Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Sunhook , Grange Park Avenue , Waterford

the demolition of an existing vacant two-storey dwelling house and the subdivision of the site into four residential sites, together with all associated site works,

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660731 · 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: 2,370 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 18 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/2660731/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660731 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 29 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 × 1
church/chapel

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660555	Conditional	14 Sept 2026	0	487 m	renovation and alteration works to the existing dwelling, including removal and replacement of the existing roof structure to accommodate dormer windows to the front elevation, construction of a first-floor rear extension with associated flat roof, and all associated ancillary site and development works.
2660028	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	1	102 m	the construction of a new two storey detached dwelling in the side garden of the existing dwelling, a new shared driveway for the new property and existing property on Grange Park Avenue, with new boundary wall and entrance pillars to the new property and the creation of a new driveway entrance to the existing property and all associated site works
2660374	Refused	22 Jul 2026	0	315 m	on the site adjoining and to provide 4 no new three storey 4-bed semi-detached dwellings, with new vehicular access within the site, connection to existing drainage services on the adjacent road, and all associated site development works.
2660309	Conditional	29 Jun 2026	0	425 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
2660180	Conditional	13 May 2026	0	456 m	the proposed renovation of the existing Protected Structure (RPS No. WA730752). The works will include the installation of two rooflights to the rear and the construction of a single-storey rear extension, together with all associated site development works
2660110	Refused	24 Apr 2026	0	456 m	to demolish a derelict cottage, to replace the cottage with a boundary wall of concrete blocks, rendered and capped. The Site which forms the curtilage of the cottage will be joined with the existing site of the existing warehouse storage units to the south by removal of the boundary hedging along with all associated site works. The front boundary wall of the cottage will be removed, the garden area cleaned up and landscaped. The existing gate giving access to the warehouse units is to be maintained and no works are proposed to the entrance
2560627	Conditional	4 Feb 2026	1	270 m	3 no. 2 storey, 3 bed houses, alterations to existing stone boundary wall, new vehicular entrance, carparking and all associated drainage, site works, landscaping and associated works. The proposed site sits within the boundary of the protected structure, Summerville House, RPS No. WA731042.
2560861	Conditional	28 Jan 2026	1	486 m	the conversion of the existing ground floor garage to a habitable room attached to the front of our dwelling, extension of the existing hallway to create a longer entrance and re-positioning of the front door to align with the existing front porch and edge of the garage wall. Proposed elevational changes to the front (south) elevation, and alteration of the existing driveway and front boundary wall to create a larger driveway as optional future works. All associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500868	—	Refused	26 Jun 2026	270 m
319638	—	Granted with conditions	16 Sept 2024	497 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.