Observation pack · Fingal County Council
24 Kilbarrack Road, Raheny, Dublin 5, D05 T9X3
Planning Permission for the following: Removal of the chimney to the
Observations close 1 Oct 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- F26A/0784E · 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
- 651 m²
- Received
- 27 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
- Decision due
- 21 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/0784E.
- Write your observation.Quote
F26A/0784Eat 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 1 Oct 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 | — → — | |
| RD - Road: N/A | 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 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 × 1About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
- Recorded monument × 2Enclosure · R149690
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F26A/0698E | Invalid application | 12 Aug 2026 | 0 | 412 m | The development will consist of amending the existing hipped roof to a |
| WEb1448/26 | Grant permission | 6 Jul 2026 | 1 | 250 m | Permission to widen the two existing vehicular entrances to Howth Road; demolish the existing bungalow; build a new detached, part single storey, part two storey house with outdoor terrace to the front at first floor level; and all associated site works at 788 Howth Road, Dublin 5, D05DV78. |
| WEB2047/26 | Grant permission and retention permission | 24 Jun 2026 | — | 230 m | PERMISSION & RETENTION. CHANGE OF USE. Mr Eugene Mc Nulty & Ms Arleen Folan Intend to apply for Retention & Permission For development at 9 Kilbarrack Avenue, Dublin 5, Raheny, D05 VK52The development will consist of -Retention planning permission is sought for the change of use from garage to utility room & store with new window to front elevation in place of garage door. Planning permission is also sought for works to existing detached bungalow at 9 Kilbarrack Ave. Raheny, Dublin 5 comprising of; (1) single storey flat roof rear extension to form rear hall & wc, (2) new pitched roof rear extension to form new living area, (3) new roof configuration to complete rear of the property with no increase in existing ridge height, (4) construction of first floor roof space to form new bedroom, wardrobe, en suite and store room with new flat roof dormer to the rear elevation and 5 no. new velux roof windows on roof. (5) retention of change of use from garage to utility room & store. |
| F26A/0322E | Grant permission | 15 Jun 2026 | 0 | 63 m | New single storey granny flat extension to the side of existing dwelli |
| 5111/26 | Grant retention permission | 12 Jun 2026 | — | 245 m | RETENTION: Retention planning permission for conversion of the attic space at 57 Kilbarrack Avenue, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5, D05 V8P9, to a bedroom with en-suite bathroom accessed from the ground floor of the house. |
| 5082/26 | Grant permission | 20 May 2026 | — | 407 m | (1) The conversion of an existing garage structure to the front (2) the construction of a single storey extension to the rear (3) a new dormer roof structure with a revise roof profile , raised ridge level and dormer windows to the front , side and rear with all associated site works and SUDs drainage . |
| F26A/0237 | Grant permission | 18 May 2026 | 0 | 96 m | Planning permission for the construction of 1) a single storey |
| F25A/0988E | Grant permission | 18 May 2026 | 0 | 77 m | Planning Permission for development of underground watermains on the D |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323616 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 13 Jul 2026 | 73 m |
| 323162 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 27 Nov 2025 | 51 m |
| 323377 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 19 Nov 2025 | 68 m |
| 322990 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 10 Nov 2025 | 119 m |
| 322927 | Planning Appeal | Withdrawn | 17 Jul 2025 | 178 m |
| 321170 | Planning Appeal | Granted with conditions | 23 Jun 2025 | 36 m |
| 319522 | Planning Appeal | Refused | 14 Mar 2025 | 178 m |
| 320801 | Referral | Other | 4 Feb 2025 | 36 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
- 27 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 1 Oct 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 15 Sept 2026, 20:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.