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Honey Honey Cafe, Strand Road, Portmarnock, D13P9N2

The development will consist of the upgrade of the existing shopfront to include new hardwood timber bi folding screens, hardwood timber pilasters and fascia, the installation of an associated non-ill

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 closes today
5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
F26A/0845E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
—
Status
Registration
Applicant
Portmarnock Coffee Company
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
58 m²
Received
16 Sept 2026
We first saw it
6 Oct 2026, 23:44
Decision due
—
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/0845E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0845E 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 21 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
TC - Town and District Centre: Maintain and build on the accessibility, vitality and viability of the existing Urban Centres in the County. Develop and consolidate these Centres with an appropriate mix of commercial, recreational, cultural, leisure and residential uses, and to enhance and develop the urban fabric of these Centres in accordance with the principles of urban design, conservation and sustainable development. Retail provision will be in accordance with the County Retail Strategy, enhance and develop the existing urban fabric, emphasise urban conservation, and ensure priority for public transport, pedestrians and cyclists while minimising the impact of private car based traffic. In order to deliver this vision and to provide a framework for sustainable development, Urban Centre Strategies will be prepared for centres in accordance with the Urban Fingal Chapter objectives.Fingal County Council development plan—
RD - Road: N/AFingal County Council development plan—
M2
Major town centre
TC - Town and District Centre: Protect and enhance the special physical and social character of town and district centres and provide and/ or improve urban facilitiesthe fingal development plan 2023 20295 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.

Source: Fingal County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Fingal County Council development plan zoning—11 Sept 2026, 15:18open

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/0481Grant permission29 Jul 20260337 mPlanning Permission for attic conversion for storage dormer window to
F26A/0644EInvalid application20 Jul 202600 mThe development will consist of the upgrade of the existing shopfront
F26A/0620EInvalid application15 Jul 2026070 mThe development will consist of the change of use of the permitted fir
F26A/0407EGrant permission8 Jul 20260311 mConversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist
F26A/0097Grant permission8 Jul 202602 mPlanning permission is sought for 1)
F26A/0448Invalid application2 Jun 20260337 mPlannin permission for attic conversion for storage and dormer window
F26A/0013EGrant permission5 Mar 20260432 mThe development will consist of the construction of a single-storey fl
F25A/0729EGrant permission27 Jan 20260242 m(i) Subdivision of existing family landholding with provision of new i

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
322213Planning AppealGranted with conditions16 Jul 2025150 m
320737Planning AppealGranted with conditions19 Mar 202555 m
314663Planning AppealGranted with conditions27 Jun 2024466 m
312117Planning AppealRefused5 Apr 2022126 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

  • 16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 6 Oct 2026, 23:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.