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Observation pack · Fingal County Council

111 Ard na Mara, Malahide, Co. Dublin

Planning Permission to amend previously approved permission Reg. Ref. F26A/0236. This amendment is to increase the size of the northeast facing side dormer window and all associated and ancillary site

Observations close 27 Nov 2026 24 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
F26A/0944 · 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
874 m²
Received
23 Oct 2026
We first saw it
28 Oct 2026, 23:03
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/0944.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0944 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 Nov 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 County Council development plan—
RD - Road: N/AFingal 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

  • 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/0631EGrant permission8 Sept 2026094 mPlanning Permission is sought for: 1/ Conversion of the attic to habi
F26A/0802EInvalid application7 Sept 2026054 mThe development will consist of: (A) Alterations and reduction of the
F26A/0584EGrant permission25 Aug 20260415 mSingle storey extension to the front and single storey extension to th
F26A/0720EInvalid application14 Aug 20260437 mRenovation of existing single-storey dwelling house including single-s
F26A/0621EInvalid application15 Jul 2026094 mPlanning Permission is sought for: 1/ Conversion of attic to habitabl
F26A/0409EGrant permission9 Jul 20260342 mThe development will consist of the following: (a) The construction of
F26A/0498EInvalid application15 Jun 20260415 mSingle storey extension to the front and single storey extension to th
F26A/0293EGrant permission9 Jun 20260288 m(i) demolition of existing rear extension; (ii) construction of single

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324073Licences S89/S254(6)(A)Refused6 Oct 202662 m
320164Railway Order ApplicationOther19 Aug 2025465 m
321069Planning AppealRefused24 Feb 2025395 m
319998Planning AppealGranted with conditions15 Oct 2024141 m
317192Planning AppealGranted with conditions15 Aug 2024130 m
317277Planning AppealWithdrawn30 May 2024299 m
317839Planning AppealGranted with conditions28 May 2024475 m
317137Planning AppealInvalid17 May 2023130 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

  • 23 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 27 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.