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Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Palmer Road, Rush, Co.Dublin

The construction of 1no. four bedroom two storey detached dwelling along with new boundary treatments associated landscaping, dishing of existing kerb to accommodate new vehicular access and all…

Observations close 8 Dec 2026 24 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
F26A/0972E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Status
Registration
Site area
219 m²
Received
3 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

  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/0972E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote F26A/0972E 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 8 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.
  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
RD - Road: N/AFingal 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 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
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Fingal County Council development plan zoning—11 Sept 2026, 15:18open

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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedDistanceDescription
F25A/0847ERefuse permission8 Jul 2026102 mThe development will consist of: (i) Construction of a residential dev
F26A/0392EGrant permission8 Jul 202628 mThe development will consist of an attic conversion including a change
F26A/0122EGrant permission24 Jun 2026137 mConstruction of new two storey extension to rear, the conversion of ex
F26A/0337ERefuse outline permission18 Jun 2026432 mthe demolition of an existing chalet, the construction of a replacemen
F26A/0101EInvalid application18 Feb 2026137 mPlanning permission is sought for: 1/ Construction of new two storey e
LRD0072/S3ERefuse permission15 Dec 2025396 mWe, Marese Limited, intend to apply for permission for Large-scale Res
F25A/0706ERefuse permission25 Sept 2025246 mThe development will consist of (a) the construction of a 249 sqm two
F25A/0466EGrant permission16 Jul 2025199 mPlanning permission for the conversion of the existing attic roof spac

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501818Planning Appealpending4 Aug 2026102 m
324034Appeal - LRDGranted with conditions22 Apr 2026396 m
323178Planning AppealGranted with conditions10 Feb 202613 m
318987Planning AppealGranted with conditions24 Nov 2025248 m
320701Planning AppealOther11 Apr 2025477 m
320894Planning AppealOther10 Mar 2025188 m
318694Planning AppealRefused22 Oct 2024433 m
318463Planning AppealGranted with conditions8 Oct 2024465 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

  • 3 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 8 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.