Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Haley's Hill Residential Development,, Malahide Road, Kinsealy,, North

The development consists of Retention & completion of additional car p

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: F26A/0740E · full record
Authority: Fingal County Council
Type: Retention
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 717 m²
Received: 16 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due: 9 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/?ref=F26A/0740E.
Write your observation.Quote F26A/0740E 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.
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.
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.
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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
	RV - Rural Village: Protect and promote established villages within the rural landscape where people can settle and have access to community services. The villages are areas within the rural landscape where housing needs can be satisfied with minimal harm to the countryside and surrounding environment. The villages will serve their rural catchment, provide local services and smaller scale rural enterprises. Levels of growth will be managed through local area plans to ensure that a critical mass for local services is encouraged without providing for growth beyond local need and unsustainable commuting patterns.	FINGAL_DP_OWN	— → —
M2 Major town centre	RV - Rural Village: Protect and promote the character of the Rural Village and promote a vibrant community in accordance with an approved land use plan, and the availability of physical and community infrastructure	Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029	5 Apr 2023 → 5 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN	—	11 Sept 2026, 15:18	—
FINGAL Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029	—	11 Sept 2026, 15:17	open

Designations on or near the site

Architectural Conservation Area × 1
Abbeville Demesne ACA
Radon risk area × 3
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · 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
Record of Protected Structures × 1
Road Bridge
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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
F26A/0508E	Grant permission for retention	7 Aug 2026	497 m	Permission to retain attic conversion and also external finishes/minor
F26A/0439E	Refuse permission	20 Jul 2026	229 m	Planning Permission for a residential development of twenty four units
F26A/0364E	Grant permission	2 Jul 2026	243 m	Domestic garage to the front of the site and all associated siteworks.
F26A/0496E	Invalid application	15 Jun 2026	497 m	Permission to retain attic conversion and also external finishes/minor
F26A/0319E	Grant permission	11 Jun 2026	240 m	1. Construction of a single storey extension to the rear with roofligh
F26A/0405E	Invalid application	21 May 2026	230 m	Planning Permission is sought for a residential development of twenty
F26A/0114E	Grant permission & grant retention	8 Apr 2026	52 m	The proposed development comprises an application for Retention Permis
F25A/1020	Grant permission	23 Feb 2026	210 m	Permission for an amended boundary wall and increased garden size

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501891	Planning Appeal	pending	17 Aug 2026	229 m
317831	Electricity Development Application	Granted with conditions	26 Jun 2026	206 m
323150	Appeal - LRD	Granted with conditions	17 Nov 2025	259 m
312131	Private Development - Application	Granted with conditions	9 Jul 2025	304 m
319866	Marine Development - Application	pending	7 Jun 2024	0 m
312855	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	8 Apr 2024	0 m
317216	Planning Appeal	Withdrawn	5 Oct 2023	306 m
316683	Draft Map Appeal	Other	18 Sept 2023	0 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

16 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 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.