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40 Castleknock Glade, Dublin 15, D15 HD66

Planning Permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and do

Observations close 1 Oct 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 21 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
FW26A/0333E · 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
243 m²
Received
27 Aug 2026
We first saw it
15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due
21 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/0333E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0333E 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 1 Oct 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 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 × 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
FW26A/0295EGrant permission7 Sept 2026085 mThe development will consist of an attic conversion with new stair acc
FW26A/0017EGrant time ext (3 months) ai27 Aug 20260148 mThe Electricity Supply Board (ESB) intends to apply for permission for
FW26A/0270EGrant permission21 Aug 20260220 mFor the construction of a single storey extension (20.8m2) to the rear
FW26A/0229EGrant permission30 Jul 20260424 mTo widen the existing vehicular access gate at 53 Castleknock Avenue,
FW26A/0175EGrant permission & grant retention18 Jun 20260485 mThe development will consist of: Permission sought for new ground floo
FW26A/0130EGrant permission19 May 20260211 mThe development will consist of alterations to the existing roof by ex
FW26A/0014EGrant permission10 Mar 20260410 mThe development will consist of the following: (a) new front entrance
FW25A/0518EGrant permission30 Jan 20260458 mConstruction of first floor extension to the side of existing dwelling

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
323415Planning AppealGranted with conditions9 Dec 2025408 m
323151Planning AppealGranted with conditions27 Nov 2025112 m
323481Planning AppealGranted with conditions29 Oct 2025492 m
322611Planning AppealGranted with conditions17 Sept 2025460 m
314232Railway Order ApplicationOther18 Jul 2024243 m
318560Planning AppealRefused17 Jun 2024408 m
318519Planning Appealpending24 Nov 2023408 m
314820Planning AppealGranted with conditions15 Nov 2023169 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

  • 27 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 1 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 15 Sept 2026, 20:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.