Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council
Williamstown , Williamstown , Waterford
10-year planning permission for 1.) the raising of existing agricultural land levels, including the raising of land levels above those previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 20/185, through the importation and deposition of clean, inert soil and stone (European Waste Catalogue Code 17 05 04) and 2.) a dry wheel wash. An application for a waste disposal permit will be sought post planning.
Observations close 29 Oct 2026 14 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
- 2660734 · 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
- 7.18 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
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660734/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660734at 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C5 Commercial, enterprise and employment | TM: To provide for tourist uses. | WA-001:DP:wccc-development-plan-2022-2028 | 19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028 |
| G3 High amenity | HA: Protect highly sensitive and scenic location from inappropriate development that would adversely affect the environmental quality of the locations. | 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
- Recorded monument × 5R133917 · Church · Graveyard
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660163 | Conditional | 27 Jul 2026 | 0 | 233 m | a change of design and a reduction in the floor area of the crèche as previously granted under planning permission reference no’s. 21/377 & 24/61, to a new single storey creche with 2 no. toddler rooms, 2 no. Montessori rooms, 2 no. wobbler rooms and baby area, with office, staff room, kitchen, utility and all associated ancillary areas together with new entrance and associated boundary treatments, new carparking and set down area, bin store, bicycle store, external soft play, hard play and grass play areas, external lighting and signage together with all associated drainage connection works and all ancillary site works |
| 2560154 | Conditional | 3 Dec 2025 | 51 | 229 m | for the construction of a residential development containing 91No. dwelling units comprising of 36No. two-storey 3 bed semi-detached units, 8No. two-storey 4 bed semi-detached units, 5No. two-storey 3 bed terrace units, 2No. two-storey 2 bed terrace units and 2No. four-storey apartment blocks, containing 20No. apartments per block, each block comprising of 4No. 1 bed apartments, 13No. 2 bed apartments and 3 No. 3 bed apartments with associated bin & bike storage, carparking and site landscaping, together with all associated site development works, new vehicular entrance to site from Kill St. Lawrence Road (L91132) and upgrading of existing vehicular junction onto Killure Road (R708). This development is located at Killure Road, Kilcohan, Waterford. (A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application). |
| 2461 | Conditional | 8 Nov 2024 | 0 | 233 m | for the extension of the existing ground floor to the rear (west) side to include for a new extended plant room & switch room and the conversion of the existing attic area/second floor area to additional creche accommodation all as previously granted to the 2-storey creche facility under Planning Permission ref no. 21/377 to consist of the following. 3 no pre-Montessori classrooms, 3 Montessori classrooms, 1 no office, 1 no store room, 1 no staff WC with associated stairwell, lift and escape stairs and roof mounted PV panels, together with additional external service yard and carparking area and all associated drainage connection works and all ancillary and associated site works |
| 2460374 | Conditional | 23 Oct 2024 | 0 | 364 m | 79no. apartment units located within 3 no. apartment blocks comprising Block D, Block E, and Block F. Block D is a 4-5-storey apartment building incorporating 34no. apartment units comprised of 5no. 1-bed apartment units, 28no. 2-bed apartment units, and 1no. 3-bed apartment unit. Block E is a 3-4-storey apartment block incorporating 21no. apartment units comprised of 3no. 1-bed apartment units and 18no. 2-bed apartment units. Block F is a 4-storey apartment building incorporating a total of 24no. apartment units comprised of 4no. 1-bed apartment units and 20no. 2-bed apartment units. The application also seeks permission for 2no. external communal bin & bicycle stores, 2no. vehicular entrances to the site from the existing Deerpark residential development, resident and visitor parking, bicycle parking, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, footpaths, lighting, drainage, and plant including solar PV at roof level. |
| 2460113 | Conditional | 25 Jul 2024 | 0 | 389 m | for development consisting of 78no. apartment units located within 3 no.apartment blocks comprising Block A, Block B, and Block C. Block A is a 4 storey apartment block incorporating a total of 24no. apartment units comprised of 4no. 1-bed apartment and 20 No. 2 bedroom apartment units. Block B is a 4 storey apartment block incorporating a total of 24no. apartment units comprised of 4no. 1-bed apartment and 20 No. 2 bedroom apartment units. Block C is a 4-5 storey apartment block incorporating a creche at ground floor level and a total 30 no. apartment units comprised of 4 no. 1-bed apartment units, 25no. 2-bed apartment units, and 1no. 3-bed apartment units. This application also seeks permission for 1no. External store associated with the creche, 2 no. external communal bin stores. 1 no. vehicular entrance to the site from the existing Deer Park residential development, pedestrian access onto the Outer Ring Road (Cumann na mBan), resident and visitor parking, creche parking & creche set-down, bicycle parking, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, footpaths, lighting, drainage, and plant including solar PV at roof level.This permission will supersede the previously permitted 4 storey apartment blocks and creche granted under planning reg. no. 21/215 on the same site. |
| 22549 | Conditional | 27 Sept 2022 | 0 | 421 m | a proposed Astro turf pitch and all associated site works to include perimeter netting approx. 12 metres high, lighting and perimeter fencing, together with all other associated site works |
| 2280 | Conditional | 20 Sept 2022 | 1 | 228 m | development at this site which will consist of the construction of 99 no. dwellings comprising of: (i) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type A1); (ii) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type A2); (iii) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type B1); (iv) 3 no. two-storey, four-bedroom mid-terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type B2); (v) 4 no. single-storey, three-bedroom detached units (House Type C1); (vi) 8 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type D1); (vii)12 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type D2); (viii) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type E1); (ix) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type E2); (x) 28 no. two-storey, three-bedroom terraced units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type F1); (xi) 3 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units (House Type G1); (xii) 3 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type G2); (xiii) 6 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type G3); (xiv) 3 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units (House Type G4); (xv) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type H1); (xvi) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type H2); (xvii) 1 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I1); (xviii) 1 no. two-storey, four-bedroom mid-terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I2); (xix) 1 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I3). The proposed development will include pedestrian access, vehicular entrance and alterations to public footpath from Public Road; carparking spaces; bicycle parking area; public open space; foul and surface drainage; street lighting; landscaping; boundary treatments; alterations of site levels and all ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development |
| 22590 | Conditional | 23 Aug 2022 | 1 | 276 m | for amendments to permission granted under planning reg. no. 21/215. Works will comprise the provision of new estate entrance onto the Outer Ring Road (Cumann na mBan) in lieu. of the originally permitted entrance onto Williamstown Way, new access paths and roadway to connect to the permitted development. Works will also include alterations to boundaries abutting Williamstown Way incorporating part reduction of carriageway width, new boundary treatments, removal of existing site access, together with all associated site development works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500554 | — | Granted | 30 Apr 2026 | 229 m |
| 500552 | — | Invalid | 5 Jan 2026 | 229 m |
| 321288 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Mar 2025 | 364 m |
| 314774 | — | Refused | 8 Dec 2023 | 228 m |
| 316963 | — | Split | 25 Sept 2023 | 228 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 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.