Small multi-unit · Co. Dublin

Schoolhouse Lane, Swords, Co. Dublin

Declared invalid 24 Aug 2026

Key facts

  • Planning application F26A/0738E at Schoolhouse Lane, Swords, Co. Dublin: ~14 homes.
  • It was received by Fingal County Council on 15 Aug 2026.
  • Status: Declared invalid 24 Aug 2026.

Source: the Fingal County Council planning register, checked 16 Sep 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

~14 homes

The construction of 14 no. apartments (6 no. 2-Bed units and 8 no. 1-B

Location
Swords, Co. Dublin Map
Planning reference
F26A/0738E

Numbers and dates

Homes
~14estimated from the application
Estimated construction value
€3.0m to €4.4mOur estimate from stated homes and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Project type
Small multi-unit
Received
15 Aug 2026
Declared invalid
24 Aug 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Declared invalid

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file F26A/0738E on planning.agileapplications.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

14 units are proposed in this invalid application, not a current permitted total. W34 ingestion 20 August precedes invalidity 24 August; W35 ingestion 27 August records the later status. Exact related records F24A/0582E and F25A/0156E appear in the council index but no technical equivalence or unit join is inferred.

1 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-07 · Official file index

The 14-apartment application was invalidated

Invalid application; no permission established · Exact 2026 Schoolhouse Lane application; invalidity concerns notice requirements, not a refusal on design merits.

What the evidence says
The council invalidated F26A/0738E on 24 August 2026 because the newspaper notice gave incorrect inspection-location information and omitted the required notice that the Natura impact statement was available for inspection or purchase. The 14 apartments remain the invalidated proposal, not an approved unit total.

Why it may matter — interpretation
For project tracking: a valid resubmission is needed before this reference can be treated as a live permission application; do not interpret invalidity as council rejection of the building design.

What is not established
The current catalogue exposes only the decision and executive order. Structural system, envelope materials, drainage details, revised submission, permission, procurement, commencement and completion remain unestablished. Related 2024 and 2025 records are not assumed equivalent or counted together.

Inspect the evidence

Decision in respect of an invalid application · p.1
Decision and proposal · Issued 2026-08-24 · Decision order PF/2394/26, 24 August 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

Invalid application; 14 apartments

Decision in respect of an invalid application · p.2
Reasons1and2 · Issued 2026-08-24 · Decision order PF/2394/26, 24 August 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

Article 18(1)(e); Article 239
Remaining document questions
  • Identify a valid resubmission from an explicit official record.
  • Review that submission’s actual architectural and engineering drawings.

Exact Fingal record 105521, two-document catalogue and two related-reference rows checked. All three pages of the invalidity notification visually reviewed. Drawings and technical reports are not present in the current visible catalogue; technical detail review is source-blocked. No council design-merits conclusion inferred from procedural invalidity.

How we know this

From the Fingal County Council planning register, checked 16 Sep 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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