Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

16 Dunmore holiday villas , Dunmore East , County Waterford

for a rear extension to the existing property, works include an extension of the living quarters and an extension to the ground floor bedroom to provide large accessible wet room, removal of a window from the east (Front ) Elevation and all associated site development works. Permission is also sought to change the designation of the property from a holiday let to a full time residence

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660715 · 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: 371 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 10 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/2660715/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660715 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
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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2649	Refused	15 Jul 2026	1	20 m	alterations and extensions to existing dwelling comprising of the following- partial demolition of the existing bungalow to facilitate a new living room and bedroom extension on the ground floor, a new roof with a first floor dormer extension containing 2 bedrooms, study room and bathroom, a new single storey granny flat side extension, modifications to existing window / Door fenestrations, modifications to wall surface finishes, additional carparking spaces and all associated site works
2660249	Conditional	10 Jun 2026	1	381 m	construction of a new dwelling house and all associated site works (with shared entrance from the public road)
2660179	Conditional	13 May 2026	1	326 m	the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, together with the construction of a detached single-storey garden office incorporating ancillary garden storage, and all associated site development works
2660068	Conditional	1 Apr 2026	0	330 m	alterations to existing layout and elevations of existing 2 storey dwelling and new two storey / single storey extension to the North-East and North-West sides of existing 2 storey dwelling, conversion of existing garages at ground floor level to living accommodation, and subdivision of the site with a new site boundary to the South-East and all associated site works
2560843	Conditional	13 Mar 2026	1	136 m	to construct a first floor extension to existing house which will comprise alterations of an existing flat roof to a pitched roof and the replacement of existing terrace doors at first floor level with a window on the northern facing elevation in accordance with the drawings submitted.
2560847	Conditional	18 Feb 2026	0	15 m	of the as built single storey shed to side of existing dwelling
2560680	Conditional	20 Jan 2026	1	220 m	Alterations and extension to existing bungalow comprising first floor dormer accommodation, extension to front, elevational changes, rear porch extension, alterations to driveway and vehicular entrance and all associated siteworks.
2460750	Conditional	15 Dec 2025	0	497 m	for partial demolition and a proposed, two storey extension to the side and rear of an existing, end of terrace dwelling, new vehicular access and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500640	—	Granted	20 May 2026	497 m
314375	—	Refused	16 Nov 2023	497 m
317179	—	Other	12 Oct 2023	32 m
317155	—	Other	21 Sept 2023	32 m
313368	—	Refused	30 Aug 2023	332 m
313782	—	Withdrawn	2 Dec 2022	32 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.