VOLKSWAGEN WATERFORD , WATERFORD BUSINESS PARK CORK ROAD , WATERFORD
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING MOTOR SHOWROOM BUILDING (FORMERLY WATERFORD CITY FORD) ALONG WITH ELEVATIONAL TREATMENTS TO FRONT FAÇADE OF EXISTING MOTOR SHOWROOM; ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING FORMING NEW PARKING AREAS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE ATTACHED BUILDING SIGNAGE TO NEW FRONT FAÇADE OF EXISTING SHOWROOM BUILDING.
The application
- Reference
- 2660753 · full record
- Authority
- Waterford City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 1.02 ha
- Received
- 29 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- —
- 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/2660753/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660753at 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 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.
- 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.
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 |
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 | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660540 | Conditional | 9 Oct 2026 | 0 | 174 m | Proposed new workshop and ancillary staff facilities and offices. Proposed works will also include new marshalling yard, staff and visitor carparking, all associated plant and equipment, site fencing, building and site signage, alterations to the existing site entrance and all associated site and drainage works |
| 2660260 | Conditional | 8 Jul 2026 | 0 | 390 m | sought for single story shed |
| 2660204 | Conditional | 22 May 2026 | 0 | 0 m | single storey extension to side of existing motor showroom, building 'A' (formerly Waterford City Ford) along with elevational treatments to front facade of existing motor showroom. Demolition of existing single storey motor showroom and service workshop, building 'B' (formerly McConnells Waterford) ; all associated site works including forming new display parking areas. The Development will also include attached building signage to new front facade of building 'A'. |
| 2560842 | Refused | 14 May 2026 | 0 | 330 m | for the erection of a new totem sign (Ford Transit Centre) and all associated site work |
| 25174 | Conditional | 27 Mar 2026 | 0 | 452 m | EXTENSION OF DURATION of pl. file 21/216 to build 4,143m2 of Small Scale Lock Up Storage Units in 4 no. single storey blocks. Block A will be 11 no. Units of circa 94m2, Block B will be 16 no. units of circa 73m2 and 4 no. units of circa 44m2, Block C will be 10 no. units of circa 124m2 and 2 no. units of circa 32m2 and Block D will be 4 no. units of circa 72m2. Access to the Development will be via the existing Westside Business Park. Works will include, Partial demolition and repair of an existing industrial shed adjacent to Unit 12a Westide Business Park, access roads and hard standings around the proposed buildings and all other associated site development works |
| 2560233 | Conditional | 20 Aug 2025 | 0 | 218 m | Proposed new two storey car sales showroom building with three bay garage, floor area = 559.61 m2, four bay workshop building, floor area =256.60 m2, two no. totem signs, external vehicle display areas, alterations to boundary fencing, new vehicular entrance, connection to services and all associated site works |
| 2560242 | Conditional | 5 Jun 2025 | 0 | 325 m | Rectification of a minor section of the site boundary and minor modifications to the site layout of previously approved development (Ref.: 2460334) at these lands. The proposed revisions include:• Relocation of Apartment Block Type 2 and Apartment Block Type 3 (comprising units X-01 to X-30), by approximately 4 m southwest (increasing separation from northern boundary)• Relocation of House Units 43 and 44 approximately 1 m west within the development. • Minor modifications to the surrounding parking areas for the apartment blocks, including the relocation of proposed bicycle shelters and bin compounds.• All associated landscaping and infrastructure works. No changes to the road layout and footpaths are proposed as part of this application. No changes to any other element of previously approved permission are proposed as part of this application. Additionally, permission for minor alterations to the front and side elevations of Apartment Block Type 2 and Apartment Block Type 3 (units X-01 to X-30). |
| 2520 | Conditional | 14 Apr 2025 | 0 | 28 m | of single storey extension to side of existing shop, convert existing store area to shop floor area and all ancillary works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322084 | — | Granted with conditions | 30 Jun 2025 | 439 m |
| 320728 | — | Granted with conditions | 18 Dec 2024 | 179 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 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.