Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Munster Timber Structures Lockheed Avenue , Airport Business Park Ballygarran , Waterford

an expansion of their existing timber frame manufacturing plant, comprising of 2 No. single-storey independent units together with associated site development works

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660662 · 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: 8,340 m²
Received: 31 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 25 Oct 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/2660662/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660662 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.
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 5 Oct 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
C7 Rural business	CD: Provide for light industry, general enterprise, business development, office, research and development and high technology/ high technology manufacturing type employment in a high quality built and landscaped environment.	WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: WATERFORD WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
WATERFORD WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660395	Refused	24 Jul 2026	211 m	for 12 no. storage containers, boundary fencing and hard standing surface, landscaping together with all associated site works
2660248	Conditional	4 Jun 2026	0 m	4 No. single-storey extensions to side and rear of existing factory and for a yard area associated with the factory use, together with associated site development works
2460635	Conditional	25 Apr 2025	137 m	for Construction of an extension to the northeast of the existing unit with roller shutter access door to the southwestern elevation and 2 no. rooflights, to provide new workshop / warehouse space .Alterations to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: 22274 comprising an increase in the mezzanine floor area and internal alterations at ground floor level, to provide for additional ancillary office space and revised showroom area. The total gross floor area of showroom space resulting from the proposed alterations will be 125 sq. m and all associated and ancillary works.The total area of the unit (including the proposed extension and additional mezzanine floor area) will be 574 sq.m.
2460138	Conditional	10 Jun 2024	281 m	to deconstruct 2 no. temporary sheds, create a secure compound within the existing site, to erect a 2m high security fence with gates, to erect a HGV trailer storage shed within the compound along with all associated site development works
2360128	Conditional	25 Aug 2023	435 m	an amendment to 2 No. previously permitted warehouses (WCCC Reg. Ref. 20/963). The amendments consist of an amalgamation of 2 No. warehouse structures (warehouses 16 and 17) resulting in an overall increase in GFA and change of use from maturation warehouses to a bottling hall including provision for a racked warehouse. The proposed development will also include the construction of a 2 storey office adjoining the amalgamated structure, the provision of external plant and all associated elevational alterations. The proposed development will be classified as a modification to a permitted establishment to which the European Communities (Major Accident Hazards involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 apply. The land subject to the proposed development is located at
22915	Conditional	3 May 2023	160 m	the construction of a building containing two light industrial units and associated offices
22926	Conditional	15 Dec 2022	396 m	indefinite retention of as-built internal two storey ancillary offices accommodation to existing commercial light industrial units at Units 1 and 3 and for alterations to front elevation at Unit 3
211132	Conditional	1 Dec 2022	187 m	Planning Permission for the construction of a new development consisting of ; 7 No. warehouse units and 6 no. light industrial units arranged in 3 blocks. Permission is also sought for new vehicular entrances to the site, internal access road, carparking,HGV parking, ESB sub- station, switch room, drainage, site services and all other associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
307528	—	Granted with conditions	2 Feb 2022	392 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

31 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
31 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.