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12A Park Villas, Castleknock, Dublin, D15 NWK4

The development consists of a single-storey extension to the rear with associated rooflights, a first-floor dormer-style extension to the rear of the existing attic accommodation, reconstruction…

Observations close 9 Dec 2026 25 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
FW26A/0424E · full record
Authority
Fingal County Council
Status
Registration
Site area
717 m²
Received
4 Nov 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/0424E.
  2. Write your observation.Quote FW26A/0424E 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 9 Dec 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 × 2
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 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 2026397 mThe Electricity Supply Board (ESB) intends to apply for permission for
FW26A/0266EGrant permission20 Aug 2026392 mPlanning Permission for the demolition of the existing single-storey i
FW26A/0307EWithdraw application6 Aug 2026265 mAlteration/extension of the existing two storey detached house at 4 Du
FW26A/0235EGrant permission28 Jul 2026429 mThe development will consist of: Construction of a dormer extension t
FW26A/0223ERefuse permission27 Jul 2026490 mPermission is sought for: (i) Demolition of the existing two-storey de
FW26A/0211EGrant permission16 Jul 2026142 mThe proposed development will consist: (a) first floor extension to th
FW26A/0185EGrant permission22 Jun 2026366 mPlanning permission for attic conversion with roof windows to side roo
FW26A/0237EInvalid application18 Jun 2026392 mPlanning Permission for the demolition of the existing single-storey i

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501860Planning AppealGranted with conditions12 Oct 2026142 m
321917Planning AppealGranted with conditions7 Jan 2026339 m
323548Planning Appealopen3 Sept 2025441 m
321609Planning AppealRefused26 May 2025371 m
321893Planning AppealInvalid17 Feb 2025339 m
321890Planning AppealInvalid17 Feb 2025339 m
319193Planning AppealGranted with conditions17 Oct 2024400 m
316419Referral - Points of Detail in disputeOther1 Jul 2024391 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

  • 4 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 9 Dec 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 9 Nov 2026, 23:31. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Fingal County Council before relying on it.