Observation pack · Fingal County Council

39 Dal Riada, Portmarnock, Dublin 13

Planning Permission is sought for single storey extension to rear, alterations to existing roof to construct new flat roof, new high rise window on kitchen side wall, internal alterations and all…

Observations close 7 Dec 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: F26A/0968E · full record
Authority: Fingal County Council
Status: Registration
Site area: 431 m²
Received: 2 Nov 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/0968E.
Write your observation.Quote F26A/0968E 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 7 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
	RD - Road: N/A	Fingal 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 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

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 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
F26A/0581E	Grant permission	26 Aug 2026	298 m	The development will consist of the construction of a dormer window in
F25A/1037E	Refuse permission for retention	16 Jul 2026	435 m	Retention Planning Permission is sought by Paul Norton and Rachael Bre
F26A/0566E	Invalid application	1 Jul 2026	298 m	The development will consist of the construction of a dormer window in
F26A/0298E	Grant permission	8 Jun 2026	364 m	Planning permission for non habitable attic conversion with dormer to
F26A/0281E	Grant permission	4 Jun 2026	364 m	The development consists of the refurbishment and extension of an exis
F26A/0050E	Refuse permission	16 Mar 2026	48 m	The development will consist of an amendment to the granted planning p
F26A/0018E	Grant permission	9 Mar 2026	184 m	Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and do
F25A/1079	Invalid application	22 Jan 2026	485 m	Permission for the reconfiguration of existing house to provide 3 bedr

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314044	Referral	Other	20 Dec 2023	467 m
318536	Planning Appeal	Invalid	27 Nov 2023	435 m
314098	Referral	Other	23 Nov 2023	413 m
312107	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	10 Aug 2022	296 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

2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 9 Nov 2026, 23:31. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.