Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Fisherman's Cottage The Island , Ballinakill , Waterford

for the construction of a 222m2 rear extension to the existing dwelling which includes the demolition of a rear lean-to annex and all associated site works

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660747 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,356 m²
Received: 28 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 22 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/2660747/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660747 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 2 Nov 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

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
Waterford Castle

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2636	Conditional	22 May 2026	0	404 m	Ext of duration of Pl File 21/105 for construction of a 4 bed, 2 storey domestic dwelling of total building area 409.86sqm . A new garage of 42sqm. New vehicle access off the Paddock Road
2560955	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	0	385 m	the raising of the existing roof to make the previous single storey house a storey and a half dwelling to the front with the addition of 4 rooflights, a single storey rear extension, the creation of a new front porch door and an amendment to the previously granted Planning ref reg: 2360029, including new façade changes and the alteration of roof on the family flat and all associated site works
2560151	Conditional	4 Jun 2025	0	286 m	construction of a new stone faced boundary wall to the front and side of an existing dwelling along with the provision of a vehicular entrance with gates and all associated site works
2460363	Conditional	22 Jan 2025	0	334 m	for the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing golf club building to accommodate additional function room seating area together with all associated site works and drainage connections. The development is within the curtilage of the protected structure RPS no. WA730215
2460258	Conditional	2 Aug 2024	1	435 m	for development consisting of a single family, detached house with a separate, adjacent garage. The house consists of a single/two storey structure composed of a single storey, flat roofed block to the front and a two storey pitched roof block at the rear. The development includes terracing and landscaping and all associated ancillary site works.
2360492	Refused	8 Dec 2023	1	289 m	to build 45 no. detached, semi detached, two floored and three floored houses ranging in floor area from 110m2 (1184ft2) to 326m2 (3510ft2) and 45 no. self contained apartments in a single three floored building consisting of one bedroom, two bedroom and three bedroom units ranging in floor area from 58m2 (650ft2 to 136m2 (1463ft2). Together with installation of all necessary services including foul drainage disposal of connection to existing public foul drainage network, the installation of attenuation to the storm drainage outfall to the river, connection from existing public water main and also all associated site development works, including entrance through Ballinakill Park (27 houses & 45 apartments) and entrance through Island Lane (18 houses). All on site
2360029	Conditional	20 Mar 2023	1	385 m	This application extends to the the demolition of an semi attached single storey (3..495m high) section of an existing dwelling, the construction of a new single storey extension (4.42m high) in its place, alterations to the existing side and rear elevations, an extended driveway and all associated site works at. The main single storey dwelling (4.46m high) is to remain. The purpose of the proposed development is to create a more functional multi-generational home for a father and adult son, the existing semi attached section of the dwelling is too small to facilitate the addition of an adequately functioning bathroom, kitchenette and living space in addition the size of the site is not condusive for any additional development so a remove and replace solution is more appropriate. The remaining elements of the proposed design are in response to the knock on effects of the proposed extension; the driveway is indicated as extended (with additional gullies) to retain two car spaces and the internal layout of the main dwelling has amendments which counter the removal of windows due to the position of the extension, this in turn requires new external amendments amounting to glazing/doors.
22748	Conditional	18 Oct 2022	1	447 m	for existing porch in accordance with documents submitted

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
28 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.