Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

11 College Street , Waterford City , Co. Waterford

the single storey front bay window and side garage extensions as constructed

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 closes today

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660667 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 206 m²
Received: 1 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 26 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/2660667/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660667 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 6 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
R2 Existing residential	RS: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 10
house · house · The Cottage

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660500	Conditional	25 Aug 2026	254 m	for permission to replace the existing double-sided lightbox within the bus shelter with an advertising display area of 1.8m x 1.2m on each side with a double-sided unit that includes a digital advertising display area of 1.6 m x .93m on each side, along with all associated site works and services, on the public footpath
2560839	Conditional	22 Jul 2026	241 m	The development consists of (1). Change of use of the ground floor of no. 68 Barrack Street from use as a betting office to use as a shop; (2) Change of use of the former Doyles pub at no. 64 Barrack Street to use as a betting office; (3). Provide new residential use as a 2 bedroom apartment with amenity space to the rear at first floor level of no. 64 Barrack Street. (4). All associated works, new signage and satellite antennae.
2660363	Conditional	17 Jul 2026	398 m	for a portion of the Rear extension that is larger than the extension permitted under 22/699, Retention is also sought for the portion of the front porch which is greater than the 2 square metres allowed under exempted development regulations along with all site development works
2660348	Refused	13 Jul 2026	277 m	Change of use of an existing dwelling house to short-term tourist letting accommodation.
2660312	Conditional	30 Jun 2026	348 m	material alterations to our property at 33 John Street, Waterford, namely for the change of use of the existing ground floor residential unit to a new commercial shop unit with a new own door off street entrance, a new shop front, and all associated internal modifications and site development works
2660078	Conditional	24 Jun 2026	303 m	Fuel Sales from existing office/storage structure, various freestanding and wall mounted signage elements, air water services, fuel dispensers , above ground HVO/adblue tanks, forecourt goods displays.
2660222	Conditional	28 May 2026	336 m	the provision of a retail use within a long term vacant unit (c. 140.16 sqm gross floor area), minor internal fit out works to facilitate the new use, the provision of signage and all ancillary site works and site services.
2660087	Conditional	28 May 2026	457 m	change of use from Post Office to Residential, works will include modifications to Street Elevation, extending the property to the rear and internal modifications required for the conversion to a 1 bedroom apartment along with all associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321618	—	Granted with conditions	10 Apr 2025	488 m
320361	—	Granted with conditions	2 Jan 2025	323 m
318055	—	Refused	7 Nov 2024	241 m
315557	—	Granted with conditions	10 Apr 2024	446 m
314378	—	Refused	17 Jan 2024	382 m
313105	—	Granted with conditions	30 Jun 2023	250 m
309449	—	Granted with conditions	25 Mar 2022	381 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

1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
1 Sept 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.