Planning Register
Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Knocknagin, Greenfield Road, Sutton, Dublin 13, D13 AH79

The development will consist of extensions to the rear and front. Rear

Observations close 18 Sept 2026 6 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 8 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
F26A/0737E · 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
265 m²
Received
14 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
8 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/0737E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0737E 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 18 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

  • Architectural Conservation Area × 1
    Sutton - Sutton Cross and Environs ACA
  • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
    North Dublin Bay
  • NIAH-recorded building × 1
    Reverend James Gaffney Monument
  • Radon risk area × 2
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Special Area of Conservation × 1
    North Dublin Bay SAC
  • Special Protection Area × 1
    North Bull Island SPA
  • OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
    Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

1 layer present but masked: flood_cframsource licence forbids redistribution (CC-BY-NC-ND); shown as a boolean and a link only

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
F26A/0086EGrant permission23 Jul 20260486 mThe development will consist of alterations and extensions to Eskeragh
F26A/0425EGrant permission9 Jul 20260231 m(A) The construction of a single-storey extension to the existing gara
F26A/0251EGrant permission21 May 20260479 mThe development consists of :
F26A/0093EGrant permission15 May 20260497 mA) Single storey extension to side of house to accommodate and semi-in
F26A/0163ERefuse permission & refuse retention1 May 20260431 mPermission and Retention Permission consisting of development 1) the r
F25A/1116EGrant permission4 Feb 20260483 mThe development will consist of alterations to the existing dwelling,
F26A/0051EInvalid application3 Feb 20260497 mA) Single storey extension to side of house to accommodate and semi-in
F25A/0986EWithdraw application25 Nov 20250455 mPermission for the Retention of an extension to the Residence includin

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501432Planning Appealpending27 May 2026431 m
323713Planning AppealRefused19 Jan 2026291 m
322501Planning AppealRefused11 Sept 2025243 m
320164Railway Order ApplicationOther19 Aug 2025428 m
322043Planning AppealGranted with conditions2 Jul 2025261 m
321257Planning AppealRefused6 Mar 2025387 m
317579Planning AppealGranted with conditions8 Nov 2024250 m
317659ReferralOther14 Aug 2024453 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

  • 14 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 18 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.