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Record of Protected Structures × 7
    Saint Brendan's (Holy Rosary Convent) · Summerville · Killoran
  • Recorded monument × 1
    R149448

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
D26A/0505/WEBGrant permission26 Aug 2026225 mDevelopment consisting of ancillary works to park lodge (a protected st
REF11126S5 dec exempt24 Aug 2026122 mFull electrical rewire of property.
D26A/0572/WEBDeclare application invalid31 Jul 202688 mA single-storey garden room extension at ground floor level to the rear of No. 5
D26A/0331/WEBGrant permission24 Jun 2026131 mPlanning Permission for the construction of a single-storey extension (c. 40 sq.
D26A/0269/WEBRefuse permission28 May 20260 m(i) construction of 2 no. three-storey, four-bedroom detached dwellings to the
D26A/0243/WEBGrant permission21 May 2026129 mThe development will consist of temporary demolition of existing blockwork pill
D25B/0649/WEBGrant permission5 May 2026254 mErection of a First Floor Rear flat roofed Extension on top of part of existing
V/030/26Grant certificate of exemption30 Apr 20260 m2

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501600Planning Appealpending24 Jun 20260 m
500777Planning AppealRefused19 May 2026185 m
324043Appeal - LRDGranted with conditions15 May 20266 m
324038Appeal - LRDInvalid21 Jan 20266 m
323264Final Map AppealOther14 Nov 202517 m
322680Planning AppealGranted with conditions6 Oct 2025193 m
321650Planning AppealGranted with conditions8 May 202525 m
320576Planning AppealGranted with conditions16 Jan 2025134 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

  • 17 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 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.