Observation pack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Hall, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, A96K6C9

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Observations close 11 Nov 2026 7 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: TEST1 · full record
Authority: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Type: Certificate of Exemption -Part 7
Status: Decision Issued
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.65 ha
Received: 7 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 7 Oct 2026
Decision: Approval for the proposal to proceed

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=TEST1.
Write your observation.Quote TEST1 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 11 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
M2 Major town centre	Objective MTC: MTC To protect, provide for and-or improve major town centre facilities.	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
M2 Major town centre	Objective MTC: MTC To protect, provide for and-or improve major town centre facilities.	d n laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2022 2028 variation no 1	21 Apr 2022 → 20 Apr 2028
S2 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

Architectural Conservation Area × 2
Dun Laoghaire Harbour / Dun Laoghaire Seafront · The Metals
Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Record of Protected Structures × 32
Queen Victoria Fountain · Royal Irish Yacht Club · Bella Vista

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
D26B/0559/WEB	Declare application invalid	27 Oct 2026	—	275 m	Permission is sought for the provision of new storefront with new access door; a
D26A/0672/WEB	Grant permission	23 Oct 2026	—	424 m	A change of use from offices back to residential use, including the reinstatemen
D26A/0665/WEB	Grant permission	23 Oct 2026	—	470 m	Permission is sought for a single-storey rear extension of 6.7 sq.m to the exist
D26A/0776/WEB	Declare application invalid	19 Oct 2026	—	382 m	Planning Permission for a Protected Structure to install new Solar Panels to bo
REF15326	S5 dec not exempt	12 Oct 2026	—	115 m	Whether the continued use of pre-63 residential apartments at 91B, George's Stre
D26A/0590/WEB	Grant permission	28 Sept 2026	—	317 m	Permission is sought for change of use at the first floor level from offices to
D26B/0425/WEB	Grant permission	16 Sept 2026	—	422 m	Construction of a first-floor flat roof extension to the rear to provide an addi
V/063/26	Grant cert of exemption (0.1 hec )	10 Sept 2026	—	285 m	16 Units

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501107	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Aug 2026	442 m
320208	Strategic Housing Development - Application	Refused	30 Jun 2026	0 m
500796	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	5 Jun 2026	211 m
320227	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Apr 2025	289 m
321992	Marine Development - Application	pending	28 Feb 2025	62 m
318088	Referral	Other	19 Nov 2024	0 m
320130	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	14 Nov 2024	428 m
320409	Final Map Appeal	Other	8 Oct 2024	288 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

7 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 11 Nov 2026
7 Oct 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 4 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council before relying on it.