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Crobally Lower , Tramore , Co.Waterford

the Refurbishment of an existing Cottage with the addition of an entrance Porch to the rear and to connect to the Public Sewer Network and all associated site works

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660751 · 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
675 m²
Received
29 Sept 2026
We first saw it
7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due
23 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/2660751/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660751 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 3 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.
  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
R2
Existing residential
RS: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity.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
2660464Refused13 Aug 2026048 m• Reconfiguration of the existing layout to accommodate a new drive-thru lane along with associated signage, height restrictor, order points and road markings • Change of use from restaurant to restaurant with take-away • Provision of new brush wash slab with splash screens and queuing lane, car wash cabinet and service bays and new landscaping. • Providing alternations to the existing internal floor area of the service building to include reducing the existing food offers from 4 to 3; reconfiguration of the net retail area which will remain at 100sq.m and reorganisation of part of the back of house area. • Minor extension to the service station building to provide drive-thru hatch use • Providing in new storage/chiller/freezers to the rear of the service station within the existing yard. • Removal of the existing planter to the east side of the service station building. • All associated drainage, signage, height restrictor, order points, and site works.
2660149Conditional1 May 20261414 msingle storey extension to the side and rear of dwell house consisting of Granny flat extension to the side and extend existing kitchen and dining room to the rear of dwelling and all associated site works
2660130Conditional28 Apr 2026092 mestate name signage along with all associated site works
2560816Conditional15 Jan 20260178 mfor the Construction of a Wall Ball Area to the South Eastern Boundary adjacent to Entrance End of the Existing Astroturf Pitch. Area 165m sq. Ref Planning Permission 24/60591 -to increase length of Adman Shed Proposal from 12.1m to 24.3m increasing the floor Area to 221m sq and all associated Site Works
2560112Refused4 Dec 20251412 ma residential development consisting of demolition of existing derelict property and the construction of 3 No. two-storey dwellings, together with all associated site development works
2560493Conditional8 Sept 20251404 mfor an attic conversion to storage space with 2 no. Velux Roof Windows, retention of a ground floor extension linking to the original shed, retention of change of use from shed to habitable use and Retention for Storage shed of 30 Square metres along with all associated site development works
2460480Refused17 Jun 2025175 mfor the construction of Strandhill Phase 2 development consisting of 70 no. residential units comprising of; 14 no. 2 storey 4-Bed semi-detached houses, 28 no. 2 storey 3-Bed semi-detached houses, 4 no. 2-storey 3-Bed terrace houses, 2 no. 3 storey dormer 4-Bed detached houses and 1 no. 4 storey split level apartment block comprising of 6 no. 2-Bed duplex apartments at lower ground floor level and lower first floor level and 8 no. 1 -Bed apartments and 8 no. 2-Bed apartments at upper ground and upper first floor levels. The proposed development will also include internal roadways to connect to Strandhill Phase 1, currently under construction, new pedestrian access, new boundary treatments, landscaping, drainage and all ancillary and associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application.
256Conditional2 May 20250154 mdemolition of existing flat roof and erection of pitched roof on existing storage shed/ workshop and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
502054—Withdrawn17 Sept 202648 m
320797—Granted with conditions17 Nov 2025188 m
323028—open14 Jul 202575 m
321881—Granted with conditions5 Jun 2025291 m
316639—Other9 Oct 202355 m
316984—Other20 Sept 2023363 m
317535—Refused21 Jul 2023476 m
309262—Granted with conditions15 Nov 202155 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

  • 29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026
  • 29 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.