Observation pack · Fingal County Council

MACE, The Grange, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin, A41 PW67

Planning Permission is sought for a new enlarged carpark area to south

Observations close 24 Sept 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: F26A/0760E · 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: 3,158 m²
Received: 20 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due: 14 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/0760E.
Write your observation.Quote F26A/0760E 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 24 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
	RD - Road: N/A	FINGAL_DP_OWN	— → —
	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 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 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/0702E	Invalid application	12 Aug 2026	0 m	New enlarged carpark area to south with new Carwash, Laundromat, Plant
F26A/0142E	Grant permission	30 Jul 2026	202 m	Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development
F26A/0350E	Grant permission & grant retention	29 Jul 2026	139 m	We, Donal and Lisa Collins, intend to apply for Planning Permission fo
F26A/0301E	Invalid application	27 Apr 2026	138 m	We, Donal and Lisa Collins, intend to apply for Planning Permission fo
F26A/0218E	Invalid application due to site notice	15 Apr 2026	38 m	“Familyland Limited intends to apply for Retention Permission for deve
F26A/0017E	Refuse permission	10 Mar 2026	171 m	Development on a site of 0.265 hectares. The proposed development con
F26A/0020E	Refuse permission	10 Mar 2026	356 m	The proposed development will consist of the construction of a total o
F26A/0005E	Invalid application due to site notice	9 Feb 2026	202 m	Uisce Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501970	Planning Appeal	open	24 Aug 2026	139 m
323404	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	18 Feb 2026	487 m
318537	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	7 Aug 2024	89 m
318515	Planning Appeal	pending	24 Nov 2023	89 m
313625	Referral	Other	21 Sept 2023	254 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

20 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 24 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.