Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Drynan Avenue,, Kinsealy, Swords, County Dublin

The Retention of two bin storage structures within the existing public

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/0765E · full record
Authority: Fingal County Council
Type: Retention
Status: Application Under Review
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 24 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/?ref=F26A/0765E.
Write your observation.Quote F26A/0765E 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 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.
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/0681E	Invalid application	5 Aug 2026	331 m	Retention of widened vehicular access and porch extension to front and
F26A/0499E	Grant permission	5 Aug 2026	391 m	New pedestrian access onto Mount Drinan Avenue from rear garden.
F26A/0623E	Withdraw application	31 Jul 2026	449 m	Planning Permission for attic conversion with dormer to rear roof to a
F26A/0663E	Invalid application	29 Jul 2026	331 m	Retention of widened vehicular access and porch extension to front and
F26A/0610	Invalid application	16 Jul 2026	331 m	Retention of widened vehicular access and porch extension to front and
F26A/0600E	Invalid application	15 Jul 2026	109 m	Construction of a new front vehicular entrance, including a driveway
FW26A/0271E	Invalid application	7 Jul 2026	396 m	Retention of non habitable attic conversion with roof windows to front
F26A/0326E	Grant permission for retention	17 Jun 2026	399 m	Planning Permission for Retention and Continuation of Use of kiosk caf

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322921	Planning Appeal	Invalid	2 Jul 2025	477 m
314908	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	28 Jun 2023	379 m
312402	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	12 May 2022	99 m
312374	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	10 May 2022	291 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.