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Cranford House, Cranford Court, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4

Whether the use of a permitted homeless facility at Cranford House, Stillorgan,

Observations close 23 Nov 2026 26 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
REF16626 · 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
8,858 m²
Received
19 Oct 2026
We first saw it
28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due
13 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/dunlaoghaire/application-details/?ref=REF16626.
  2. Write your observation.Quote REF16626 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 23 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.
  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
M3
Neighbourhood centre
Objective NC: NC To protect, provide for and-or improve mixed-use neighbourhood centre facilities.county development plan 2022 20281 Apr 2022 → 1 Apr 2028
R2
Existing residential
Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenitiescounty development plan 2022 20281 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 121 Apr 2022 → 20 Apr 2028
R2
Existing residential
Objective A: A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenitiesd n laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2022 2028 variation no 121 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan zoning—11 Oct 2026, 23:12open

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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
D25A/0814/WEBGrant permission21 Oct 2026—11 mPermission for development at this c. 0.06 ha site, part of Lands known as Cranf
D26A/0642/WEBRequest additional information19 Oct 2026—320 mRetention permission for hip to gable non habitable attic conversion; single sto
D26B/0465/WEBGrant permission15 Oct 2026—0 mThe proposed development will consist of alterations to the existing dwelling h
D26B/0424/WEBGrant permission16 Sept 2026—393 mDemolition of existing garage at the side, construction of a two storey, pitche
REF12726S5 dec exempt11 Sept 2026—111 mWhether the use of the dwelling at No. 19 The Elms, Dublin 4, to provide accommo
D26B/0396/WEBGrant permission2 Sept 2026—316 mPermission is sought for the extension and alteration of existing detached two s
D26A/0254/WEBGrant permission29 Jul 2026—480 mAlterations and additions to an existing 2-storey detached dwelling comprising o
D26B/0415/WEBDeclare application invalid22 Jul 2026—0 mThe proposed development will consist of alterations to the permitted developme

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
500674Planning AppealGranted8 May 20260 m
500441Planning AppealRefused8 Apr 2026316 m
323585Planning Appealopen5 Sept 2025353 m
321290Planning AppealGranted with conditions18 Mar 2025422 m
320654Planning AppealGranted with conditions27 Feb 202575 m
321293Planning AppealWithdrawn19 Feb 2025422 m
317742—Granted with conditions28 Jan 202535 m
320615Planning AppealInvalid21 Aug 202475 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

  • 19 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 23 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.