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Rush Golf Club, Golf Road, Rush, Co. Dublin, K56 YY76

Permission for the removal of an existing storage container, low wall, and swing nets, and the construction of one new detached shed containing machinery storage and a swing room, soakaway, and all as

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 6 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
F26A/0858E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
—
Status
Registration
Applicant
Rush Golf Club
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
1,349 m²
Received
21 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/0858E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0858E 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 27 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
OS - Open Space: Provide recreational and amenity resources for urban and rural populations subject to strict development controls. Only community facilities and other recreational uses will be considered and encouraged by the Planning Authority.Fingal County Council development plan—
G4
Open space
OS - Open Space: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenitiesthe 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 × 2
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · 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/0531EGrant permission12 Aug 20260388 mThe proposed development will comprise: (i) demolition of existing si
F26A/0650EInvalid application21 Jul 20260419 mRetention Permission in respect of the works carried out to existing d
F26A/0227EGrant permission8 Jul 20260441 mThe demolition of an existing garage, and the construction of one new
F26A/0230ERefuse permission15 May 20260321 mPermission for the construction of one new detached dwelling, amendmen
F26A/0079EGrant permission6 May 20260482 mThe renovation and two storey front extension to an existing derelict
F25A/1168ERefuse permission19 Feb 20260441 mThe demolition of an existing garage, and the construction of one new
F25A/0312ERefuse permission for retention19 Jan 20260498 mThe development consists of the two-storey, detached, as-built house,
F25A/0164EGrant permission17 Sept 20250431 mConstruction of a proposed new, four bedroom dormer bungalow located t

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
323219Final Map AppealOther30 Oct 2025485 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

  • 21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 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.