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Brady's Volvo Cars North Dublin, Old Navan Road, Castleknock, D15V440

ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING MOTOR SHOWROOM AND SERVICE WORK

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 21 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 23 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
FW26A/0339E · 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
6,627 m²
Received
1 Sept 2026
We first saw it
15 Sept 2026, 20:40
Decision due
23 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/0339E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0339E 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 6 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/0281EGrant permission31 Aug 20260232 mPlanning Permission is sought for: Construction of single storey dini
FW26A/0017EGrant time ext (3 months) ai27 Aug 202600 mThe Electricity Supply Board (ESB) intends to apply for permission for
FW26A/0231EGrant permission30 Jul 20260478 mWidening of front vehicular access, single storey flat roof front ext
FW26A/0235EGrant permission28 Jul 20260266 mThe development will consist of: Construction of a dormer extension t
FW26A/0175EGrant permission & grant retention18 Jun 20260304 mThe development will consist of: Permission sought for new ground floo
FW26A/0166ERefuse permission for retention11 Jun 20260304 mThe development will consist of: (A) Retention permission for existing
FW26A/0134EGrant permission & grant retention26 May 20260275 mPlanning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof to bot
FW26A/0165EInvalid application28 Apr 20260120 mamend a previously permitted development Reg. Ref. FW25A/0307E (incorp

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
320258Strategic Housing Development - ApplicationRefused5 Feb 2026492 m
323548Planning Appealopen3 Sept 2025292 m
321609Planning AppealRefused26 May 2025463 m
321369Planning AppealRefused15 Apr 2025492 m
314232Railway Order ApplicationOther18 Jul 202497 m
313892LA Road Dev - ApplicationGranted with conditions21 Jun 202425 m
308750Planning AppealRefused7 Jun 2022305 m
311538Planning AppealRefused25 Jan 2022309 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

  • 1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 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.