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Observation pack · Fingal County Council

19 Mount Symon Crescent, Clonsilla, Dublin 15, D15 WK8P

The development will consist of widening the existing vehicular entrance at the front of the property to 4m wide, altering the existing main roof from a hip to a gable, with two proposed new windows o

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 4 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
FW26A/0363E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Type
—
Status
Registration
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
208 m²
Received
24 Sept 2026
We first saw it
16 Oct 2026, 00:05
Decision due
—
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/0363E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0363E 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 29 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
RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.Fingal County Council development plan—
RD - Road: N/AFingal County Council development plan—
R2
Existing residential
RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenitythe 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.

Source: Fingal County Council development plan zoning · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Fingal County Council development plan zoning—11 Sept 2026, 15:18open

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/0263EGrant permission20 Aug 20260164 mThe development will consist of changing the existing hipped roof to a
FW26A/0075EGrant permission13 Aug 20260429 mThe proposed development will consist of: Construction of a two storey
FW26A/0244EGrant permission4 Aug 202600 mThe development will consist of widening the existing vehicular entran
FW26A/0232EGrant permission30 Jul 2026041 mThe development will consist of single storey extension to rear, alter
FW25A/0488EGrant permission13 Jul 2026042 mPermission is sought to demolish existing front two storey bay window
FW26A/0209ERefuse permission for retention9 Jul 20260407 mRetention of the single storey timber structure to rear garden, comp
FW26A/0194Grant permission2 Jul 20260222 mThe development will consist of a proposed new flat roof dormer to the
FW26A/0191EGrant permission2 Jul 20260191 mPlanning Permission for an attic conversion to include a dormer window

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501843Planning AppealRefused2 Oct 2026407 m
501944Planning Appealopen24 Aug 2026429 m
501945Planning Appealpending24 Aug 2026429 m
500720Planning AppealRefused12 May 2026489 m
320833Licences S89/S254(6)(A)Refused30 Jan 202638 m
322357Planning AppealInvalid24 Apr 2025489 m
317367Planning AppealGranted with conditions17 Oct 2023338 m
316646Draft Map AppealOther14 Jun 2023395 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

  • 24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 16 Oct 2026, 00:05. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.