Planning Register
Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Lillie Jack House, Swords Road, Malahide, County Dublin, K36D550

a single story pitched roof extension to front of dwelling and a new p

Observations close 17 Sept 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 7 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
F26A/0729E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Invalid Application
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
697 m²
Received
13 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Invalid 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/0729E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0729E 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 17 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
RD - Road: N/AFINGAL_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/0565Grant permission20 Aug 20260301 mPlanning Permission for (1) First floor bedroom extension to the side
F26A/0529Invalid application24 Jun 20260301 mPlanning Permission for (1) First Floor bedroom extension to the side
F26A/0210EGrant permission14 May 20260204 mPlanning Permission is sought for: Conversion of existing attic to st
F26A/0052EGrant permission6 May 2026043 mPlanning Permission is sought for:
F26A/0160EGrant permission30 Apr 20260274 mThe development will consist of a single storey extension to side and
F25A/0909Grant permission27 Jan 20260234 mPermission for the construction of two houses at 'Larchwood', Estuary
F25A/1056EGrant permission12 Jan 20260142 mPlanning Permission for a two storey extension to side comprising (a)
F25A/0485Grant permission11 Dec 20250275 mPlanning Permission is sought for

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
317681Planning AppealRefused21 May 2025219 m
318427Planning AppealGranted with conditions26 Jun 2024480 m
319866Marine Development - Applicationpending7 Jun 20243 m
317322Planning AppealGranted with conditions15 Mar 2024413 m
317664Planning AppealWithdrawn8 Dec 2023423 m
314937Licences S89/S254(6)(A)Granted with conditions14 Nov 2023181 m
314182Planning AppealGranted with conditions20 Mar 2023480 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

  • 13 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 17 Sept 2026
  • 17 Aug 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 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.