Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Lusk Athletic Club, Kilhedge Lane, Lusk, Co. Dublin

Planning permission is sought for: Demolition of existing shed, and construction of a 683m2 indoor training facility comprising 1/ equipment storage and training area. 2/ toilet provision…

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: F26A/0956E · full record
Authority: Fingal County Council
Status: Registration
Applicant: Lusk Athletics Club
Site area: 4,053 m²
Received: 28 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/0956E.
Write your observation.Quote F26A/0956E 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 2 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
	RU - Rural: Protect and promote the value of the rural area of the County. This rural value is based on: Agricultural and rural economic resources Visual remoteness from significant and distinctive urban influences *A high level of natural features Agriculture and rural related resources will be employed for the benefit of the local and wider population. Building upon the rural value will require a balanced approach involving the protection and promotion of rural biodiversity, promotion of the integrity of the landscape, and enhancement of the built and cultural heritage.	Fingal County Council development plan
P1 Rural	RU - Rural: Protect and promote in a balanced way, the development of agriculture and rural related enterprise, biodiversity, the rural landscape, and the built and cultural heritage	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

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
F25A/1131E	Refuse permission & refuse retention	29 Jan 2026	430 m	I, Mark Ennis, intend to apply for retention permission and planning p
F25A/0611E	Refuse permission & refuse retention	1 Sept 2025	430 m	I, Mark Ennis, intend to apply for retention permission and planning p
F24A/0112	Grant permission for retention	2 Oct 2024	424 m	The development will consist of:
F24A/0383	Grant outline permission	18 Jun 2024	136 m	Development will consist of
F23A/0669	Grant permission	27 May 2024	364 m	The proposed development will consist of the development of a 2 storey
F23A/0668	Grant permission	9 Jan 2024	430 m	The proposed development will consist of modifications to the existing
F23A/0422	Grant permission for retention	13 Dec 2023	434 m	Retention planning permission for the following:
F22A/0398	Refuse permission	4 Apr 2023	335 m	The development of a 2 storey, 4-bedroom detached dwelling, new vehicu

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318885	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	22 Jul 2024	434 m
319866	Marine Development - Application	pending	7 Jun 2024	495 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

28 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 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.