Schoolhouse Lane, Swords, Co. Dublin

The application

Reference

F26A/0738E · 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

748 m²

Received

15 Aug 2026

We first saw it

11 Sept 2026, 15:18

Decision due

9 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/0738E.
2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0738E 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 21 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.

What the site is zoned

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.

Designations on or near the site

• Architectural Conservation Area × 1
  Swords - Church Road Historic Ecclesiastical Core ACA
• NIAH-recorded building × 7
  The Old Vicarage · Saint Columba's Church (Swords) · building misc
• Radon risk area × 4
  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 · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
• Record of Protected Structures × 4
  The Old Boro · The Old School House Restaurant · Old Vicarage
• Recorded monument × 8
  Graveyard · Graveslab · Graveslab
• 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_cfram — source licence forbids redistribution (CC-BY-NC-ND); shown as a boolean and a link only

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Appeals

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

• 15 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 Sept 2026
• 24 Aug 2026 Decision · appeal window closes 21 Sept 2026