Observation pack · Fingal County Council

7 Bellgree Lawn, Dublin 15, D15 P9E5

Retention permission for single storey extension to rear.

Observations close 18 Sept 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: FW26A/0320E · full record
Authority: Fingal County Council
Type: Retention
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 149 m²
Received: 14 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due: 8 Oct 2026
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/?ref=FW26A/0320E.
Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0320E 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 18 Sept 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_DP_OWN	— → —
R2 Existing residential	RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity	Fl-001:DP: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.

Sources: FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN, FINGAL Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN	—	11 Sept 2026, 15:18	—
FINGAL Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029	—	11 Sept 2026, 15:17	open

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
FW26A/0255E	Grant permission for retention	17 Aug 2026	196 m	Retention for single storey extension to side and rear and shed to rea
FW26A/0310E	Invalid application	6 Aug 2026	0 m	Retention permission for single storey extension to rear in a Strategi
FW26A/0240E	Refuse permission	30 Jul 2026	97 m	Planning permission for the installation of 3 no. protective removable
FW26A/0214E	Refuse permission for retention	16 Jul 2026	490 m	Retention of alterations to front elevation associated with previousl
FW26A/0207E	Invalid application	26 May 2026	489 m	Retention of alterations to front elevation associated with previousl
FW26A/0105E	Refuse permission for retention	5 May 2026	486 m	Retention permission for a detached single-storey garden office / gym
FW26A/0174E	Invalid application	1 May 2026	457 m	Permission for change of use of an existing single-storey detached gar
FW26A/0083E	Grant permission	28 Apr 2026	289 m	Planning Permission to build a single storey rear extension with flat

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501324	Planning Appeal	Refused	21 Aug 2026	181 m
501417	Planning Appeal	Refused	19 Aug 2026	486 m
500086	Planning Appeal	Refused	10 Feb 2026	490 m
324065	Building Control - Fire Safety Certificate	pending	6 Feb 2026	109 m
318180	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	19 Dec 2025	467 m
322199	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	14 Jul 2025	399 m
322271	Planning Appeal	Refused	10 Jul 2025	222 m
321845	Planning Appeal	Refused	21 May 2025	284 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

14 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 18 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.