Planning Register
Observation pack · Fingal County Council

63, Riverwood Court, Dublin 15, D15 K0ED

The development will consist of an attic conversion including a change

Observations close 24 Sept 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
FW26A/0327E · 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
333 m²
Received
20 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
14 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/?ref=FW26A/0327E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0327E 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 24 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.
  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_DP_OWN— → —
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 amenityFl-001:DP:the-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.

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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
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, 15:17open

Designations on or near the site

  • 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
FW26A/0238ERefuse permission30 Jul 20260387 mAttic conversion for storage purposes incorporating a full raised side
FW26A/0300EInvalid application27 Jul 20260274 mCian and Sheila Hanley intend to apply for Planning Permission for dev
FW26A/0227EGrant permission27 Jul 2026085 mConversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist
FW26A/0189EGrant permission2 Jul 202606 mNew ground floor extension to rear, New Partial 1st floor extension to
FW26A/0158EGrant permission5 Jun 20260310 mPlanning Permission for the re-modelling of the existing roof to chang
FW26A/0151EGrant permission2 Jun 20260306 mAn attic conversion to non-habitable area, which incorporates the gabl
FW26A/0145EGrant permission2 Jun 20260495 m(i) Proposed demolition of the existing single storey pitched roof, ro
FW26A/0140EGrant permission26 May 2026065 mThe proposed development will consist of : A two-storey two bedroom ex

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501972Planning Appealopen26 Aug 2026387 m
501378Planning AppealGranted with conditions21 Aug 2026253 m
324182Appeal - LRDOther22 Jun 2026344 m
501587Planning Appealopen19 Jun 2026310 m
323465Planning AppealGranted with conditions26 Nov 2025213 m
322609Planning AppealGranted with conditions22 Sept 2025196 m
320383Final Map AppealOther1 Oct 2024389 m
314232Railway Order ApplicationOther18 Jul 2024131 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

  • 20 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 24 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.