Planning Register
Observation pack · Fingal County Council

8 Grange Park, Baldoyle, Dublin 13, D13 W2T8

for the construction of first floor side extension, raising of side ga

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 2 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
F26A/0714E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Referral
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
334 m²
Received
10 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
2 Oct 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/fingal/application-details/?ref=F26A/0714E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0714E 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. Fingal County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 14 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Fingal 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
RD - Road: N/AFINGAL_DP_OWN
RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.FINGAL_DP_OWN
R2
Existing residential
RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenityFl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-20295 Apr 20235 Apr 2029

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.

Sources: FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN, FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN, FINGAL Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026, 15:18
FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026, 15:18
FINGAL Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-202911 Sept 2026, 15:17open

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
F26A/0314EInvalid application22 Apr 20260377 mThe development will consist of the conversion of the existing detache
F26A/0076EGrant permission27 Mar 20260432 mPlanning permission for attic conversion with roof windows to front an
F26A/0011EGrant permission5 Mar 20260217 mThe development will consist of removing the existing pillar finials a
F25A/1032EGrant permission5 Jan 20260347 mPermission is sought for construction of a single storey front extensi
F25A/0970Grant permission11 Dec 20250250 mThe development will consist of new first floor extension
LRD0073/S3EGrant permission11 Dec 20250429 mThe proposed development will consist of amendments to Zone B of GA01
F25A/0930EGrant permission2 Dec 2025079 mAmendments to previously granted planning permission (Fingal Co.Co Reg
F25A/0946EGrant permission for retention19 Nov 20250389 mThe retention works consist of the following: (a) Alteration to previ

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
500413Planning AppealGranted5 May 2026441 m
320571Planning AppealGranted with conditions2 Dec 2024170 m
319292Appeal - LRDGranted with conditions3 Jul 2024324 m
316617Draft Map AppealOther28 Aug 2023299 m
313222Strategic Housing Development - ApplicationRefused16 Mar 2023326 m
311315L.A. Dev. - AA ApplicationGranted with conditions20 Sept 2022263 m
313177Strategic Housing Development - Applicationpending31 Mar 2022326 m
311016Strategic Housing Development - ApplicationGranted with conditions23 Nov 2021490 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 Fingal County Council before relying on it.