Observation pack · Fingal County Council

9 Saddler's Place,, Lusk,, Co Dublin,, K45 YX25

The development will consist of the reconfiguration of the garage roof to provide an additional utility room & bedroom in the current garage. The roof will be increased in height with 2no rooflights…

Observations close 1 Dec 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: F26A/0954E · full record
Authority: Fingal County Council
Status: Registration
Site area: 228 m²
Received: 27 Oct 2026

The council’s feed cuts this description short. The full text and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/?ref=F26A/0954E.
Write your observation.Quote F26A/0954E 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.
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.
Submit before 1 Dec 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.
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

Code	Objective	Plan	In 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
R2 Existing residential	RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity	the fingal development plan 2023 2029	5 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Fingal County Council development plan zoning	—	11 Sept 2026, 15:18	open

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

Architectural Conservation Area × 1
Lusk ACA
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R171731

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
F26A/0637E	Grant permission	7 Sept 2026	247 m	Planning permission for attic conversion as non habitable storage spac
F26A/0634E	Grant permission & grant retention	3 Sept 2026	127 m	Planning Permission for attic conversion with dormers x 2 to rear to a
F26A/0510E	Refuse permission	7 Aug 2026	255 m	Permission is sought for (i) removal of existing bungalow roof, (ii) d
F26A/0461E	Grant permission	23 Jul 2026	136 m	A) change of use from Credit Union to Day Centre for persons with an i
F26A/0253E	Refuse permission & refuse retention	20 May 2026	348 m	Single-storey flat roof extension to the rear linking the existing gar
F26A/0053E	Refuse permission	23 Mar 2026	358 m	The development will consist of alterations to the previously permitte
F25A/1177E	Grant permission	18 Mar 2026	287 m	Proposed 28sq.m. Single Storey Extension to the side of the existing d
F25A/1197E	Grant permission	19 Feb 2026	298 m	The proposed development will consist of the conversion of existing ga

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501518	Planning Appeal	Refused	3 Sept 2026	348 m
501126	Planning Appeal	Refused	30 Jul 2026	358 m
500793	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	16 Jun 2026	320 m
500465	Planning Appeal	Invalid	15 Dec 2025	358 m
323532	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	9 Dec 2025	348 m
323160	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Nov 2025	315 m
323076	Planning Appeal	open	18 Jul 2025	315 m
320486	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	16 Jul 2025	272 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

27 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 1 Dec 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:15. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.