Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

IDA Industrial Park , Old Kilmeadan Road , Waterford

Proposed single storey plant room extension to the main facility and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their premises

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660755 · 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: 13.19 ha
Received: 30 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 24 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/2660755/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660755 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 4 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
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
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
G1 Open space with recreation	OS: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
G1 Open space with recreation	OS: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities.	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

Recorded monument × 5
R132540 · Habitation site · Hut site

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660392	Conditional	3 Sept 2026	0	215 m	for the installation of 922sq.m of ground mounted Solar PV Panels on frames of 3m high maximum; 2.4m high perimeter security fencing with gates, together with all associated site development works for Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB). The application relates to “relevant solar energy development” RED III development
2560937	Conditional	20 Aug 2026	56	138 m	permission for a residential development for 99no. residential units including; (a) (i) 14no. 2 storey 4 bed semi-detached units; (ii) 30no. 2 storey 3 bed semi-detached units; (iii) 12no. 2 storey 3 bed terrace units; (b) (i) 1no. 4 storey apartment block including; (ii) 1no. 1 storey creche (227m2) with ancillary rooms and external play area at ground floor; (iii) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at ground floor; (iv) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at first floor; (v) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at first floor; (vi) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at second floor; (vii) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at second floor; (viii) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at third floor; (ix) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at third floor; (d) (i) 1no. 4 storey apartment block including; (ii) 4no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at ground floor; (iii) 2no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at ground floor; (iv) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at first floor; (v) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at first floor; (vi) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at second floor; (vii) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at second floor; (viii) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at third floor; (ix) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at third floor; (e) (i) 2 no. external communal bin store (64.2m2); (ii) 2 no. external bike store (18.5m2); (iii) 1no. external apartment storage (29.4m2); (f) all associated site works including (i) foul and surface water drainage, and water mains; (ii) SuDS measures; (iii) vehicular road and pedestrian links to existing Mountneil housing estate; (iv) car parking; (v) landscaping and public lighting; (vi) 2no. ESB Kiosks and (vi) all other associated site development works
2660413	Conditional	29 Jul 2026	0	0 m	The development of 3 no. new backup generators and support structure (located to the north side of the site) and associated adjacent single storey foam house (7m² ) and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their site.
2660356	Conditional	15 Jul 2026	0	0 m	Proposed single storey cold room extension and single storey electrical switch room extension to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works
2660162	Conditional	6 May 2026	0	0 m	Proposed new pedestrian entrance adjacent to the existing South vehicular entrance to include all associated paths, piers, walls, fencing, gates, site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their premises at IDA Industrial Park, Old Kilmeaden Road, Knockhouse Lower, Waterford.
2560707	Conditional	26 Nov 2025	0	0 m	Proposed external canopy, glass balustrade, and upgrade works to existing canteen terrace to the South of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works,
2560699	Conditional	20 Nov 2025	0	0 m	Proposed single storey cold room extension and single storey electrical switch room extension to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their premises
2560676	Conditional	11 Nov 2025	1	364 m	Single storey side extension with pitched roof, incorporating a bedroom and accessible bathroom

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314257	—	Granted with conditions	20 Dec 2023	238 m
316824	—	Other	22 Sept 2023	134 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

30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
30 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.