Planning application · Fingal County Council

Construction of 27 no. own-door dwellings at Somerville House, Thormanby Road

Somerville House, Thormanby Road, Howth, Co. Dublin, D13 Y773

F25A/1114E · FingalGrantedGranted on appeal

up to 2 storeys · 0.922 ha · Granted on appeal, June 2026 · permission to Jun 2031 (estimate)

Planning application F25A/1114E to Fingal County Council: Construction of 27 no. own-door dwellings comprising a mixture of 10 no. apartments not exceeding two storeys, at Somerville House, Thormanby Road, Howth. Granted by the council on 3 February 2026; granted on appeal by An Coimisiún Pleanála on 23 June 2026. The permission normally runs to June 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).

Timeline

1 Dec 2025Application lodged
3 Feb 2026Council granted
25 Feb 2026Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála
23 Jun 2026Granted on appeal
23 Jun 2031Permission 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/1114E

Planning authority

Fingal County Council

Received

1 Dec 2025

Decided

3 Feb 2026

Status

Granted

Application type

Residential

Use

Residential

Dwellings (estimated)

27

Read from the description, not stated on the register.

Site area

0.922 ha

Appeal

PL-500864-DF-26 · Granted on appeal

Homes and mix

Houses	17
Apartments and duplexes	10
1-bed	6
2-bed	4
3-bed	9
4-bed	8
Total homes	27

Public open space

Read from the description, not stated on the register. Shown only where the parts add up to the total.

Proposed development

Construction of 27 no. own-door dwellings comprising a mixture of 10 no. apartments (4 no. 2-beds and 6 no. 1-beds) not exceeding two storeys and 17 no. houses (9 no. 3-beds and 8 no. 4-beds) ranging from two to two-and-a-half storeys, provision of new vehicular entrance via Thormanby Road, internal access road, 32 no. vehicular parking spaces and 5 no. motorcycle parking spaces, refurbishment of existing dwelling, reuse of existing entrance as pedestrian access, and all ancillary site and infrastructural works including landscaped public open space (997 m2)

Planning status

Permission was granted on appeal by An Coimisiún Pleanála on 23 Jun 2026. That decision is final, subject only to a High Court judicial review. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Jun 2031 (estimate).

Appeal PL-500864-DF-26 on the An Coimisiún Pleanála website ↗

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