Planning Register
Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Cherryhound-Tyrrelstown M2/M3 link road and west of the N2 interchange

The development will consist of revisions to the previously permitted

Observations close 25 Sept 2026 13 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 15 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
FW26A/0329E · 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
3.60 ha
Received
21 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 15:18
Decision due
15 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/0329E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0329E 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 25 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
GE - General Employment: Facilitate opportunities for compatible industry and general employment uses, logistics and warehousing activity in a good quality physical environment. General Employment areas should be highly accessible, well designed, permeable and legible.FINGAL_DP_OWN
RD - Road: N/AFINGAL_DP_OWN
C2.1
Economic development and employment
GE - General Employment: Provide opportunities for general enterprise and employmentFl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-20295 Apr 20235 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_OWN11 Sept 2026, 15:18
FINGAL FINGAL_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026, 15:18
FINGAL Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-202911 Sept 2026, 15:17open

Designations on or near the site

  • Radon risk area × 3
    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 · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
FW25A/0513EGrant permission10 Mar 20260456 mThe development will consist of revisions to the campus management/com
FW25A/0494EGrant permission23 Jan 20260391 mThe development will consist of revisions to the previously permitted
FW25A/0298EGrant permission8 Sept 202500 mThe development will consist of: revisions to the previously permitted
FW25A/0261EGrant permission8 Aug 202500 mIPUT plc intends to apply for permission for development at a site nor
FW25A/0062EGrant permission17 Apr 20250135 mThe proposed development will consist of the installation of 1 no. tem
FW24A/0539EGrant permission13 Mar 20250230 mThe development will consist of an extension to the existing facility
FW23A/0191Grant permission10 Jan 20240212 mThe development will consist of: the provision of 12 no. logistics/war
FW22A/0167Grant permission14 Feb 202300 mThe development will consist of: the provision of c. 72,753sq.m of log

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
319422Electricity Development ApplicationGranted with conditions5 Feb 2025494 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

  • 21 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 25 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.