Planning Register
Observation pack · Fingal County Council

264 Drumnigh Manor, Portmarnock, Co.Dublin, D13K8EC

Planning permission for attic conversion with x2 dormers to rear roof

Observations close 15 Sept 2026 3 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 5 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
F26A/0716E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Decision Issued
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
226 m²
Received
11 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
5 Oct 2026
Decision
Withdraw application

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/0716E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0716E 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 15 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
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 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 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
  • Recorded monument × 3
    Enclosure · R182329 · R182331

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
F26A/0691EWithdraw application7 Aug 202600 mPlanning permission for attic conversion with x2 dormers to rear roof
F26A/0012ERefuse permission9 Mar 20260489 mPlanning Permission for the following:- (i) Construction of one new (9
F26A/0010EGrant permission26 Feb 20260432 mPlanning permission sought to convert attic space to habilable
F25A/0448EGrant permission29 Jan 20260480 mPlanning Permission for three two storey four bedroom homes of 175m2,
F25A/1102Grant permission29 Jan 20260368 mPermission for, A. Change of roof profile from full hip
F25A/1065EGrant permission12 Jan 20260468 mPermission is sought for conversion of his attic to non-habitable
F25A/1025EGrant permission5 Jan 20260289 mPlanning permission is sought for: Conversion of existing attic to st
LRD0058/S3EGrant permission10 Dec 20250467 mThe development proposed (Phase 1F) will consist of: - 296no. resident

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324538Final Map Appealpending31 Jul 202698 m
501118Planning AppealRefused28 Jul 2026489 m
324016Appeal - LRDGranted with conditions8 Apr 2026472 m
500542Planning AppealGranted with conditions31 Mar 2026417 m
323336Final Map AppealOther20 Nov 202598 m
322948Planning AppealGranted with conditions24 Oct 2025380 m
320164Railway Order ApplicationOther19 Aug 202572 m
312131Private Development - ApplicationGranted with conditions9 Jul 2025142 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

  • 11 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 15 Sept 2026
  • 26 Aug 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 23 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.