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Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Newtown , Passage East , Co. Waterford

Is being sought to install wastewater treatment system and percolation bed to serve the existing dwelling house

Observations close 7 Dec 2026 22 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Jan 2027

The application

Reference
26115 · full record
Authority
Waterford City and County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Site area
1,158 m²
Received
2 Nov 2026
Decision due
5 Jan 2027

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/26115/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26115 at 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 7 Dec 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.
  5. 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560806Conditional19 Mar 202614 mfor the construction of a 145.3sqm, two storey, flat roof extension at existing ground floor level and proposed lower level to the rear of the existing dwelling house. Permission is also sought for all associated site works.
22841Conditional11 Aug 2023173 ma double-storey side extension to the side of the existing house, a single-storey extension and porch to the front of the existing house and internal alterations
2386Conditional3 May 2023173 mRetention of the conversion of a garage to a non-habitable garden room with home office on the first floor
211131Refused8 Feb 2022131 mPlanning Permission for a single storey (with attic accommodation) fully serviced detached dwelling together with all associated site works to include new vehicular access/driveway, landscaping, boundary treatments, foul water treatment system and all other associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application
21959Refused7 Dec 20211352 mfor a two storey dwelling house with wastewater treatment and associated site works at

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
312953Refused12 Jun 202331 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

  • 2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
  • 2 Nov 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.