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Observation pack · Fingal County Council

1 Riverwood Lawn, Dublin 15, D15 C8C9

The development consists of a first-floor side extension with gable wall and tiled roof over the existing ground floor side extension, new windows front & rear, glazed front porch extension, roof…

Observations close 30 Nov 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
FW26A/0409E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Status
Registration
Site area
335 m²
Received
24 Oct 2026

The council’s feed cuts this description short. The full text 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/0409E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0409E 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 30 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
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Fingal County Council development plan zoning—11 Sept 2026, 15:18open

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedDistanceDescription
FW26A/0017EGrant time ext (3 months) ai27 Aug 202685 mThe Electricity Supply Board (ESB) intends to apply for permission for
FW26A/0238ERefuse permission30 Jul 2026209 mAttic conversion for storage purposes incorporating a full raised side
FW26A/0239Grant permission for retention30 Jul 2026470 mThe development consist of a garage converted to a study.
FW26A/0300EInvalid application27 Jul 2026107 mCian and Sheila Hanley intend to apply for Planning Permission for dev
FW26A/0227EGrant permission27 Jul 2026119 mConversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist
FW26A/0189EGrant permission2 Jul 2026217 mNew ground floor extension to rear, New Partial 1st floor extension to
FW26A/0158EGrant permission5 Jun 2026104 mPlanning Permission for the re-modelling of the existing roof to chang
FW26A/0145EGrant permission2 Jun 2026326 m(i) Proposed demolition of the existing single storey pitched roof, ro

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324711LA Road Dev - Applicationpending7 Oct 2026335 m
501587Planning AppealGranted with conditions28 Sept 2026104 m
501972Planning Appealpending26 Aug 2026209 m
501378Planning AppealGranted with conditions21 Aug 202670 m
501383Planning AppealRefused13 Aug 2026388 m
323465Planning AppealGranted with conditions26 Nov 2025295 m
322609Planning AppealGranted with conditions22 Sept 2025188 m
314232Railway Order ApplicationOther18 Jul 2024278 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 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 30 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:15. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.