Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Unit 1, Castleknock Village Shopping Centre, Castleknock, Dublin 15, D

The development will consist of a 5-year temporary planning permission

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: FW26A/0322E · full record
Authority: Fingal County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Referral
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 51 m²
Received: 17 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due: 9 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/0322E.
Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0322E 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 21 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
	TC - Town and District Centre: Maintain and build on the accessibility, vitality and viability of the existing Urban Centres in the County. Develop and consolidate these Centres with an appropriate mix of commercial, recreational, cultural, leisure and residential uses, and to enhance and develop the urban fabric of these Centres in accordance with the principles of urban design, conservation and sustainable development. Retail provision will be in accordance with the County Retail Strategy, enhance and develop the existing urban fabric, emphasise urban conservation, and ensure priority for public transport, pedestrians and cyclists while minimising the impact of private car based traffic. In order to deliver this vision and to provide a framework for sustainable development, Urban Centre Strategies will be prepared for centres in accordance with the Urban Fingal Chapter objectives.	FINGAL_DP_OWN	— → —
	RD - Road: N/A	FINGAL_DP_OWN	— → —
M2 Major town centre	TC - Town and District Centre: Protect and enhance the special physical and social character of town and district centres and provide and/ or improve urban facilities	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 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 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

Architectural Conservation Area × 1
Castleknock ACA
NIAH-recorded building × 3
Ennis House · Elm Cottage · water pump
Radon risk area × 4
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Record of Protected Structures × 1
St. Brigid's Well
Recorded monument × 2
Ritual site - holy well · R149656

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
FW26A/0266E	Grant permission	20 Aug 2026	165 m	Planning Permission for the demolition of the existing single-storey i
FW26A/0307E	Withdraw application	6 Aug 2026	348 m	Alteration/extension of the existing two storey detached house at 4 Du
FW26A/0090E	Grant permission	6 Aug 2026	97 m	Planning Permission for 3 no. 3-bed apartments and 1 no. 2-bed apartme
FW26A/0211E	Grant permission	16 Jul 2026	487 m	The proposed development will consist: (a) first floor extension to th
FW26A/0185E	Grant permission	22 Jun 2026	193 m	Planning permission for attic conversion with roof windows to side roo
FW26A/0237E	Invalid application	18 Jun 2026	165 m	Planning Permission for the demolition of the existing single-storey i
FW26A/0108E	Grant permission	7 May 2026	38 m	A 3 year Temporary Planning Permission for the installation of an outd
FW26A/0099E	Grant permission	30 Apr 2026	166 m	planning permission for the extension and alteration of our house at n

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501962	Planning Appeal	open	25 Aug 2026	97 m
501860	Planning Appeal	pending	10 Aug 2026	487 m
501477	Planning Appeal	pending	3 Jun 2026	38 m
500432	Planning Appeal	Granted	19 May 2026	50 m
323488	Planning Appeal	Refused	6 Jan 2026	96 m
323415	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	9 Dec 2025	375 m
323021	Planning Appeal	open	14 Jul 2025	219 m
319193	Planning Appeal	Granted with conditions	17 Oct 2024	112 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

17 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 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.