Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Kilminnin South , Dungarvan , Co. Waterford

sought for a single storey dwelling house, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site development works

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 15 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660696 · 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: 2,252 m²
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 3 Nov 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/2660696/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660696 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 14 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
G3 High amenity	HA: Protect highly sensitive and scenic location from inappropriate development that would adversely affect the environmental quality of the locations.	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

Recorded monument × 3
R131371 · Church · Burial ground

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660562	Conditional	21 Sept 2026	1	140 m	construction of (1) new single storey extensions to the southwestern side and rear of the existing house, (2) a front porch, (3) 2no. windows on the northeastern side of the existing house and (4) a garage along with all associated site works
2660538	Conditional	9 Sept 2026	0	173 m	for an existing single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, two existing rooflights (velux windows) to the front roof slope of the dwelling, a dormer window to the rear roof of the dwelling, and an existing detached single-storey domestic shed with attached lean-to storage area, together with all associated site development works.
2648	Conditional	7 Jul 2026	1	15 m	is sought to construct a single-storey extension to side of existing dwelling and enlarge existing bay window at rear and ancillary works
2660219	Conditional	27 May 2026	0	399 m	indefinite material change of use of existing attic storage space into bedroom habitable space and ancillary internal works and installation of new rooflights to front elevation of existing roof and all ancillary works to existing 2 storey dwelling
2660106	Conditional	15 Apr 2026	0	192 m	(1) the construction of a garage, (2) the construction of an extension including an open porch to the front of the house, (3) 2no. velux windows along the front elevation and 2no. velux windows along the rear elevation, (4) additional window opens to the northeast elevation of the house, (5) brickwork along the front and southwest elevation, (6) a sunroom extension to the rear of the house and (7) 2no. sheds to the rear of the house at Ballinroad, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. This is a change from the extension previously granted planning permission under planning permission ref. P.D. 1062.
2560931	Conditional	18 Feb 2026	1	0 m	for the existing conservatory which will have façade changes, amendments to front boundary wall and all associated site works .PLANNING PERMISSION for the raising of the existing roof to make the previous storey and a half dwelling a partial 2 storey dwelling, elevational changes to all existing facades, alteration of hipped pitch roof to full gable,
2560754	Conditional	18 Dec 2025	40	147 m	the change of 40 no. house types from that permitted under Ref No. 23/60646, and all associated ancillary development works
2534	Conditional	23 Jun 2025	0	15 m	change of use of detached outbuilding for Hobby / Amenity with storage Loft over (as granted permission under planning reference no .19/366) to short term letting use for a period of 5 years

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320825	—	Granted with conditions	17 Feb 2025	147 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 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
9 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.