RefusedDecided 03 February 2026Fingal County Council

F25A/1114E: Full Planning Permission for: (i) 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 in height and 17 no. houses (9 no. 3-beds and 8 no. 4-beds) ranging from two to two-and-a-half storeys in height. (ii) Provision of a new vehicular entrance via Thormanby Road, internal access road, 32 no. vehicular parking spaces (inclusive of accessible/visitor spaces) and 5 no. motorcycle parking spaces; (iii) Provision of a new site boundary arrangement and refurbishment of the existing detached two-storey five-bedroom dwelling (Somerville House), which is to be retained within the overall site. (iv) Reuse of the existing vehicular entrance from Thormanby Road as a pedestrian access route to provide permeability and improved public access to the Howth SAAO area and Howth Cliff walks. (v) All ancillary site and infrastructural works, inclusive of landscaped public open space (997 m2), tree removal/planting, general landscaping, boundary treatments, provision of new pedestrian/public access to cliff walk via eastern site boundary, bicycle parking stores, bin stores, ESB substation, foul/surface water drainage, SuDS and attenuation areas necessary to facilitate the proposed development.

Somerville House, Thormanby Road, Howth, Co. Dublin, D13 Y773
DecisionRefuse permission
Decided03 February 2026
Application typePermission
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