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Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Graigueshoneen , Kilmacthomas , Co. Waterford

for the existing single storey lean-to extension to side (west) (2) for the single storey detached paint spray booth building; together with PLANNING PERMISSION to relocate this lean-to building on site; (3) Provision for a new single storey extension to side (west); (4) Upgrade of existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area; (5) Increase in hard surface area and additional fencing, together with all associated site development works

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 4 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
2660732 · 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
1.16 ha
Received
24 Sept 2026
We first saw it
30 Sept 2026, 23:22
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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660732/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660732 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 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.
  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
M4
Major town centre
RV: Protect and promote the character of the Rural Village and promote a vibrant community appropriate to available physical and community infrastructure.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 City and County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Waterford City and County Council development plan zoning—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
2560799Conditional27 May 20260396 mof the store and gym.PLANNING PERMISSION to provide a 95m × 50m astroturf pitch, with 6no. 15m high floodlights (386 lux), a 65m by 5m high ball skills training wall and surround fence, a new pedestrian entrance on the southern boundary of our property and all ancillary site works.
2660100Conditional10 Apr 20261440 mto construct a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, to construct a gym/home office and all ancillary site works
2460672Refused6 Aug 20251340 mto construct 2 no. two storey, 4 bedroom houses, connect to existing on site services and all ancillary site works
2460751Conditional11 Feb 20251488 mto install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to serve the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works.
2360317Conditional14 Sept 2023066 mthe extension of the operational lifespan of a solar farm permitted by An Bord Pleanála under Ref. ABP PL24.248413 (Waterford City and County Council Planning Ref 17/96) from 25 No. years as permitted (by reason of Condition No.3 of permission Ref. ABP PL24.248413) to 40 No. years.
2360316Conditional14 Sept 2023066 mthe replacement of a permitted single storey terminal electrical station and a separate single storey electrical switchroom (both previously permitted as part of a solar farm permission by An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL24.248413 (Waterford City and County Council Planning Ref. 17/96)) with 1 no. single storey 20kV substation building on the site of the previously permitted terminal station; and minor revisions to internal access track / hardstand adjacent to substation.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.