Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council
Lower Main Street , Dungarvan
a Section 254 License of current outside seating area
Observations close 13 Nov 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26107 · full record
- Authority
- Waterford City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 16 m²
- Received
- 9 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 3 Dec 2026
- Decision
- N/a
The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/26107/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
26107at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Waterford City and County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 13 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Waterford City and County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.
What the site is zoned
No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 28The Priory · school · house
- Recorded monument × 14R131279 · Historic town · Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660675 | Conditional | 22 Oct 2026 | 0 | 33 m | of 3 # Guestrooms at Level 1 operating as part of the Tannery Guesthouse accommodation and Boiler Room at Level G. PERMISSION for Change of use of the Cookery School and ancillary Accommodation from Educational use as Granted under PL Ref 05 / 10034 to Restaurant and Education use, Change of use from Office at Level 1 to Guestroom to operate as part of the Tannery Guesthouse Accommodation. There are no changes to the external of the building as a result of these proposals. This building is a Protected Structure – NIAH Record # 22821139 / DV 740009. |
| 2681 | Conditional | 1 Oct 2026 | 1 | 423 m | is sought for 1) change of use of school to residence including additions and alterations to fenestration and internal layout and 2) to construct single-storey dwelling extensions to rear and side of existing building, widen parking area, construct shed and ancillary works |
| 2560575 | Conditional | 8 Sept 2026 | 0 | 339 m | demolition of the existing buildings with full site clearance and the construction of a 6-storey mixed use development including a commercial unit to the ground and first floors and apartments to ground and upper floors. The ground floor will comprise a commercial unit, 3 No. apartments, plant area, bicycle storage, bin storage, service area and lobby areas. The first to fifth floor will comprise a commercial unit, 34 No. apartments and ancillary circulation/storage/ service and lobby areas. A communal roof garden is also proposed to fourth floor with hard and soft landscaping. Also signage, lighting, connection to public water & wastewater system and all ancillary and associated site development works |
| 2560757 | Conditional | 25 Aug 2026 | 0 | 450 m | for existing section of the cemetery for the continued use as a cemetery. PLANNING PERMISSION is also sought for a cemetery on the remainder of the site, to erect 2 Columbariums and all ancillary site works . The proposed development adjoins a protected structure. |
| 2660437 | Conditional | 6 Aug 2026 | 0 | 417 m | Change of use of Unit 32 (FG01) from restaurant (Previous Planning Permission 39/07) to office use and the amalgamation of Unit 32 (FG01) with unit 33 (FG02) and internal works including the removal of a dividing wall, new partitions to divide the double unit into Office space, meeting rooms, reception, kitchen facilities, comms room, canteen and all necessary site internal connections |
| 2660201 | Conditional | 28 Jul 2026 | 0 | 182 m | to form an external doorway opening |
| 2660354 | Refused | 15 Jul 2026 | 0 | 121 m | 1) Demolition of an existing 3 storey commercial office building, 2) Construction of a new 3 storey commercial office building including solar panels to roof, 3) And all associated site development works |
| 2660090 | Refused | 6 Jul 2026 | 0 | 107 m | the following works: Demolition of existing single storey storage structures and replacement with 1 # three storey building with the top storey being stepped back, providing a total of 2 # Residential Units. Siteworks will include hard landscaping works to the rear private open space to each unit with side access to both. New foul & surface water connections existing sewers and new mains water connections and ancillary site development and landscaping works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501231 | — | Granted with conditions | 21 Sept 2026 | 427 m |
| 501842 | — | pending | 4 Aug 2026 | 107 m |
| 323752 | — | Other | 23 Jan 2026 | 380 m |
| 321343 | — | Other | 1 Oct 2025 | 249 m |
| 320741 | — | Granted with conditions | 15 Sept 2025 | 286 m |
| 319058 | — | Refused | 22 Oct 2024 | 428 m |
| 315638 | — | Granted with conditions | 6 Jun 2024 | 133 m |
| 315743 | — | Granted with conditions | 29 May 2024 | 214 m |
If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.
What has happened on this file
- 9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
- 9 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.