Privacy Policy

Who we are

This privacy policy applies to Armstrong Planning Ltd, a planning and development consultancy registered in Ireland at 12 Clarinda Park North, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 V6F9. For any privacy matter, contact us at info@armstrongplanning.ie.

What we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

• Contact details – name, email, phone and address you provide via our contact form, by email, or during a project engagement.
• Project information – information about a site, application, objection, or appeal that you share with us so we can advise.
• Correspondence – emails and call notes where we discuss your project.
• Website analytics – anonymised usage data (pages viewed, referrer, approximate region, device) for site performance measurement. We do not use cookies that identify individual visitors.

Why we collect it

• To provide the planning and design services you engage us for (legal basis: performance of a contract).
• To respond to enquiries received via our contact form or email (legal basis: legitimate interest).
• To meet our professional, tax and regulatory obligations (legal basis: legal obligation).
• To improve the website's performance and content (legal basis: legitimate interest).

Who we share it with

We share personal data only where necessary to deliver our services or meet our obligations:

• Planning authorities, An Coimisiún Pleanála, and other regulatory bodies where required to progress your application or appeal.
• Design team collaborators (architects, engineers, specialists) where your project requires it.
• Professional service providers supporting our operations (hosting, email, accounting) under data-protection agreements.

We do not sell personal data. We do not share data with advertisers.

How long we keep it

Client and project records are retained for a minimum of seven years after the end of the engagement, to meet professional, tax and regulatory requirements. Contact-form submissions not leading to an engagement are retained for up to twelve months. Website analytics are retained in aggregate, non-identifying form only.

Your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you;
• Request correction of inaccurate data;
• Request deletion, subject to any legal retention obligations;
• Object to processing based on legitimate interest;
• Request restriction of processing;
• Request data portability.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@armstrongplanning.ie. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.

Cookies

This website uses minimal, privacy-respecting analytics that do not set identifying cookies and do not track visitors across other websites. No advertising or social-media tracking cookies are set.

Changes to this policy

We review this policy periodically. The "last updated" date at the top of the page reflects when it was most recently revised.