Observation pack · Fingal County Council

Cross Block, The Lower Yard, Sport Ireland, National Sports Campus, Sn

the amendment to the previously permitted development (Planning ref:

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: FW26A/0334E · 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: 1,884 m²
Received: 28 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due: 22 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/0334E.
Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0334E 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 2 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.
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
	OS - Open Space: Provide recreational and amenity resources for urban and rural populations subject to strict development controls. Only community facilities and other recreational uses will be considered and encouraged by the Planning Authority.	FINGAL_DP_OWN	— → —
S6 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	NSC - National Sports Campus: Provide for and facilitate the development of a National Sports Campus	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/0285E	Grant permission	7 Sept 2026	42 m	The development will consist of: the amendment to the previously perm
FW25A/0173E	Grant permission & grant retention	2 Oct 2025	6 m	Permission and Retention Permission for proposed development consistin
FW24A/0275E	Grant permission	21 Aug 2024	402 m	Conversion of Roof Space to Storage Space to include 3 no. Rooflights
FW24A/0267	Invalid application	1 Jul 2024	403 m	Planning permission is sought for the conversion of roof space to stor
FW23A/0051	Grant permission & grant retention	27 Apr 2023	196 m	For permission/retention permission
FW22B/0108	Grant permission	8 Dec 2022	433 m	Conversion of roof space to storage with 4 no. rooflights to front and
FW22A/0159	Grant permission for retention	15 Sept 2022	10 m	The development will consist of the retention and extension of the dur
FW22B/0062	Grant permission for retention	23 Jun 2022	464 m	Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312131	Private Development - Application	Granted with conditions	9 Jul 2025	34 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

28 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 2 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.