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Observation pack · Fingal County Council

No. 6 St. Lawrence Terrace, Howth, Co. Dublin

The planning permission will consist of the following: (1) New roof extension over existing ground floor extension. (2) New flat roof dormer to the front roof. (3) 2 no. new roof lights to the rea

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 1 day left
5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
F26A/0851E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
—
Status
Registration
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
295 m²
Received
17 Sept 2026
We first saw it
8 Oct 2026, 23:51
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/0851E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0851E 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 22 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
RD - Road: N/AFingal County Council development plan—
RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.Fingal County Council development plan—
R2
Existing residential
RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenitythe 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

  • Architectural Conservation Area × 2
    Howth Historic Core ACA · Howth - St. Nessan's Tce, St. Peter's Tce, Seaview Tce & The Haggard ACA
  • NIAH-recorded building × 5
    Howth Catholic Church · Howth Catholic Church · Saint Columbanus Hall
  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Record of Protected Structures × 3
    Renaissance House · One of pair of redbrick gable-fronted Edwardian houses with traditional timber shops on ground floor · One of pair of redbrick gable-fronted Edwardian houses with traditional timber shops on ground floor

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
F26A/0609ERefuse permission31 Aug 2026080 m(i) partial change of use, with associated internal reconfiguration, o
F26A/0587Grant permission25 Aug 20260240 m1) The demolition of an existing single storey garage and carport to t
F25A/1085EGrant permission14 Aug 2026052 mAlterations to Front Garden and Boundary Wall to Provide Part M Compli
F26A/0532EGrant permission13 Aug 20260405 mPlanning Permission is sought for works to a two-storey, 3-bed existin
F26A/0520EGrant permission & grant retention12 Aug 20260424 mProposed 1st floor extension at side and rear, rainwater planters in f
F26A/0395EGrant permission6 Jul 20260182 mProposed (1) single storey extensions to front, side & rere, & (2) gro
F26A/0047EWithdraw application29 Jun 20260426 mPlanning Permission is sought for a 1st floor extension at side and re
F26A/0304EGrant permission & grant retention11 Jun 20260218 mRetention permission and permission for alterations to a residential d

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
502175Planning Appealopen28 Sept 202680 m
323581Planning AppealGranted with conditions24 Jul 2026499 m
500428Planning AppealRefused1 Apr 2026174 m
323625Planning AppealGranted with conditions2 Jan 2026235 m
319423Planning AppealRefused25 Jun 2025382 m
322573Leave to Appeal S37(6)pending20 May 2025394 m
317883Planning AppealGranted with conditions14 Mar 2025499 m
316294Planning AppealGranted with conditions9 Aug 2024130 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

  • 17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 8 Oct 2026, 23:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.