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Observation pack · Fingal County Council

20 Castleview Row, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 CY24

Retention Permission is being sought for a single storey utility room

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 22 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
F26A/0787 · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
Retention
Status
Referral
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
297 m²
Received
28 Aug 2026
We first saw it
15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due
22 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/0787.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0787 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 2 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.
  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

  • 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/0492EGrant permission5 Aug 20260177 mThe development will consist of alterations to existing hip roof to cr
F26A/0432EGrant permission for retention15 Jul 20260185 mRetention permission for amendments made to both the side and rear roo
F26A/0442EGrant permission10 Jul 20260324 mPlanning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and do
F26A/0308EGrant permission9 Jun 20260448 mPlanning Permission for the construction of a single storey detached g
F26A/0342EWithdraw application3 Jun 20260177 mThe development will consist of alterations to existing hip roof to cr
F26A/0213EGrant permission12 May 20260488 mPlanning Permission is sought for: Conversion of existing attic to st
F26A/0197EGrant permission6 May 20260237 mThe development will consist of a change of roof type from hipped to p
F26A/0159ERefuse permission for retention28 Apr 2026070 mThe development consists of the closing of two pedestrian entrances on

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501747Planning Appealopen21 Jul 2026324 m
501401Planning Appealopen25 May 202670 m
323222Final Map AppealOther10 Nov 2025425 m
323029Appeal - LRDopen14 Jul 2025426 m
321716Planning AppealGranted with conditions13 May 2025260 m
318410Planning AppealGranted with conditions14 Oct 2024490 m
313337Strategic Housing Development - ApplicationWithdrawn25 Sept 2024424 m
320450Final Map Appealopen19 Jul 2024428 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

  • 28 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 2 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.