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Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

10 Tyrone Road , Lismore Park , Waterford.

for a ground floor change of use from an existing Bookmakers shop to a Café/Restaurant with take away facility, together with internal and external alterations, signage, and associated site works

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 17 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
2660698 · 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
128 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660698/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660698 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 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.
  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.

What the site is zoned

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
M5
Mixed use — outer core
GB: To provide for and improve General Business uses; this includes suburban district retail and local neighbourhood centres.WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-202819 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
WATERFORD WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660561Conditional17 Sept 20260465 mfor a Dormer extension to the rear roof plane of the existing dwelling and the use of the attic as a storage space, retention is also sought for the widening of the opening in the front boundary wall and the widening of the paved area for the driveway along with all associated site development works
2660388Conditional22 Jul 20260316 mis sought for existing external 2 no. arches to front elevation at ground floor level, conversion of ground floor garage into a bedroom with independent access front door (from previously granted 2 no. arches) with additional adjoining ground floor bedroom extension to side elevation with 2 no. Velux rooflights, with ground floor Dining Room, Kitchen, Bathroom, and external adjoining Boiler House to rear elevation of my dwelling, with attic / internal roofspace conversion into office / storage use (with internal access stairway) and 2 no. additional Velux rooflights to roof of main dwelling (rear elevation) at second floor level together with all associated site works
2660077Conditional2 Apr 20260374 mis sought for single storey extension and attached garage as constructed to side of existing dwelling
2560880Conditional6 Feb 2026047 mfor a) the demolition of a single storey section of the existing public house b) 2/3 storey extension to the rear containing 3 no ground floor residential units and 3 no duplex units over c) extension to existing pub at ground floor, and reconfiguration of internal layout together with new signage, elevational modifications and all associated site works
25165Conditional20 Jan 20260154 mrelocation of an existing ATM on the north west elevation including new ATM room , alterations to existing elevations and associated signage
2560749Conditional11 Dec 20251275 mto construct a Dormer Extension to existing dwelling, to install a new stairs to the attic room along with all associated site development works
2560681Conditional11 Nov 20250309 mprovision of a 5m high 3-sided jubilee clock feature on landscaped plinth and associated site development works, including hard and soft landscaping works
2560325Conditional2 Jul 20251375 ma side kitchen and garage extension and retention of a front porch.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.