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Observation pack · Fingal County Council

2 Ashfield Park, Huntstown, Dublin 15, D15 YC0F

The development will consist of a proposed new attic conversion to facilitate a home office and ensuite with a new fire rated stairs from first floor to attic level, new dormer flat roof to the rear o

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 25 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
FW26A/0390 · 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
182 m²
Received
9 Oct 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/0390.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0390 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 13 Nov 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 County Council development plan—
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—
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 × 2
    About 1 in 10 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
FW26A/0110Grant permission7 May 2026019 mPermission for Proposed Loft Conversion
FW25A/0246EApp. withdrawn as no c.ai recd in 6 mths5 Mar 20260350 mThe development will consist of permission for the following: Propose
FW25A/0402EGrant permission11 Nov 20250229 mPlanning permission is sough for construction of a single-storey flat-
FW25A/0260EInvalid application due to site notice26 Jun 20250384 mPlanning permission: To construct domestic dwelling house, and connect
FW25A/0175EGrant permission17 Jun 20250321 mPlanning permission is sought for new attic conversion for sensory roo
FW25A/0039Grant permission11 Jun 20250264 mPlanning Permission is sought for: 1. To demolish existing garden wall
FW25A/0112EInvalid application25 Mar 20250321 mPlanning permission is sought for new attic conversion for sensory roo
FW25A/0020EGrant permission18 Mar 20250351 mPlanning Permission is sought by Aldi Stores (Ireland) Limited for ame

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
500412Planning AppealGranted with conditions23 Mar 2026229 m
322186Licences S89/S254(6)(A)Refused17 Feb 2026450 m
315450Planning AppealRefused13 Nov 2024298 m
315425Planning AppealRefused13 Nov 2024298 m
319451Planning AppealGranted with conditions14 Oct 2024447 m
318658Planning Appealpending8 Dec 2023447 m
318556Planning AppealInvalid28 Nov 2023447 m
314825Licences S89/S254(6)(A)Refused17 Nov 2023343 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

  • 9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 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.