Planning Register
Observation pack · Fingal County Council

'Skreppa', 1 Yellow Walls Road, Malahide, K36 VX81

Renovation of existing single-storey dwelling house with loft includin

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 16 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
F26A/0763E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Registration
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
915 m²
Received
24 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
16 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/0763E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0763E 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 28 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
RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.FINGAL_DP_OWN
RD - Road: N/AFINGAL_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
    Malahide Castle Demesne ACA
  • NIAH-recorded building × 1
    Saint Sylvester's Infant School
  • 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
F26A/0584EGrant permission25 Aug 20260403 mSingle storey extension to the front and single storey extension to th
F26A/0720EInvalid application14 Aug 202600 mRenovation of existing single-storey dwelling house including single-s
F26A/0676EInvalid application5 Aug 20260312 mPlanning Permission is sought for the construction of a ground floor e
F26A/0491ERefuse permission31 Jul 20260188 mPermission is sought for a 2 sq.m. extension to the existing first flo
F26A/0621EInvalid application15 Jul 20260337 mPlanning Permission is sought for: 1/ Conversion of attic to habitabl
F26A/0409EGrant permission9 Jul 20260113 mThe development will consist of the following: (a) The construction of
F26A/0386Grant permission6 Jul 20260445 mPermission to construct a new single-storey extension
F26A/0404Grant permission6 Jul 20260447 mPermission to construct a new porch

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501982Planning Appealopen26 Aug 2026188 m
500170Planning AppealRefused20 Jul 2026409 m
324073Licences S89/S254(6)(A)pending12 Feb 2026383 m
320164Railway Order ApplicationOther19 Aug 2025496 m
321069Planning AppealRefused24 Feb 202528 m
319998Planning AppealGranted with conditions15 Oct 2024286 m
317328Planning AppealGranted with conditions7 Mar 2024270 m
312419Planning AppealGranted with conditions30 Nov 2022221 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

  • 24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 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.