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Planning application · Fingal County Council

Refurbishment, modernisation and extension of the existing buildings

Balscadden House, Balscadden Road, Howth, Co. Dublin, D13 RX59

F25A/1068E · FingalGranted

0.078 ha · Granted · permission to Jun 2031 (estimate)

Planning application F25A/1068E to Fingal County Council: Refurbishment, modernisation and extension of the existing buildings, at Balscadden House, Balscadden Road, Howth. Granted by the council on 29 June 2026. The permission normally runs to June 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received
  4. Council granted
  5. Permission normally ends (estimate)

The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
F25A/1068E
Planning authority
Fingal County Council
Received
17 Nov 2025
Decided
29 Jun 2026
Status
Granted
Application type
Extension
Use
Residential
Dwellings (estimated)
2
Read from the description, not stated on the register.
Site area
0.078 ha
Further information requested
20 Jan 2026
Further information received
6 May 2026

Proposed development

Refurbishment, modernisation and extension of the existing buildings. Works include; removal of a detached chalet and demolition of the granny flat and various ad-hoc extensions to the original house; thermal upgrades to the existing fabric, blocking up of two high-level windows facing Balscadden Road, replacing and extending the existing conservatory as a new single-storey kitchen/living space on the eastern side, replacing and extending the granny flat as an attached self-contained apartment on the western side, refurbishment and extension of the existing garage to include a workspace, and all associated site works.

Planning status

Permission was granted on 29 Jun 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Jun 2031 (estimate).

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