Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Waterford Airport , Killowen , Co. Waterford

for the construction for a two storey 3,672m2 extension to the sides and rear of the existing terminal building . The proposed extension will provide airport terminal arrivals and departures facilities, fixed base operator facilities, a food and beverage unit, duty free store, coffee shop, canteen, offices, exhibition area, and ancillary plant and storage rooms. The proposed works will also include external alterations to the façade and roof of the existing terminal building and the addition of building signage A two storey 416 m2 extension to the side and rear of the existing Airport Fire Station building. The proposed extension will provide and additional fire engine parking bay, new locker and staff facilities, and ancillary plant rooms New totem & wayfinding signage, new security fencing, car parking with entrance and exit barriers, car rental office cabin, standalone ESB Substation building, relocation of previously permitted car parking, cycle shelters, landscaping, and all associated site works . A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted as part of this application.

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660744 · 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: 5.39 ha
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 19 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/2660744/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660744 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 30 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
C7 Rural business	CD: Provide for light industry, general enterprise, business development, office, research and development and high technology/ high technology manufacturing type employment in a high quality built and landscaped environment.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
N6 Strategic infrastructure	TU: Provide for transport and utilities infrastructure.	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 City and County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Waterford City and County Council development plan zoning	—	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	Distance	Description
2660594	Refused	29 Oct 2026	110 m	boundary fencing and hard standing surface, with all associated site works.
2660662	Conditional	21 Oct 2026	378 m	an expansion of their existing timber frame manufacturing plant, comprising of 2 No. single-storey independent units together with associated site development works
2660395	Refused	24 Jul 2026	110 m	for 12 no. storage containers, boundary fencing and hard standing surface, landscaping together with all associated site works
2660248	Conditional	4 Jun 2026	232 m	4 No. single-storey extensions to side and rear of existing factory and for a yard area associated with the factory use, together with associated site development works
2460635	Conditional	25 Apr 2025	204 m	for Construction of an extension to the northeast of the existing unit with roller shutter access door to the southwestern elevation and 2 no. rooflights, to provide new workshop / warehouse space .Alterations to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: 22274 comprising an increase in the mezzanine floor area and internal alterations at ground floor level, to provide for additional ancillary office space and revised showroom area. The total gross floor area of showroom space resulting from the proposed alterations will be 125 sq. m and all associated and ancillary works.The total area of the unit (including the proposed extension and additional mezzanine floor area) will be 574 sq.m.
2560074	Conditional	3 Apr 2025	131 m	proposed single-storey extension to existing 2-storey airport hangar building to include (a) extension and alterations to existing staff accommodation and associated office building, (b) proposed new first floor railing to existing terrace, (c) relocation of existing portacabin, (d) extension and resurfacing of existing car park and, (e) all associated site works
2460138	Conditional	10 Jun 2024	210 m	to deconstruct 2 no. temporary sheds, create a secure compound within the existing site, to erect a 2m high security fence with gates, to erect a HGV trailer storage shed within the compound along with all associated site development works
22915	Conditional	3 May 2023	159 m	the construction of a building containing two light industrial units and associated offices

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.