Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Former Brooks site , Newtown Road , Waterford

for the temporary use of lands for the provision of a car park comprising of 8no. accessible and 221 no. standard car parking spaces, together with all associated site development works

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660714 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 7,618 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: —
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/2660714/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660714 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 21 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
G1 Open space with recreation	OS: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities.	WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
M1 Metro / rail economic corridor	RE: Provide for enterprise and/ or residential led regeneration.	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.

Sources: WATERFORD WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028, 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
WATERFORD WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 2
People's Park · People's Park

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660411	Conditional	29 Jul 2026	0	355 m	to amend the design, make alterations to the internal layout and external elevations of house type 2, provide new single storey detached garage, including alterations to site development works, from that approved under planning application reference number 25/60567.
2661	Conditional	29 Jul 2026	0	397 m	Renewal of S254 license for external tables and chairs permitted under ref no. 14/600134
2560926	Conditional	24 Jul 2026	1	469 m	This development will consist of; EXTERNAL; minor alteration to the front elevation at lower ground floor level, new window opening at first floor level to the rear & repairs to the roof of the extension to the rear. INTERNAL; full underground drainage, mechanical & electrical upgrade. Removal of existing floor slab & internal walls at lower ground floor level, replacement with new insulated floor slab and associated structural works required to replace the existing internal walls, new opening between main reception rooms at entrance level, alteration to layout at first floor level, insulation retrofit of roofs & external walls and all ancillary site works.
2660309	Conditional	29 Jun 2026	0	491 m	to construct a part two storey, part single storey extension. Part of the two-storey extension will be built above a single storey part of the existing house and to construct a vehicular entrance on the North Western boundary of the site and to close off the existing vehicular entrance with all associated site development works
2660123	Conditional	24 Apr 2026	0	399 m	(i) internal and external alterations and refurbishment works to the existing building and the provision of 20 no. bedrooms with ancillary accommodation (ii) demolition and removal of the existing bay windows at ground floor level facing The Mall and the demolition and removal of third and fourth floor levels (iii) construction of a new extension at second floor level (iv) construction of new third and fourth floors with increased floor area (v) re-location of the existing plaque facing The Mall onto the façade facing Catherine Street (vi) new ground floor street façade facing The Mall to provide new entrance and windows, (vii) plant area within the rear lightwell on the roof at first floor level. Permission is also sought for the following to Sherlock House; (viii) change of use from existing residential buildings to townhouse to consist of 8 no. bedrooms and 1 no. fire sprinkler room (ix) internal and external alterations and refurbishment works to the existing buildings with ancillary accommodation and plant (x) demolition and removal of existing timber façade facing Catherine Street and the provision of new façade at first floor level (xi) provision of rear external walkway, external stairs and landscaping to the internal courtyard, including all associated site works and drainage connections
2660107	Conditional	17 Apr 2026	0	434 m	is sought to remove and replace the existing shop front, together with erection of new signage and all associated site works
2560567	Conditional	6 Mar 2026	3	345 m	residential development consisting of 3no. two-storey dwellings, together with all associated site development works . This planning application forms part of a joint submission with Kilkenny County Council. The proposed housing development itself is located entirely within the Waterford City & County Council environs, while access is provided through a private roadway within the Kilkenny County environs. Separate planning applications are being submitted concurrently to both planning authorities, each covering the portion of the development within their respective environs. (A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application).
2560945	Conditional	20 Feb 2026	0	430 m	the subdivision of the existing retail unit (Deevy's Motor & Marine Accessories) to create a secondary ground floor retail unit and for associated signage to include 2no. facia mounted and 1no. projecting sign.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313465	—	Refused	23 Oct 2023	255 m
316672	—	Other	4 Oct 2023	0 m
312241	—	Granted with conditions	1 Aug 2023	309 m
311379	—	Refused	24 Oct 2022	449 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

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.