Observation pack · Fingal County Council

40 Mount Rochford Avenue, Balbriggan, Co.Dublin

Planning Permission for A. Single storey extension to side and rear, B

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 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/0743 · 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: 204 m²
Received: 17 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/0743.
Write your observation.Quote F26A/0743 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
	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 amenity	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

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
F26A/0706E	Invalid application	12 Aug 2026	485 m	Permission to alter, extend and change the use of domestic garage to l
F25A/1215E	Grant permission	7 Aug 2026	398 m	We, the Health Service Executive (HSE), intend to apply for planning p
F25A/1100E	Refuse permission	29 Jul 2026	243 m	Relocation of the approved bin store (F23A/0114) to the west of approv
F26A/0455E	Refuse permission	23 Jul 2026	457 m	A total of 9no. new two-storey dwellinghouses consisting of a) 4no. de
F26A/0286E	Grant permission	22 Jul 2026	394 m	An outbuilding containing a garden shed and a home gym to the rear gar
F26A/0358E	Grant permission for retention	1 Jul 2026	83 m	The retention of the extension as constructed to the rear to include r
F26A/0373E	Invalid application due to site notice	25 May 2026	457 m	A total of 9no. new two-storey dwellinghouses consisting of a) 4no. de
F26A/0259E	Grant permission	25 May 2026	488 m	Construction of a single storey detached home office/garden room (inte

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320164	Railway Order Application	Other	19 Aug 2025	370 m
320558	Planning Appeal	Refused	20 Nov 2024	441 m
319866	Marine Development - Application	pending	7 Jun 2024	311 m
316530	Draft Map Appeal	Other	15 Aug 2023	223 m
316432	Draft Map Appeal	Other	14 Jun 2023	103 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

17 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.